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GERMANY. [HeiTe.
täte are to do homage to the ruling-houfe, which for the fecurity of its
rights, has a refervat-amtman or baihff in the town and prefedturate of
liomburg. In the year 1668 a new compadt was firft concluded, by which,
on the death of a ruling Landgrave oi HeJJ'e-DarmJladt^ the houfe oi Hornburg
was to renew the obligation, but on the deceafe of a Landgrave of
HeJJe-Homburg the fubjeds were to do homage to the new Landgfave, and
at the fame time fwear to the Refervata appertaining to HeJJ'e-Darmßadt.
In the year 1671 George Chrißian, Landgrave oi Homburg, transferred both
the town and prefedurate to Heß-Darmfladt, which, accordingly continued
in poileflion thereof till his death, and that of the Landgrave Wiliiam Chrijhpher
of Bingefibeim, on which, in the year 1681, the town and prefedlurate
of Homburcr were by compadl ceded a fecond time to the Langrave Frederic
IL of Homburg. The year 1707 produced a new convention, in which
the fovereignty of the town and prefedlurate of Homburg were annexed to
lands fliall
the houfe of Darmffadt, but with a claufe that no prejudice fliould be
done thereby to the houfe of Homburg in fuch articles as related to any
branch of the fovereignty which by the decrees were exprefsly granted to it,
and that nothing ihould be tranfaded in oppofition thereto. In the fame
»nftrument Heffe-Darmjtadt declares, that when the reft of the D^rw/?^«//'
wholly or in part be charged with the quartering and maintaining
of Ibldiers ; the prefefturate and town of Homburg fliall, according to
the eftabliflied rule in the other prefedlurates of Darmftadt be chargeable
only with fifteen complete rations ; furthermore, the houfe of Heffe-Homburg
is lord and forefter in the high marc, as alfo in thofe of Seulberg
and Erlingbach. The houfe of HeJJe-Homburg, by founding a new town,
encouraging a fettlement of two French colonies, and eredfing four farms
here, has increafed the inhabitants and revenues of this prefedturate above
one half, all of whom comfortably fupport themfelves by the manufactures
which the above-mentioned induflrious people introduced, and yield
an appearance of commerce and wealth which it never knew before. In it
are the following places, namely,
Homburg vor der Hohe, a town, containing a palace for the Prince's refidence.
The Landgrave Frederic II. likewife added a handfome new town
to it. Both the Lutheraus and Proteflants enjoy the public exercife of their
religion here. The Prince is proprietor of three prefedturates in the territories
of Magdeburg and Halberftadt,
exclufive of other perfonal rights and revenues,
for the management of which a branch of the Prince's chancery is
appropriated. In the year 172 1, an alms and orphan-houfe were eredled in
the new town, by order of the Landgrave Frederick James. Not far from
the town, along the road to Brauvfels on the Hohe, are feen feveral very deep
trenches, and particularly one place furrounded by them which is called
Saalbiirg.
The villages of Seulberg, Koppern, Gunzenheim and Upper-Stcde/i.
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