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GERMANY. [Meiffen,
9. The villages oi Breitenau, Bemerßo;/ and Henncrfiacb.
10. Thoi'e oi Diciterfclorf, Ruckeubayn &x\d Neudorffel.
Rem. The prefedturates of D-ippcldiJkvalda and Ph'na are by fome reckoned
in the circle of the Erzgebirg; but in the account publidied by
Dr. Schrebeni of the Eledtoral, Provincial and Seledtion Diets, and likewife
elfewhere, I find it annexed to the Meijhiian circle ; for which reafon I
have alfo defcribed it under the fame.
V. The prefeöurate of Hohenstein and Lohmen contains in it twelve
immediate and eleven mediate vaflals, together with fifty-five villages. This
prefedlurate confifts of twenty-two united prefedturates, which Duke Maurice
exchanged, in the year 154.3, with the Lords of Schovburg for the
\'t\gmoxy oi Pcnig and ZJchillen, and an overplus of 4000 florins in money.
In it
is,
f . Hohenßein, a fmall town, fituated on the borders oi Bohemia, and having
both feat and voice at the Provincial-Diets. This place conüft:s of upwards
of one hundred houfes, and the inhabitants maintain themfelves principally
t>y fpinning and the weaving of linen. In the year 1724, the greateft'part
of it was burnt down. In it is an old citadel, and Hoheußünii alfo a Bohemian
fief.
2. Neiißadt, near Hohenßein, a fmall town, under mediate vafTalage,
and having both feat and voice at the Provincial Diets. The inhabitants of
this place make great quantities of linen and ftockings. Anciently it belonged
to the Bilhops of Meiffen, In the year 1708 it was burnt down, and in
lyS^t
again fuffered great damage by fire.
3. Sebnitz, a fmall town under mediate vaffalage and wholly furrounded
by mountains. This place has both feat and voice at the Provincial Diets,
and its inhabitants fubfift principally by linen-weaving. In it, in particular,
js made an excellent ftriped, variegated filk tick, which is very llrong and
extremely proper for night-gowns and other ufes.
4. Schandau, a fmall town, under mediate vafiFalage, and lying on the
river Elbe. This place has both feat and voice at the Provincial-Diet. The
inhabitants employ themfelves in fpinning linen and woollen yarn,
floating
timber down to Drcfden, and in trading in corn. In the years 1^78 and
1704, Schandau fuffered great damage by fire.
5. ff'''ehlen, or Wehlau, a fmall town, under mediate vafTalage, alfo lying
on the river Elbe. This place likewife enjoys both feat and voice at the Provincial
Diets.
Its church is a filial of the State-church in the village of Weh-
Jen, which lies not far from it j and the town is alfo a Bohemian fief.
6. Lohmen, a borough, anciently belonging to the Bohemian famijy of
Chhmen, or Lohmen, which was p'-dlliTed in thefe parts of a confiderable
trad of country, in which weie included Hohenflein, Rathen, Wehlen, Kctiigflein,
Lilienjiein and Sehreckenßein. This tradl extended quite to Dippoldifwaldei,
Dut was laken fiom them, on account of their extortions, by
the