Hasegau
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The Duchy of Saxony around the year 1000
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The Hasegau was a medieval district in northwest Germany in the area of the Hase , a tributary of the Ems . Neighboring districts were the Lerigau , the Dersagau and the Venkigau .
history
Abbot Gerbert Castus led to 800 n. Chr. Of Visbek from the Christianization of Saxony u. a. in Hasegau. The parish church in Löningen was founded by Visbeck missionaries. Before that, from 780 AD, Charlemagne (* probably April 2, 747 or 748; † January 28, 814 in Aachen) had erected mission centers for the Christianization of the subject Saxons , of which the "cellula fiscbechi" (Visbek) were loud Document of Louis the Pious from September 1, 819 formed one. However, this document is now regarded as a total forgery from the late 10th century. From the year 855 at the latest, the Hasegau mission district came under the control of Corvey Monastery through a donation from Ludwig the German .
Hasegau included Essen (Oldenburg), Lastrup , Lindern , Löningen , Menslage and Borg (today part of Menslage). The main town was Löningen. The missionary church and main church for Hasegau was the parish church of St. Vitus in Löningen.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Theo Kölzer: The documents of Ludwig the Pious for Halberstadt (BM2 535) and Visbek (BM2 702) - a serious misunderstanding. In: Archiv für Diplomatik 58 (2012) pp. 103–123 (here: pp. 119–121).
- ^ Oldenburg official district . Retrieved October 15, 2013.