Metzgau
The Metzgau (also pagus Mattensis , pays messin ) was a medieval Gaugrafschaft with the city of Metz as a center. The Methingau ( pagus Methinse , Methingouwe , pays de Matois) located further north is often confused with the Metzgau .
The following places belong to the Metzgau: Ars-sur-Moselle , Cheminot , Marieulles , Saint-Julien-lès-Metz , Scy , Secourt , Vigy , Petit-Tenquin (spatially distant) as well as Borny and Le Sablon (today districts of Metz ) . Therefore, the Metzgau roughly coincides with today's arrondissement of Metz .
To the north of the Metzgau, downstream of the Moselle , was the Moselgau , the administrative seat of which was temporarily Metz, which resulted in a spatial overlap with the Metzgau for at least some time.
The Grafschaft Metz emerged from the Metzgau .
Counts in Metzgau
- Gerhard, * 870, † June 22, 910, Graf im Metzgau ( Matfriede ); ⚭ 900 Oda von Sachsen, daughter of Duke Otto the Illustrious ( Liudolfinger )
- Matfried I., * 875, † after 926, brother of Gerhards, 926 count in Metzgau; ⚭ Lantsind, daughter of Count Radald, sister of Bishop Dado of Verdun
The descendants of Matfried then called themselves Counts of Metz .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands: the German territories from the Middle Ages to the present . In: Beck Historical Library . CH Beck, 2007, p. 429 ( google.de ).