List of medieval districts
The following list of medieval districts is under construction and therefore incomplete.
It collects landscape names from the Franconian Gau constitution, some of which are still widely used today, but some are only used regionally, especially in custom . Their location is often no longer generally known, but is usually assumed to be known in publications. Where a lot was already known about a district, but not so much that it would have received its own article, here are at least bullet points.
A.
- Aachengau - around Aachen
- Aargau - not identical with the current Swiss canton of Aargau
- Ahrgau - on the Ahr in northern Rhineland-Palatinate
- Affagau = Apphagau - Swabian area in today's Baden-Württemberg around Zwiefalten , Riedlingen , Hayingen
- Agradingau - area in the northern district of Emsland and part of the Netherlands (Westerwolde), between Aschendorf and Meppen.
- Albgau , also Alpgau - in southern Baden between Wutach , Black Forest , Hochrhein and Baar , named after the river Alb
- Albuinsbar in southern Württemberg near Ehingen (Danube)
- Albegau an der Meurthe (right tributary of the Moselle)
-
Allgäu - south-west Bavaria and south-east Baden-Württemberg , today's division:
- Oberallgäu (the Allgäu Alps and their immediate foreland)
- Unterallgäu (the hill country adjoining it to the north)
- Ostallgäu (bordering Upper Bavaria)
- Westallgäu (with parts of the two districts of Lindau and Ravensburg )
- Almango or Almegau north of the Nithersi , east of the Angeron , south of the Patherga (near Büren, North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Altkreis ( cheeks )
- Altgau , near Bad Tennstedt and Großfurra
- Alzettegau on the Alzette in Luxembourg
- Ambergau - Landscape northwest of the Harz Mountains in the catchment area of the Nette around Bockenem
- Ammergau - in Upper Bavaria
- Ammergau (Lower Saxony) - today Ammerland
- Angeron (also Angerngau) - northwest of the Ittergau (also Nithersi )
- Anglachgau - the Rhine plain (on the right bank of the Rhine) between Rastatt and Mannheim
- Antisengau
- Apphagau - Swabian area in today's Baden-Württemberg around Zwiefalten , Riedlingen , Hayingen
- Ardennengau - in the triangle between Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg
- Arfeld
- Argengau - the area of the Argen on the northeastern shore of Lake Constance
- Aringo
- Aschfeld
- Astfala (also Astfalia , Hastfala , Ostfalengau ) - north of Hildesheim , west of Braunschweig in Ostfalen in today's Lower Saxony
- Attergau - in Upper Austria
- Auelgau - southeast of Bonn , Siebengebirge
- Augangau
- Augau - in Lower Saxony, on the Weser near Höxter , east of the Nethegau
- Augstgau (Bavaria) - around Augsburg and on the Lech
- Augstgau - the area south of the Rhine above Basel , from the city of Augst
- Ausicensis ( Pagus Ausicensis ) - in the upper Saane valley
- Gau Auricherland
- Avalgau
B.
- Bachgau
- Badanachgau
- Balsamgau (Gau Balcsem, in Saxony-Anhalt )
- Baringau (between Tullifeld and Grabfeld middle Rhön south-west of Meiningen)
- Balvengau - not regionally classified as it is not associated with place names
- Betuwe (in Gelderland, Netherlands)
- Bardengau (the area around Lüneburg )
- Bargengau (around Biel and Bern in Switzerland)
- Bertoldsbaar or Berchtoldsbaar (around 740; from Nagold to Schwenningen)
- Bitgau (southern Eifel around Bitburg, after the Vicus Beda , today Bitburg )
- Binagau , also Bunnahagau (on the Vils and Isar)
- Bliesgau an der Blies (right tributary of the Saar)
- Bonngau (around Bonn )
- Borgelngau - not regionally classified as it is not associated with place names
- Brabantgau (later Duchy of Brabant)
- Gau Bracbanti in Westphalia
- Breisgau (South Baden)
- Brettachgau (District of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg)
- Brisingau - encloses the eastern tip of the Orlaugau in the south of the Gau Geraha, meets the Gau Sarowe roughly at the cross B175 / B92
- Gau Brokmerland
- Brukterergau
- Buchonia (in the area of Rhön , Spessart and Vogelsberg )
- Buchsgau (Northwestern Switzerland , between Jura and Aare )
- Gau Budissin ( Bautzen )
- Bukkigau in the Schaumburg district, Lower Saxony (Bukki old German for beech)
- Bunnahagau see Binagau
- Bulderngau - not regionally classified as it is not associated with place names
- Burichingagau (on the Swabian Alb, southern Reutlingen district, northern Sigmaringen district)
- Bursibant (around Rheine in the Münsterland)
C.
