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520 GERMANY. [Nürnberg.
Hihpoltßeiti, a citadel and market-town, feated on a mountain. This
place belonged anciently to the Dukes of Bavaria, of whom in all probability
the noble family of Hilpoltßcin held it in fief, and in 1353 was
fold to the crown of Bohemia, but was firft mortgaged to the family of
Seckendorf, afterwards to that of Riefe?iberg, and at lafl, namely in 1503,
to the town of Nürnberg.
Wildenfcls, a decayed citadel, which is alfo a Bohemian fief, and to it belong
certain farms and eftates. The council of Nürnberg purchafed this
citadel in the year 151 1 of the brothers Conrad and Frederick Belecken.
Strollenfels, an old citadel, which the family oi Wildenjlein are poffeffed of
as a palatine fub-valTalage, but is a Bohemian fief.
St. Helena, a parochial-village, belonging to the Tuchers of Simmelfdorf ,
to whom alfo appertain the village o{ Winterßein, in which is a citadel, together
with thofe of Großengfee and Grafenbergerhill.
The parochial-villages of Walkersbrnn, Igenjdorf, and Stcckach.
8. The adminiftration-office of Grafenberg, which is wholly environed
by the foregoing, and comprizes in it only
Grafenberg, a fmall town, in which is a citadel, and about one hundred
and forty hearths. This place belonged to an old family called the Grafen
or Grafenbcrger, one of whom held it in fief of the crown of Bohemia^
though on condition that it fliould be a male and female fief, and fhould
fall to the next relations. Afterwards it became divided into a number of
parts, which were gradually purchafed by the town of Nürnberg.
9. The adminifiration-ofiice of Lichtenau, which is divided from
the foregoing, and lies in the center of the principality of Onolzbach.
In it
is
Lichtenau, a market-town, feated on an ifland in the Retzat, with a
ftrong citadel in it which anciently belonged to the family of Haideck, who
fold it in 1406 with all its appurtenances to the council oi Nürnberg. The
Marggrave Albrecht took this citadel in 1552 and razed it, but the city of
Nnrnberg caufed it to be rebuilt anew.
Immeldorf a parochial-village.
Bcchfen, alfo a parochial-village.
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