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which was formerly a Prcemonjlratenjian nunnery ; hut at prefcnt ^ the rccefs
of a Domhia and fix firtcrs, who nujfl be of noble dekciir.
Ncußadt on tbi Dojl; a fniall town which is the feat of' a roy.i! baih wick.
This place has fucceHively belonged to the F/interfeld^, the Rohra, and the
Counts of Konigfiuark, and afterwards alfo to the Landgrave of H^ße-Ho/aburgj
who exchanged it with Frederick I. for JVelerlingen. The Ctih'fi/f s
have a fmall church here. Whilft the Landgrave of Heße-lhmhu^'^ wai
their proprietor they fet up a glafs-houfe, and afterwards a manufadtorvfor
mirrors here, thedatter of which when the place fell under the Sovereign's
pofTelTion, was very confiderahly improved by Hans Henry von Mocr, to
whofe fon King Frederick William, in 1721, granted tlie (öle property of
the work. After that it came to John Henry Colomb, who in 1741 tranfferred
it to Mr. Krug o? Nidda, a commiHloner of the war-office. At firft
the mirrors made here were blown, but Cokrnh introduced caftina;, and
that with fuch fucc^fs, that the mod: beautiful plates have been caft here
from ninety to ab(«ve one hundred inches in length. Three different forts of
glalTes are made here, ^72;. the common, the cryftalline, and thecrvflal ; and
a rnoft vivid blue and ruby- coloured flax has been invented for the borders.
The warehoufe at Berlin for the reception of thefe mirrors lies in what is
called the Unterivaßer-ßreet, which is in that part named the Fridcrichfwerder.
About half a German mile's diftance from Neufladt lies the Hebe Ofcn,
cretTted in 1694 by Baron Dankelmann, in which filver is feparated from
the copper brought there out of Rotenburg in the dutchy of Magdebur'^,
and where bombs and bullets likewife are caft.
7. Rhinfierg, a fmall town, near which the river Rbine has its fource.
The feat here is one of the three original family houfes of the Lords of
Breda, to whom it formerly belonged. In procefs of time it became the
property of a gentleman of the name of Beville,
of whom King Frederick
having purchafed it in 1736, he eredted it into a town and gave it to th«
hereditary Prince afterwards Frederick II. who converted the feat here into
a fine palace. In 1740 this town was deftroyed by fire. I;^
^744 Frederick
II. conferred it on his brother Prince Frederick Henry.
8. Wildberg, a fmall town, formerly containing a ftrong caflie.
9. The following villages and noble eflates : viz. Barßko, Baumgarten,
Brunn, Bufcho, Buto, Campehl, Canto, Carve, Caterbo, Dannenfeld, Dcßo^
Dolgo, Dretz, DrieplatZy Gatizer, Garto, Garz, Gennendorf, Gneviko,
Ketzlin, Krenzlin, Kudo, Langen^ Lcyo, Leddin, Linde, hiichjcld. Mezeltin,
Nackel, Planig, Protzen, Raufchendorf, Ribbeck, Schonermarck, Segeletz,
Steßn^ Tramnitz, Walßeben, Werder^ Wolterfdorj\ Wußro, Wuzez,
and Zerniko,
VIII.
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