- Chiemgau (Upper Bavaria)
- Gau Chutizi (around Leipzig)
- Gau Ciervisti (probably to be equated with the Gau Zizizi, at the confluence of the Elbe and Saale around today's Zerbst )
- Gau Circipani , around the Teterower See in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Gau Coledizi (Saxony-Anhalt) between Halle and Köthen
D.
- Gau Daleminzi or Daleminci (from the Elbe between Meissen and Strehla to Döbeln , Mügeln and Oschatz )
- Derlingau (or Darlingau, east of Braunschweig )
- Dersagau (or: Dersigau) between Vechta and Damme (Dümmer)
- Gau Desseri (also Dasseri), on the Dosse
- Dithmarschen (Schleswig-Holstein)
- Deutzgau (area on the right bank of the Rhine around Cologne , the Kölngau region on the left bank of the Rhine )
- Dobnagau in Vogtland
- Donaugau (area around Straubing and Deggendorf in Bavaria)
- Drachgau (near Schwäbisch Gmünd )
- Dreingau (in the Münsterland, triangle between Greven, Lippstadt and Lünen)
- Dreinigau in Saxony
- Drentgau in Westphalia
- Gau Ducharin (also Thucharin or Tucherini) to Teuchern in Saxony-Anhalt
- Düffelgau (in the Kleve area , attested by the gifts of Willibrord , merged with the Betuwe or Hattuaries )
- Duisburggau (Diuspurggau) (see: Ruhrgau)
- Durgouwes see Mürz Valleygau
- Duriagau in Swabia
E.
- Eichelgau an der Eichel (right tributary of the Saar)
- Eichsfeld with the Untergau Onsfelt
- Eifelgau (North West Eifel )
- Einrich , also Einrichgau , at Katzenelnbogen
- Elsenzgau (the area of Elsenz in North Baden)
- Elsgau (Ajoie, in the north of the canton of Jura)
- Emsgau (at the mouth of the Ems), also Gau Emsigerland
- Engersgau (on the right bank of the Middle Rhine and in the front Westerwald)
- Enggau
- Gau Engilin in Central Thuringia west of the Unstrut
- Ennstalgau (the Styrian Ennstal with side valleys and Ausseerland )
- Enzgau in northern Württemberg on the Enz
- Erchgau in southern Württemberg, on the Danube near Munderkingen
- Erdagau in today's Lahn-Dill district / Hesse
- Erdinggau , also Hertinggau, around today's Erding
- Eriggau
- Ertgau , also Eritgau
F.
- Faldera around Neumünster , former Saxon border district in Holstein to the Abodrites and the Danes , seat of the Overbodens (district administrator) was probably the Wittorf Castle
- Federgo
- Flachgau (part of the state of Salzburg) was created in the 19th century when the Salzburggau was divided into Flachgau and Tennengau, so not a medieval district.
- Gau Flenithi or Flenithigo or Flenthigau - in the Gandersheim / Winzenburg region
- Filsgau in Swabia on the Fils
- Flutwidde (also Flutwide, Flotwito or Flotwede) in the city triangle of Celle , Burgdorf and Peine in today's Lower Saxony .
