Ammergau (Old Saxony)
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The Duchy of Saxony around the year 1000
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The Ammergau (Latin: "Pagus Ammeri") was a district in Engern, Saxony , in the Middle Ages . Today's Lower Saxony district of Ammerland , which owes its name to the Saxon Gau, lies entirely on its territory. The "Pagus Ammeri" was first mentioned in 821. In the Middle Ages it formed a border district between the Saxons and the north and west of the Frisian settlement areas .
The Ammergau bordered the Gau Wigmodi in the east, the Largau in the south-east, the Lerigau in the south, the Moormerland in the west, the Lengenerland in the north-west and Rüstringen in the north . In the east, the Ammergau also included the area east of Oldenburg in today's Wesermarsch district , which was later called Niederstedingen . The city of Oldenburg is also completely in the Ammergau area, as is the northernmost part of today's Oldenburg district . The border to Friesland and East Friesland, however, has hardly changed since the Middle Ages.
In the High Middle Ages, the Ammergau was divided into the parishes of Wiefelstede , Rastede , Oldenburg, Edewecht , Zwischenahn , Apen , Westerstede , Altenhuntorf and Moorriem . All parishes were ecclesiastically subordinate to the Archdiocese of Bremen .
Politically, the Ammergau, together with the Lerigau, formed the home of the County of Oldenburg , and later of the Oldenburger Land .
literature
- Wilhelm von Hodenberg: The Diocese of Bremen and its Gaue in Saxony and Friesland . Capaun-Karlowa, Celle 1858