Rodgau (Gau)
The historic Rodgau was part of the medieval Maingau in the southeast of the Rhein-Main area . In medieval sources it is also referred to as Rothgau , Rohtgau , Rotgau and Robgau .
location
Today, the name "Rodgau" means the city with the same name (see Rodgau in the Offenbach district ). This city was formed in 1977 as part of the regional reform in Hesse through the amalgamation of five previously independent municipalities.
In the early 19th century, the following places were included in the Rodgau landscape designation:
- Nieder-Roden , today part of the town of Rodgau
- Dudenhofen , today part of the city of Rodgau
- Jügesheim , today part of the city of Rodgau
- Hainhausen , today part of the city of Rodgau
- Rembrücken , today part of the city of Heusenstamm
- Weiskirchen , today part of the city of Rodgau
- Lammerspiel , today to the city of Mühlheim am Main
- Hausen, today part of the town of Obertshausen
At the time of Gaueinteilung the Frankish Empire a larger area under the term was understood Rodgau. It comprised the former offices and centers of Steinheim , Seligenstadt, Heusenstamm and partly Dieburg and Offenbach.
The historic Rodgau was bordered to the east by the Bachgau , to the south and west by the Oberrheingau and north by the Main.
history
The name Rodgau can be traced back to the stream, the Rodau , which flows through it in a south-north direction . The Rodgau area was divided into the following owners during the Middle Ages:
- Seligenstadt Abbey , later the Seligenstadt office
- Lords of Eppstein , later Amt Steinheim
- Lords of Hagen-Munzenberg
- Lords of Heusenstamm , later Heusenstamm office
Bürgel , Rumpenheim and Offenbach am Main went to outside owners.
literature
- Johann Wilhelm Christian Steiner : History and antiquities of Rodgau in old Maingau. 1833, p. 19f. ( Google books )