- Folkfeld or Volkfeld , am Main (Lower Franconia) near Bamberg (see also V)
- Folkoltsbar in southern Württemberg, on the Danube near Obermarchtal
- Frickgau between the Rhine and Aare around Frick
- Friesach (in the north of Carinthia , including the areas around Murau, St. Lambrecht and Neumarkt / Graslupp / Graslab in today's Styria )
- Friesenfeld
- Frithenigau
G
- Gandesemigau
- Gartachgau in northern Württemberg on the Gartach / Leinbach
- Gau Jom : controversial historical settlement and dominion area of the Jomswikings as well as Danish exclave on the coast of Western Pomerania
- Gäu (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
- Gäu (in the canton of Solothurn)
- Geneva Gau (Switzerland)
- Gerbercensis name only passed down in Latin form, northwest of Metz an der Orne
- Germar-Mark (also Germara-Mark) in East Hesse and Thuringia
- Geraha in East Thuringia, corresponds roughly to the Langenberg rule and the Gera rule around 1320
- Gildegau , eponymous capital Fort Gelduba (Krefeld-Gellep); previously incorrectly called Keldachgau and located on the right bank of the Rhine (Düsseldorf)
- Gillgau (on the Lower Rhine north-west of Cologne , sometimes also called Kölngau )
- Glehuntare in Swabia
- Glemsgau in northern Württemberg on the Glems
- Godobi in Upper Lusatia, early medieval castle or district, documented mention 1007, probably identical to Göda
- Goe on the Hamel , north of Hameln
- Gollachgau
- Goßfeld in Franconia
- Gotzfeldgau , probably in southern Hesse
- Grabfeld or Grabfeldgau (in the border area of Bavaria and Thuringia, Schweinfurt is still in the southernmost part of the Gau)
- Gretinge , north of Celle
- Grönegau near Osnabrück
- Gudingau or Gud (d) ingo, around Elze in the Saale valley to the Leine
- Gau Gunzwiti , west of the Traisen in Lower Austria
H
- Haduloha , near the land of Hadeln and Wursten (see history of Hadeln and Wursten )
- Haigergau (around Haiger , a Untergau of the Oberlahngau )
- Haistergau in Upper Swabia
- Hamaland
- Hardagau
- Gau Harlingerland
- Harzgau (the Harz )
- Hasegau around Löningen in the western Oldenburger Münsterland
- Haspengau (in Belgium, between Liège and Hasselt on the left bank of the Meuse)
- Hassegau (between Mansfeld , Naumburg (Saale) , Halle and Wettin )
- Hassgau (the Hassberge in Lower Franconia )
- Hastfalagau (also Astfalia , Hastfala , Ostfalengau ) - north of Hildesheim , west of Braunschweig in Ostfalen in today's Lower Saxony
- Hattenhuntare (789, district of Hechingen without Killertal and Alborte, with Steinlach communities to Dußlingen )
- Hatterungau (Lower Rhine)
- Hattuaries (along the Niers , with Gennep and Geldern )
- Hegau (southern Baden / neighboring northern Switzerland)
- Heilangau ( Bremervörde , Buxtehude , Harburg , Stade etc.)
- Helmegau , near Wallhausen and Kelbra and from Kleinwangen to the Saale
- Hengistgau ( West Styria , Center Hengistburg / Hengsberg )
- Hainaut (Hainaut, Henegouw, in Belgium)
- Hessengau / Hessigau
- Hettergau
- Hlidbeki-Gau , from Lübbecke in Westphalia to Dümmer
- Holstengau in Schleswig-Holstein
- Gau Hrecwiti in Westphalia
- Hunsrückgau
- Huosigau in Bavaria
- Husitingau (also Usitigau) to Weimar
- Huygau in the former Kingdom of Lorraine
I.
