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3. Collmen, Lelpnitz^ and Zfchirln, all parochial-villages, having noble
eftates.
XII. The prefe(flurate of Borna, containing in it twenty-feven immediate,
the like number of mediate vaflals, and one hundred and twenty-five
villages.
In.this prefe(!lurate is,
1. Borna, a tov/n under immediate vaflalac^e, and fituated between two
branches of the river IVicbra. It enjoys both feat and voice at the Land-
Diet-, and has two churches belonging to it, one of which lies without the
town and is ufed for a burying place j together with a fuperintendency,-
whofe fpiritual jurifdidiion is divided into three circles, and comprizes in it
three churches lying in two towns, forty-one mother-churches in the
country and twelve filials. In the year 1549, this place was reduced to
afhes. In 1668, ninety-two houfes and eighteen barns were burnt down
here ; and, in 1750, alnioll the whole town was dedroyed. The family of
Von Borna, who were fewers to the Marggraves of Meijfen, were poffelfed
of this town till towards the year 1260.
Not far from hence lie the villages of ^////.Wz-B^r;.'^ ^ndlVenigen-Borna.
2. Frohhtirg, a fmall town, citadel and nobleman's eftate, lying on the
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river Wiehra and belonging to the family of Hardenberg. At this place is
made a good pottery-ware. In the year 1719, it fuffered great damage
by fire.
3. Lohßadt, a fmall town 5 and
4. Choren, which is otherwife called Kohren, a borough, both belonging
to the family of Einßedel.
5. Benndorf, Bubendorf, Deutzen, Gnajidliein, Great-Hermfdorf, Haytiieben,
Hohenkirchen, Hopfgarten Kauffungen, Kieritzfch, Kitzfcher, Lubfchiüitz,
Molbis, Nenkerjdorf, Neukirchen, Priefznitz, Riidigjdorf, Steinbach,
Syra, Tbierbach, Witznitz, Wolkenburg and Zopen.
XIII. The prefedurateof Pegau, containing in it fixteen immediate, fix
mediate vaflals, and fixty-feven villages. This prefeäurate belonged to the
Zeitz collateral line of the eleftoral houfe of Saxofiy ; and on the extinction
thereof reverted to the latter. In it is,
I. Pegau, a town, under mediate vaflialage and lying in a pleafant fpot
on the river Elßer. This place enjoys both feat and voice at the Land-Diets.
Exclufive too of the principal and parochial-church, here is, moreover,
another for interments, together with z Latin fchool and a fuperintendency,
under whofe fpiritual jurifdidlion are comprized two towns, nine motherchurches
in the country and three filials. This place was originally, and
even fo long as till the year 1090, only a village. The celebrated Count
Wiprecht of Groitzfcb founded a BencdiBiiie cloyfter here, which was
finifhed in 1095, and confecrated in 1096. In the fame year alfoPf^