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Middle-Mark.] GERMANY.
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Werder, a fmall town feated on an ifland in the Havel, an(! of which
mention has been made above under the circle of the Haveland, it bein"
included therein in a dcfcription ofthat territory which was ft-nt mc.
5. The prefedurateof ZiKGESAR, having its feat at Ziegafir or Ziegefer,
otherwife called Ziefar, a fmali town containing a cartle, which was formerly
the refidence of the bifhops oi Brandenburg, divers of whofe inftruments
bearing date in the 13th century are figned by them and given fron»
hence.
To this prefe£lurate belong the little town of Prezerbe, with the large
village of Ketzin, which has been defcribed already in the circle of the
Haveiand.
6. The territory o^ Barwald, which lies betwixt the Saxon prefedlurate
amts of yuterbock, Dahme, Schiieben and Schiveim'tz, and belongs to a gentleman
of the name of Einfiedd. This traft of land is called the Noble ßej of
Bariäcilde, and contains in it HertnJdorJ fief and feveral villages, as namely
Cofzin,
Meinfdorf and Wiperfdorf.
7. Leitzko, or Lietzke, a town (landing on a hill, which is environed by
the dutchy oi Magdeburg, and belonging to the Barons of Munchhaufen. At
this place formerly was a convent. The neighbouring country, quite to the
circle of Saxony, is ciUed the Fleming. The Barons Mimchhatifen are likewife
proprietors oi Hohbeck and Ladenburg.
8. BUendorf, Cammer, Ferrich, Foben, Glienicke, Golwitz, Golze, Gothin,
Grabo, Great-Lubbars, Great-Kreutz, 'Jejerich, Kemnitz, Kiejel, Little-
Briefen, Little-Lubbars, Korzin, Krahne, Metnjdorf, Mefdunk, Pernitz,
Plefo, Recko, Rhino, Schonfeld, Stegelitz, Streß, Stucken, Trechwitz, Warko,
Weiden, Wendijchborg, Werbig and Wildenbrucb.
VII. The circle or county of Ruppi»,
Which to the fouth terminates on the Haveland, from which it is feparated
by the river i?^/« ; weftward on the Prignitz; northward alfo on
that river and the dutchy of Mecklenburg ; and to the eart: on the Ucker-
Mark ; being five German miles in length and above three broad. In this
circle are eight towns and one hundred and twelve villages. The ancient
Lords of this county were defcended from the Counts of Limlo, who rcfided
in the principality of Anhalt about two German miles diftance frÖin
Zerbß, and were of the fame race with the Counts of Arn/lein, Alulingen,
and Barby. The firfl: Count of Lindo occurs in a record of the year 1 158,
under the name of Werner ; but it is only from Count Ulrich who lived
in 1315 that the genealogical fucceflion can be regularly traced. His fons
Günther, Ulrich, Adolphus, and Buffo governed unitedly. Count Ulrich
propagated the family, and his fons Ulrich, Albert, and Günther likewife
ruled jointly. The fecond of thefe in 1372 mortgaged the county of Lindau