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Hohenlohe.] GERMANY, 4yy
(hould have provided itfelf with immediate Imperial eftates, on which the
ufual evaluation, and that fuitable to a Prince of the circle might be grounded.
At the Diet of the Empire it as yet enjoys neither place nor voice in tlie
council of the Princes thereof. And as the princely voice in the circle of
Francouia is not founded on the (hare which this line poflefles in the county
of fVerthcifti, fo the defcription of that county is not to be fought fot
here but lower down, under the countries in its
proper place.
The
County of
HOHENLOHE,
§. I. (~\^ this county Mr. John Charki Chapiizethzs delineated a good
^^ land chart, which }Iomann% heirs caufed to be engraved in 174S,
and in the Atlas of Germany is the feventy-firft.
§. 2. This county borders on the mafterdom of Mergentheim, the bifhopric
oi Wurzburg y the princely territory oi Hazfeld, the principality of
Onolzbach, the territories of the Imperial cities of Rotenburg and Sivabian-
Hall, the dutchy of Wurtemberg, and a part of the electorates of Mentz,
as alfo on the palatinate. According to Chapuzet's chart, its greateft extent
from weft to eaft is about five German miles and three quarters, and from
north to fouth fix and a half. It was anciently much larger, and formed
nearly one third of all Fraiiconia. Its name it derives from the family feat
©f Hohenloch, otherwife called HcUoch, Honloch, Hello, bcc. which flood not
far from the prefent Brandenhurg-Onolzbacb town of Uffenheim, near the
village of Hollach.
§.3. It has its mountains, valleys, and plains. The fouth-fide of the
firft furnifhes the traveller with a profpedl of fine vineyards, which in fome
places adjoin to each other for feveral hours diftance. The north-fide is
proper for agriculture, and on the tops of thofe mountains are commonly
fdund valuable woods of oak, fir, pine, beech, and birch, in which a
great variety of game find flielter. In the valleys is good meadow-ground,
whence alfo the breed of cattle here is good. Their agriculture alfo turns
to good account, particularly about Vehritigen and Kupferzeit. At Weifzbach
is a falt-work. At MaiTihard, Hojfelbronn and TJnder-Rppach are medicinal
fprings. There are alfo here rivers, brooks, and lakes, or ponds,
abounding in fifh. To the firft belong, i. T\\q Kocher, which ifiuing out
of the territory of the Imperial city of Swalian-Hall enters into the county
of Hohe?ilohe, and out of the latter into the dutchy of JFuriemberg.
2. The