- Iffgau (area south of the Steigerwald, Franconia)
- Ingeringgau (also Undrimagau, area around Knittelfeld and Judenburg , upper Murtal )
- Illergau in south-eastern Baden-Württemberg and south-western Bavaria
- Isengau an der Isen in the southeast of Upper Bavaria
- Itongau on the upper Nied (left tributary of the Saar)
- Ittergau (Nithersi) on the middle Eder
J
- Jagstgau on the lower Jagst
- Jaun (Gft) ( Jauntal , Carinthia , in the SE to Windisch-Graz / Slovenj Gradec and down to the Wölka / Velka- and Tschermenitzen / Crmenica-Graben)
- Jülichgau (around Jülich , southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia)
K
- Karosgau ( Eifel around Prüm)
- Keldagau , eponymous main town Fort Gelduba (Krefeld-Gellep); previously incorrectly called Keldachgau and located on the right bank of the Rhine (Düsseldorf)
- Kelsgau (area in the vicinity of the Kelheim district )
- Kimmen (also Kinhem, Kinnin, Kemmenerland, Kennemerland), in Friesland
- Kinziggau (the area of the Kinzig in Hesse)
- Klettgau (southern Baden, northern Switzerland)
- Knetzgau
- Kochergau (also Cochengowe, the area of the Kochertal in the north of today's Baden-Württemberg )
- Kölngau (area on the left bank of the Rhine around Cologne , the Deutzgau region on the right bank of the Rhine )
- Königssondergau (also Königssundragau or Königssundern), the king's special district, around Wiesbaden
- Kraichgau (North Baden)
- Kroatengau (also Gau Chrowati that Glantal to Sankt Veit an der Glan and the Krappfeld nope. St. Veit ( Carinthia ))
- Künziggau (also known as Künzinggau, Quinzinggau, Chunzengau, area on the Vils and Rott, i.e. to the right of the Danube, northwest of Passau) (Landau-Osterhofen district court)
- Kützgau ( split off from Zülpichgau , only mentioned in 898)
L.
- Largau
-
Lahngau (the area of the Lahn in Hesse with Gießen , Marburg and Wetzlar , the ancestral lands of the Konradines )
- Niederlahngau or Unterlahngau (around Limburg )
- Oberlahngau (around Marburg )
- Längwitzgau in Thuringia
- Leinegau (the area of the lower Leine , also called Loingau)
- Gau Lengenerland
- Leobengau (area around Leoben , Styria )
- Lerigau (Lower Saxony, west of the Middle Hunte to over the Upper Soeste )
- Liergau (also Liergewe, Leraga, Gau Lera or Leragau; between Fuhse and Oker )
- Liesgau in southern Lower Saxony, western Harz foreland
- Gau Liezizi
- Linzgau (southern Baden-Württemberg)
- Lobdengau (east of Mannheim , north of Heidelberg ) near Ladenburg
- Lochtropgau (in the Sauerland, in the former office of Fredeburg , North Rhine-Westphalia )
- Lohra
- Loingau between the lower Leinetal and the Hohe Heide in Lower Saxony
- Lommegau (the area around Namur in Belgium, also Lommatschgau )
- Lungau (part of the State of Salzburg)
- Lurngau (area around Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia . See also Matrei in the High Middle Ages )
- Lusiza or Lusici (tribal area of the Slavic Lusitzi or Lusizer in today's Niederlausitz )
- Lüttichgau (the area around Liège )
M.
