Nahegau (county)

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The Nahegau ("Nahgowe") next to the Hundesrucha around 1000

In the Middle Ages , the Nahegau was a county that included the catchment area of ​​the Nahe and large parts of what is now Rheinhessen , after the narrower area, which did not reach the Rhine , was successfully expanded in the 10th century at the expense of the Wormsgau : acquisitions were among others Ingelheim 937, Spiesheim 960, Saulheim 973 and Flonheim 996, until after completion of the expansion the Selz represented the southern border and the border to Wormsgau.

The Nahegau was one of the central possessions of the Salians , which were followed by the Emichons from the middle of the 11th century . The Emichonen family later split up into the Counts of Veldenz , the Wild Counts and the Raugrafen . Presumably the Counts of Leiningen also descended from the Emichons.

Counts in Nahegau were:

  1. Werner († probably 920) Count in Nahegau, Speyergau and Wormsgau around 890/910, ∞ NN from the house of the Konradines
  2. Konrad the Red († 955), his son, Count in Nahegau, Speyergau, Wormsgau and Niddagau , Count in Franconia , Duke of Lorraine , ∞ around 947 Liutgard of Saxony (* 931, † 953) daughter of King Otto I ( Liudolfinger )
  3. Otto "von Worms" († 1004), his son, Count im Nahegau, Speyergau, Wormsgau, Elsenzgau , Kraichgau , Enzgau , Pfinzgau and Ufgau , Duke of Carinthia
  4. Konrad II the Younger (* probably 1003, † 1039) his grandson, Count im Nahegau, Speyergau and Wormsgau, Duke of Carinthia 1036-1039
  5. Emicho VI. (1076–1123 or according to other information 1086–1113), also known as Emicho the Crusader . He was Count of Kyrburg, Schmidburg and Flonheim. His first son was Wildgraf Emicho I (1103–1135), another son was the first Count von Veldenz (1112–1146) Gerlach I.

literature

  • Thomas Bauer: Historical Atlas of the Rhineland , 7th delivery, IV.9: The medieval districts ; 2000; ISBN 3-7927-1818-9