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As early as the year 1000, however, Emperor Otto III permitted the entire part lying on the eastern boundary of Thuringia to be administered by imperial vogts, or bailiffs (advocati imperii), whence this territory received the name of Vogtland (Terra advocatorum), a designation that has remained to this day a geographical summary for Reuss, especially that part on the Saxon borders.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The princes of Reuss are descended from the vogts of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The local jurisdiction repeats on a small scale what the Storthing transacts on a large one, being entirely popular in its character, except that the _vogts_ and _länsmen_
Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Bayard Taylor 1851
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