Deutzgau
The Deutzgau ( Pagus Tuizichgowe ) was a medieval Gaugrafschaft with Deutz as randstädtigem center. It comprised the area on the right bank of the Rhine opposite the Kölngau . The Auelgau joined the Deutzgau in the southeast - both districts had been set up in the early Carolingian period in order to be able to absorb the pressure of the Saxons against the Rhine .
Around 1000, towards the end of the Early Middle Ages , a narrow area on the right bank of the Rhine north of the Sieg and thus the Deutzgau belonged to the area of the Count Palatine (Counts near the Rhine). Probably due to its location between the areas of power of the Archbishop of Cologne and the Count of Berg , the counts did not succeed in transforming the Deutzgau into a separate county. In 1001, Emperor Otto III. the Deutzgau to Archbishop Heribert of Cologne , but the counts tried to keep their old rights upright. Towards the end of the 11th century, Emperor Heinrich II probably finally withdrew the Deutzgau from Count Palatine Siegfried von Ballenstedt and handed it over to the noble family "von Berg". In 1101 Count Adolf I was first mentioned in a document as Count von Berg Grafschaft Berg . At this point in time, Count Adolf I was already documented as ruler of Deutz Abbey . Count Adolf I, but above all his son, Count Adolf II , who ruled from 1115 to 1160, used their position - and probably above all the fact that their family had several archbishops of Cologne in the 12th century - around the Deutzgau around the year 1150 to be integrated into their territory.
Counts
- Otto , † 1047, 1025 Count im Deutzgau, 1035 Count Palatine of Lorraine , 1045 Duke of Swabia ( Ezzonen )
- Adolf I. , Count von Berg, 1101 Count in Deutzgau
- Adolf II. ,
literature
- D. Lück: “In pago Tuizichgowe - Notes on Deutzgau.” Cologne 3 on the right bank of the Rhine (1977) 1-9.
- Historical Atlas of the Rhineland. 7. Delivery, IV.9: The medieval districts, 2000, 1 map sheet, 1 booklet, edited by Thomas Bauer, ISBN 3-7927-1818-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Hengstenberg, in: The former Duchy of Berg and its immediate surroundings. 1897, Elberfeld, 2nd edition, p. [27] 17.