with heinrich vi the rule of the vogts of plauen over the vogtland ended, as he could not redeem the pawn any more. in 1566, augustus acquired the office and towns of voigtsberg, oelsnitz, plauen and pausa. matters were furtherly resettled in 1657, among other transactions assigning office over plauen, voigtsberg and pausa to the duchy of saxe-zeitz while "schriftsässige rittergüter" and the town of schöneck remained in kursaxon possession. in 1718, after the duchy of saxe-zeitz line had vanished, the areas in concern reverted to kursachsen. asides from the kursaxonian share, the forests around auerbach and schöneck remained an exceptional area being both kursaxonian and ducal at the same time.