Elsenzgau

The Elsenzgau was a medieval county that included the area of Elsenz in the north of what is now Baden-Württemberg , so it was east of Heidelberg ; one of the essential places in the Gau was Sinsheim .

Counts in Elsenzgau were:

• Otto von Worms , † November 4, 1004, 956 Graf im Nahegau , Graf im Speyergau , Wormsgau , Elsenzgau, Kraichgau , Enzgau , Pfinzgau and Ufgau , 978–983 and 995–1002 Duke of Carinthia , candidate for the throne in 1002, 987 founder from St. Lambrecht am Speyerbach , probably buried in Bruchsal ; ∞ Judith, † 991, buried in Worms Cathedral

Since around 1020 the Elsenzgau was given to the Zeisolf-Wolframe family as a fief, including:

• Wolfram, around 1024
• Zeisolf, his son, around 1065