- Maasgau , west of the Meuse around Maastricht
- Maifeld
- Maingau (formerly Monichgowe around Aschaffenburg , Dieburg and Frankfurt am Main ) later names
- Marstemgau (around Hanover )
- Mattiggau in the Innviertel (Upper Austria) around Mattighofen
- Maulachgau (also Mulachgau)
- Mayenfeldgau (Eastern Eifel), see Maifeld
- Methingau (French Matois , the Pays skin between Longwy and Briey )
- Metzgau (the area around the city of Metz )
- Milsca , in Upper Lusatia . Settlement area of the Slavic Milzener around Bautzen
- Gau Moormerland
- Moraciani on the east bank of the Elbe from Magdeburg - Pechau to Schartau
- Moringen
- Moselgau (on the Moselle near Thionville )
- Mühlgau (between Maas and Niers )
- Munachgau
- Munderkinger Gau / Muntariche Huntare in southern Württemberg near Munderkingen
- Munigiseshuntare (around Münsingen (Württemberg) )
- Gau Murizzi (on the Müritz )
- Murrgau in northern Württemberg on the Murr
- Mürz Valleygau , Durgouwes ( Styrian Mürz Valley with side valleys and Mariazeller Land)
N
- Nabelgau in Thuringia
- Nagoldgau
- Nahegau an der Nahe
- Neckargau
- Gau Neletici east of the Saale around Nehlitz with Giebichenstein Castle ( Halle )
- Gau Neletizi on the Mulde around Wurzen
- Netgau (= Nethegau )
- Nethegau around Brakel and Bad Driburg in Westphalia
- Netragau
- Nibelgau (southeastern Baden-Württemberg )
- Niddagau (area of the Nidda in central Hesse around Friedberg and Bad Homburg vor der Höhe )
- Niebelgau (south-eastern Baden-Württemberg or in Rhineland-Palatinate?)
- Niederlahngau around Limburg
- Niedgau an der Nied (left tributary of the Saar )
- Nielitizi
- Nisangau (Gau Nisane) (south of Dresden )
- Gau Nizizi (area between Elbe, Mulde and Schwarzer Elster)
- Nithersi (= Ittergau) on the middle Eder
- Gau Norderland
- Nordgau (Bavaria north of the Danube)
- Nordgau in Alsace , later the Lower Alsace
- Northern Thuringia (also Northern Thuringia)
- Norital ( Inntal , Wipp- and Eisacktal )
- Nudzici (east of the Saale between Halle and Bernburg )
O
- Oberaargau , western part of the Aargau ( superior pagus Aragauginsis )
- Oberlahngau
- Oberrheingau (South Hesse, not to be confused with the upper Rheingau around Eltville )
- Ochsenfurt Gau (around Ochsenfurt in Lower Franconia)
- Odangau (around Villip , Werthhoven , Oedingen and Unkel , left and right bank of the Rhine, documented in the 9th century, then divided into Bonngau , Ahrgau and Auelgau )
- Östringen (around Jever )
- Unfelt an der Ohne in Eichsfeld in northwest Thuringia
- Orlagau near Saalfeld in Thuringia, extends in the east to Niederpöllnitz , Rohna , Forstwolfersdorf
- Ortenau (also Mortenau, Mittelbaden)
- Gau Osterwalde ( Altmark )
- Osterburg-Gau in the Weserbergland
- Ostergau in Friesland
- Ostergau in Thuringia
- Ostrusna in Upper Lusatia, early medieval castle or Gau, documented mention 1007, probably identical to Ostritz
- Gau Overledingerland
P
- Padergau near Paderborn
- Perfgau (in the border area of Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia , in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district )
- Pfinzgau (on the Pfinz east of Karlsruhe )
- Pfullichgau (from 937; Pfullingen , Lichtenstein (Württemberg) , Engstingen )
- Phirnigau
- Pinzgau (part of the State of Salzburg)
- Gau Plisni (Pleißenland)
- Plumgau today's Spessart
- Gau Polabi , around Ratzeburg
- Pongau (part of the State of Salzburg)
- Prättigau (Val Pratens, in the canton of Graubünden )
- Gau Puonzowa around Zeitz
- Gau Pustertal , Pustertal
Q
- Gau Quesizi (around Eilenburg Castle in the Delitzsch district in Saxony)
- Quinzinggau (see Künzinggau )
R.
