Rammachgau

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The Rammachgau (also Rammagau and Rammgau ) was a medieval district in what is now Baden-Württemberg . The Rammachgau is located in northern Upper Swabia .

Origin and name

The map of the Duchy of Swabia shows the Rammachgau as Rammgau

After the resistance of the Alemannic nobles in 746 had been overcome in the so-called blood court of Cannstatt , the Duchy of Alemannia was abolished and ruled directly by the Franks , who established administrative units based on the Franconian county constitution. The Franks used the term Gau to denote a politico-geographical region within the Frankish kingdom. The term Gau was often added to a geographical place name. One of these administrative districts was the Rammachgau . The name was derived from the name of a river called Rammach. Which river was meant by this is unknown today. Contemporary documents refer to this administrative district as Rammackeuui (778), Rammekeue (894), Ramichgowe (approx. 1070) and Rammechgowe (1099).

The fall of the Hohenstaufen dynasty and the associated decline of the central power in the 13th century gave the local nobility the opportunity to expand their independence. As a result, various local rulers were able to establish territories in the Rammachgau, whereby the original administrative division, which was based on the county constitution, fell.

expansion

The Rammachgau extended from the south near Altheim , Langenschemmern and Ochsenhausen to the north near Hüttisheim and Dellmensingen , from the west near Ingerkingen to the east near Burgrieden . The administrative seat of the Rammachgau was Laupheim . The Rammachgau was bordered in the south by the Haistergau , in the east by the Illergau and in the west by the Ruadolteshuntare . In the north, the Rammachgau bordered the Illergau and the Ruadolteshuntare. The settlement area of ​​the Rammachgau was marked by natural borders except to the north. All populated areas were within or in close proximity to the valleys of the rivers Riß , Rottum and Rot . The settlement areas were surrounded by large forest areas in the hilly landscape or swampy areas not suitable for agriculture.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt Diemer: Laupheim: Stadtgeschichte , Weißenhorn 1979.

literature

  • Michael Borgolte: History of the counties of Alemannia in Franconian times , Sigmaringen 1984. ISBN 3-8743-7151-4 .
  • Kurt Diemer: Laupheim. City history , Konrad, Weißenhorn 1979, ISBN 3-8743-7151-4 .
  • Alfons Schäfer: Weissenburg Fiscal Tenth and Franconian Royal Estate in Heistergau and Rammagau in Upper Swabia . In: Journal for Württemberg State History . 25, 1966, pp. 13-34.