Kinziggau
The Kinziggau was a medieval Franconian county that stretched along the Kinzig in Hesse . It was the northernmost Untergau of the Maingau . Further Untergaue were the Rodgau and the Bachgau in the south and the Plumgau in the southwest.
The Kinziggau extended from the confluence of the Kinzig into the Main to over Gelnhausen. Places that belonged to him were: Höchst , Wirtheim , Kassel , Bieber and Lohrhaupten .
history
The area belonged to the Archdeaconate of Aschaffenburg.
The only known Gaugraf is:
- Heribert , † 992 , 976 Graf im Kinziggau, Count Palatine ( Konradiner )
literature
- Kurt Blaum , Erwin Stein (ed.): The city of Hanau, the Main and Kinziggau . Deutscher Kommunal-Verlag, Berlin-Friedenau 1929.