The free imperial cities of Reutlingen, Esslingen and Weil (Weil der Stadt) maintained their independence for centuries despited being fully enclaved within the Duchy of Wurttemberg. Lower Honenberg, lower left, was one of the many enclaves of Further Austria (Vorderösterreich) in Swabia. Cropped from a map of the Swabian Circle published by R. Wilkinson in 1802.