- Radenzgau ( Upper Franconia )
- Rammachgau (northern Upper Swabia )
- Rangau (around Nuremberg )
- Rebgau (in Upper Austria )
- Gau Rheiderland
- Rheingau (around Wiesbaden and Darmstadt )
- Riesgau (around Nördlingen )
- Ringgau
- Ripuariergau (southwest of Bonn with Rheinbach and Münstereifel )
- Rittigau (around Northeim , southern Lower Saxony)
- Gau Rizani
- Rizzigau lat. Pagus Reciensis after the Vicus Ricciacum near Dalheim 10 km west of Remich in Luxembourg
- Rosselgau an der Rossel (left tributary of the Saar)
- Rotagau , also Rottgau or Rottachgau (around Passau )
- Gau Rüstringen (immediately to the west and east of today's Jadebusen )
- Gau Ruppmannsburg (also Rodmaresperch)
- Ruhrgau (also called Duisburggau, today's western Ruhr area with Duisburg and Essen)
-
Rurgau (the area of the Rur in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Aachen region )
- Attention: Rurgau and Ruhrgau are often confused in older literature.
S.
- Saalgau around Hammelburg
- Saalegau in Thuringia
- Saargau (Upper Saargau around Sarrebourg an der Saar)
- Saargau (Lower Saargau around Wallerfangen an der Saar)
- Salingau (corresponds roughly to today's arrondissement Château-Salins)
- Salzgau (Ostfalen) , also Saltgau ( comecia Saltga , pagus Saltgo ), near Salzgitter in Lower Saxony
- Salzgau around Bad Neustadt an der Saale in Lower Franconia
- Salzgau in Lorraine ( Salinensis Paganus , French Saulnois ), in the south of today's Moselle department in France
- Salzburggau ( Flachgau and Tennengau in Austria, Rupertiwinkel and Reichenhaller Tal in Bavaria)
- Sanntalgau (later: Grafschaft Cilli )
- Sarowe - from Bad Lobenstein to Franconia (Diocese of Bamberg), east to Bohemia (Diocese of Prague) to Zwickau in the north, from there goes nw. Direction Gau Gera, west along the Orlagau until you reach Lobenstein again - the DobnaGau is a lower part of the Gau Sarowe and lies within it
- Sauergau on the Sauer in Luxembourg
- Gau Saterland
- Scarponagau (French Scarponois ), after the Vicus Scarpona near Dieulouard on the Moselle between Toul and Metz
- Schefflenzgau in building land in northern Baden
- Scherragau (around Ebingen , Spaichingen , Tuttlingen )
- Schozachgau in northern Württemberg on the Schozach
- Schussengau in Upper Swabia
- Schwabengau (western part of Saxony-Anhalt )
- Schweinachgau area to the left of the Danube, northeast of Passau
- Schwerzgau in southern Württemberg, near Allmendingen
- Gau Scotelingo or Scotelingen west and northwest of Hildesheim
- Seillegau (French: Saulnois ), on the Seille (right tributary of the Moselle) around Salzburgen
- Senonagischer Gau , (area in what is now France, region of origin of Samo )
- Gau Serimunt (area between Saale , Mulde , Elbe and Fuhne )
- Sintfeld (south of Paderborn, Bürener Land, North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Sisgau (Northwestern Switzerland )
- Gau Siusili (also Susali) in the Leipzig lowland bay on the Mulde in Saxony
- Skopingau (around Schöppingen, Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Soratfeld (southeast of Paderborn, Bürener Land, North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Sornegau (on the left bank of the Rhine south of Basel, CH)
- Speyergau (around Speyer )
- Stevergau (around Coesfeld, Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Stormarn (Gau) (Schleswig-Holstein)
- Strudengau (Lower Austria)
- Sturmigau district of Verden ; from Hoya to the right of the Weser over the Allermouth in the eastern part of the district of Verden
- Sualafeldgau (Bavaria)
- Südthüringengau (also Südthüringgau)
- Suilbergau (also "Suilberigavvi" or Sülberggau ), west of the Leine around Einbeck in Lower Saxony with the central court on Sülberg near Strodthagen
- Sülchgau or Sülichgau (Swabia, around Rottenburg am Neckar , roughly today's district of Tübingen )
- Sulmgau (around Neckarsulm )
- Sulzgau (also Solzgowe)
- Sundergau (Bavaria)
- Sundgau (Upper Rhine)
- Swistgau (on the upper Swist on the northeastern edge of the Eifel )
T
- Taubergau (around today's Main-Tauber district , but without Wertheim )
- Tennengau (part of the province of Salzburg) was created in the 19th century when the Salzburggau was divided into Flachgau and Tennengau, so not a medieval district.
