Eglofs, also Meglofs or Megletz was a glory belonging to the Swabian Kreits within the Holy Roman Empire. Eglofs is now a town in the Baden-Württemberg municipality of Argenbühl.
In 1243, Count Hartmann of Württemberg-Grüningen sold the county of Eglofs to Emperor Frederik II. For the first time, the free farmers were mentioned. The peasants were free from horror and bodily trait. In 1243, they became state-free and in 1282 they received the urban rights of Lindau, without Eglofs becoming a city. The freedoms chose their own officer and fellowman. The special position of the freedoms was possible back on the construction of a Franconian military settlement.
By pledge in 1318 the reichsunmittelbarkeit lost, but the personal freedom remained. As a consequence of the pledges, the size of the area became smaller. In 1582 Emperor Rudolf II redeemed the building. The Eglofs state-owned farm was sold to the Count of Traun-Abendsberg in 1662, which was taken up in 1662 by the Gravenhage in Zwaben of the Reichstag and during the Creation Day.
In 1804, Eglofs was sold to the frost of Windischgrätz. On May 24, 1804, the delights of Eglofs and Siggen become a state of the art under the name Windischgrätz.
Article 24 of the Rhine Branch Act of 12 July 1806 sets the Eglofs county under the sovereignty of the Württemberg kingdom, the media.
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