Nabelgau

The Nabelgau joins south of the Helmegau (the area around Jechaburg and Wolkramshausen has probably already belonged to the Wippergau)

The Nabelgau was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire in what is now Thuringia .

location

It was located south of the Kyffhäuser Mountains , east of the Windleite and north of the eastern Hainleite ("Wenige Hainleite"), which extends east of the Wipper breakthrough at Seega.

It comprised the entire catchment area of all left tributaries of the Unstrut between the Thuringian Gate near Sachsenburg and the confluence of the Unstrut with the Helme near Ritteburg / Kalbsrieth . The Unstrut itself forms the southeastern border of the Gaus. To the east and south of this border was the neighboring Gau "Engili", also south of the "Wenige Hainleite". The Wippergau or "Wippergowe" stretched to the west of the Wipper breakthrough at Seega and the Helmegau or "Helmungowe", which formed the catchment area for the helmets, was located in the north . The most important body of water was the Badraer Bach / Thaleber Bach / Kleine Wipper , which with its entire catchment area formed the Nabelgau. The catchment area of the Kyffhäuserbach near Ichstedt also belonged to the Nabelgau. The Nabelgau included the localities Badra , Steinthaleben , Bendeleben , Rottleben , Bad Frankenhausen , Seehausen (district of Bad Frankenhausen), Oldisleben , Esperstedt (district of Bad Frankenhausen), Udersleben , Ichstedt, Borxleben , Ringleben (district of Bad Frankenhausen), Kachstedt , Schönfeld , Artern and Ritteburg.

history

Individual evidence

[1] Wilhelm Obermüller's German-Celtic, historical-geographical dictionary

[2] Description of the Gaue between Elbe, Saale and Unstrut, Weser and Werra