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Nordgau
The Nordgau (from the Germanic for "northern region") can refer to two distinct areas: * Nordgau (Alsace), the Alsatian Nordgau, the medieval County of Nordgau, the northern part of Alsace * Margraviate of the Nordgau The Margraviate of the Nordgau (german: Markgrafschaft Nordgau) or Bavarian Nordgau () was a medieval administrative unit ('' Gau'') on the frontier of the German Duchy of Bavaria. It comprised the region north of the Danube and Regensburg (Ratisb ..., the Bavarian Nordgau in the area of the Upper Palatinate See also * Bavarian B V, a steam locomotive, one surviving example being the ''Nordgau'' {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margraviate Of The Nordgau
The Margraviate of the Nordgau (german: Markgrafschaft Nordgau) or Bavarian Nordgau () was a medieval administrative unit (''Gau (territory), Gau'') on the frontier of the Kingdom of Germany, German Duchy of Bavaria. It comprised the region north of the Danube and Regensburg (Ratisbon), roughly covered by the modern Upper Palatinate stretching up to the river Main (river), Main and, especially after 1061, into the Egerland on the border with Duchy of Bohemia, Bohemia. History The area east of Duchy of Franconia, Franconia proper up to the Bohemian Forest had been settled by Germanic Varisci and Armalausi tribes in ancient times; after the Migration Period, the forces of the Merovingian dynasty, proto-Merovingian king Chlodio (died 450) occupied the district. From the mid-6th century onwards, the region was Christianised by several Episcopi vagantes, wandering bishops, among them Saints Saint Boniface, Boniface (lived 675 to 754) and Emmeram of Regensburg. In 739, the Roman Catho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordgau (Alsace)
The Alsatian Nordgau was a medieval Gau in an area roughly comparable to the present-day French Bas-Rhin department. History In the Middle Ages, what was then Alsace was divided into two districts, called Nordgau (“Nordgowe”, Unterelsass) and Südgau (“Suntgowe”, Sundgau, Oberelsass). The border roughly corresponded to that which was established in 297, when the Roman province of Germania Superior was divided into Maxima Sequanorum in the south and Germania Prima in the north. The Alsatian Nordgau is to be distinguished from the Bavarian Nordgau, that existed at the same time. From the 9th to the end of the 11th century, the Alsatian Nordgau was almost entirely in the hands of the Etichonids family. The family developed into the Counts of Egisheim and Dagsburg, whose possessions were however situated more in Upper Alsace. The last Count was Hugues VII de Dabo who was dispossessed of Nordgau by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, during the Investiture Controversy, and killed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