- Gau Threcwiti (east of the Holy Sea )
- Thurgau (not identical with today's Swiss canton Thurgau )
- Northern Thuringia (in Saxony-Anhalt )
- Tilithigau (around Bad Pyrmont , southern Lower Saxony )
- Traungau (area between Hausruck and Enns , Upper Austria )
- Trebista in Upper Lusatia, early medieval castle or district, documented mention 1007
- Trechirgau (south of the Lower Moselle , west of the Rhine , occupied from the beginning of the 10th century, lay between the Mayenfeldgau and the northern foothills of the Nahegau )
- Treveresga (near Salzkotten, Paderborner Land, North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Triergau (right bank of the Saar and Moselle from Merzig to Wintrich and subsequent high forest )
- Tullifeld (northeast of the Wasserkuppe in western Thuringia )
U
- Ufgau (Central Baden)
- Undrimagau (also Ingeringgau, area around Knittelfeld and Judenburg , upper Murtal )
- Utisigau ( Husitingau ), around Weimar
V
- Valingau with Gut Kemme in Schellerten , Poppenburg Castle in Burgstemmen , 1049 in the county of Count Bruno (von Braunschweig [1] , Brun II. Von den Brunonen )
- Valothungo
- Varngau
- Gau Veluwe in the Netherlands
- Venkigau , also called Fenkiongau, was east of the Gau Bursibant
- Venzigau
- Digestion for Verdun on the Meuse
- Viehbachgau (on the lower Isar , Landshut area )
- Vinschgau (or Vintschgau, medieval: Finsgowe, South Tyrol)
- Volkfeld or Folkfeld, am Main (Lower Franconia) near Bamberg (see also F)
W.
- Wachau (Lower Austria)
- Walchgau
- Waldgau (Canton of Vaud and other areas / Switzerland; also Waldensian Gau )
- Waldsassengau in Lower Franconia, called Waltsazi (the eastern part of the Spessart and the area between the Mainviereck and Maindreieck )
- Waldsati (between Bremen and Zeven)
- Walgau ( Vorarlberg )
- Valais (Switzerland)
- County of Wallerfangen on the central Saar
- Gau Wangerland
- Gau Warnabi
- Wasgau (Palatinate Forest), northern part of the large Vosagus landscape ( Vosges )
- Watergau in Thuringia
- Wavergau (also Wabergau , Woëvregau , part of the large landscape of Wabr (i) a ( Woëvre ) between Maas and Moselle )
- Wehsigau
- Weitagau in Westphalia
- Weitaha in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, between Weißenfels , Naumburg and Camburg
- Werinofeld in Thuringia
- Werngau in Hesse
- Westergau (Bavaria) ( Freising area , Bavaria)
- Westergau (Friesland)
- Westergau (Thuringia)
- Westfalengau (in the Ruhr and Lippe area , roughly today's eastern (Westphalian) Ruhr area )
- Wetagau in Thuringia
- Wetigau ( Schwalenberg area in the Lippe district )
- Wetterau (formerly Wettergau or Wettereiba)
- Gau Wigmodi ( Wigmodia, Wigmodien ) north of Bremen
- Wingarteiba in the Neckar-Odenwald district
- Wiehegau , a Untergau of the Gau Englin near Wiehe in Thuringia
- Wikanafeld , a lower part of the Gudingau in Ostfalen with Eschershausen church
- Wippergau in Thuringia
- Wittingau
- Wolauki in the Elbe knee around Pratau
- Wonnegau around Worms
- Wormsgau (also Wormsfeld, Wormsfeldgau, west of Worms )
- Würmgau in Württemberg on the Würm
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- Zabergäu in northern Württemberg on the Zaber
- Gau Zemzizi
- Zirzipanien , around the Teterower See in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Gau Zistanesfeld (also Zitilinesfeld) Drau area from Marburg to Pettau ( Lower Styria )
