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74 GERMANY, [Heffe.
2. The prefedlurate of Kelsterba.ch joins to the M^iyn. In the year
1600, Count Henry of IJhiburg fold this prefeflurate for 356,177
the houfe of Heffe-Darmjladt. To it belongs
florins to
Kcljhrbach, or Keltenbach, a village and caflle fcatcd on the river Mayn.,
Langen, a large village, in Vv'hich was formerly held, in the month
of May, before the church, the annual court of venery, as it is now at
Vreyeci.
The villages of Egelsbach, Mörfelden, Wolfsgarten and Walldorf.
3. The prefedlurate of Russelsheim lies on the Mayn and Rhine. In
it is the tract uf land called ///; Ried, as alfo the Geraver land, in Latin
Pagum Gerau. To it belongs
Ruß'elljheim, a large village, containing a caflle, which flands on the
river Mayn. In the year 1534, this place was confumed with fire; and,
in 1689, fufFered the like calamity from the French.
Freyßatt, a new town, feated on the Rhine, not far from Bifchofß.eim,
and built by the Landgrave Leivis in the year 1745. Among other privileges
this place has an afylum for debtors, and the three religions are
tolerated in their public worfliip here.
Great-Gerau, a fmall town, the charter of which was, in the year 1398,
granted by the Emperor Weneßans. This place is the feat of the hundred
court.
T'rebur, in Latin Triburium and Triburia, a large village, formerly containing
a magnificent royal palace. Under the Carlcüinian Kings fome
Diets and councils were held here.
Nanhcim, Batijchbeim, or Konigsfledten, and eight other villages, together
with Rhinfelder, Kellerey, and two farms.
4. The prefedlurate of DoRNBERG, containing
Dornberg, a large village, with a feat ; by the chapter of Wurzburg included
in the county oi Befzingen, on which, in the year 10 13, it was conferred
by Henry II. This place was anciently a fief oi Henneberg ; but, in
the year 1521, the enfeoffment thereof was ceded to Hejje.
Dornheim and Leheim, two large villages.
Ehrfilden, near which, in the year 1632, Gußavus Adolphus, King of
Siveden, caufed a pillar of free-ftone, fifty-fix feet in height, to be ereded,
crowned with a lion-rampant on top.
Hojheim, one of the four high-hofpitals of Hejfe, founded in the
year 1553, by the Landgrave Philip the Magnanimous, for poor and infirm
women.
Stockßadt on the Rhine, and other places.
Grebenbruch, Lußhaufen and Wajferbiblis, all manors belonging to the
family of Kronberg.
Benßeimer, Hainer and Riedhaufen, manors belonging to the convent of
Erbacb in the Rheingau.
5. The