- Gau Zitizi ( Zizizi ), probably to be equated with the Gau Ciervisti around today's Zerbst in Saxony-Anhalt
- Gau Zwikowe in West Saxony
- Zülpichgau (around Zülpich , southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Zürichgau (around Zürich )
literature
- August von Wersebe: Description of the districts between Elbe, Saale and Unstrut, Weser and Werra, insofar as such belonged to Ostfalen with North Thuringia and East Engern, and as they were found in the 10th and 11th centuries. Hahn, Hanover 1829, digitized .
- Ferdinand Wachter : Gau. In: Johann S. Publication , Johann G. Gruber (Hrsg.): Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste . Section 1: A - G. Part 54: Gargano - Gauhe. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1852, pp. 405-449 .
- Heinrich Boettger: Diöcesan and Gau borders of northern Germany between Oder, Main, across the Rhine, the North and Baltic Seas. Established walking from place to place. 4 volumes and map. Bookstore of the orphanage and others, Halle and others 1875–1876;
- Volume 1: Delimitation of 31 districts and 10 sub-districts in 7 dioceses and 108 clerical districts in Franconia, stepping from place to place, together with a district map and a diocesan map establishing the same. 1875;
- Volume 2: From place to place, delimitation of 40 districts and 39 Untergauen in 6 dioceses and 130 ecclesiastical districts in the scope of the province of Hanover, together with a district map and a diocesan map establishing the same. 1874;
- Volume 3: Delimitation of 43 districts and 24 Untergauen in 6 dioceses and 110 clerical districts in Old Saxony and Friesland, in addition to a district map and a diocese map on which the same is based. 1875;
- Volume 4: Delimitation of 60 districts and 11 sub-districts in 7 dioceses and 148 clerical districts in the area of the Slavenland, in addition to a district map and a diocesan map that establishes the same. 1876;
- Gaukarte and the same justifying Diöcesankarte to the Diöcesan and Gau borders of Northern Germany. 1876.
- Walther Schultze: The Franconian districts of Baden. Strecker & Moser, Stuttgart 1896.
- Julius Cramer: The history of the Alamanni as a Gau story , Breslau 1899, Gauregister P. 576-579. On-line
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Roland WL Puhl: The districts and counties of the early Middle Ages in the Saar-Mosel area. Philological-onomastic studies on the early medieval room organization based on the room names and the place names specified with them (= contributions to the language in the Saar-Mosel region. Vol. 13). SDV - Saarbrücker Druck und Verlag, Saarbrücken 1999, ISBN 3-930843-48-X (Also: Saarbrücken, University, dissertation, 1996).
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Die Gaue before 900. Historical atlas of Hesse. (Status: 2006). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ Marie-Claire Gérard-Zai / GL: Ogoz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ Norbert Herler (Red.): Laibstadt - A village is changing. For the 25th anniversary of the home and beautification club Laibstadt 1976-2001. Home and Beautification Association Laibstadt, Laibstadt 2001, p. 19.
- ↑ Home calendar for the Verden district. Vol. 31, 1988, ISSN 0948-9584 , p. 158.