Westergau (Thuringia)

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The Westergau (also Westergowe) was a medieval district in what is now western Thuringia and northeastern Hesse .

geography

The Westergau in western Thuringia

The northern border of the Westergau lay in an arc between Mühlhausen an der Unstrut and Wanfried an der Werra and included parts of today's Werra-Meißner district . In the south, the Gau extended to the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest and the Werra near Bad Salzungen. A precise delimitation of the Gaue is difficult because the affiliations and the names have changed at different times.

Historically, the Westergau was in the Franconian province of South Thuringia and, in contrast to the Ostergau, formed the western border. Neighboring and nearby districts were: the Germar-Mark and the Eichsfeldgau in the north, the Altgau and Längwitzgau in the east, the East Franconian Grabfeldgau (south) and the Franconian Hessengau in the west. Subordinate districts were probably the Hörselgau, the Lupnitzgau and the Ringgau , which came to Hesse from the 13th century. After Schulte, the Westergau even had 5 Untergaue: the Westergau, Lupnitzgau, Ringgau, Gerstengau and another district of unknown name.

history

According to Karl C. Leutsch, the Westergau and the Altgau were mentioned in writing in 932 and listed places between Langensalza and Hörschel on the Werra. In 1017 Otto II gives. The Kaufungen convent courtyard Heroldishausen in Westergau in the county of Hemezo.

Counts were among others Wigger II. , Meginward or Meinhard , Hemezo Ludwig .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Schulte: Textbook of the German imperial and legal history , Verlag Wilhelm Nitschke 1876, 26-7
  2. ^ RI II, 4 n. 1915, in: Regesta Imperii Online [1] Retrieved April 23, 2020
  3. ↑ Otto Posse: The Margraves of Meißen and the House of Wettin up to Konrad the Great , Giesecke and Devrient Leipzig 1881, page 13
  4. ^ EW Böttiger: History of the Electoral State and Kingdom of Saxony First Volume, Friedrich Perthes Hamburg 1830, pp. 93–94
  5. ^ Karl Christian Leutsch: Margrave Gero: a contribution to understanding the German imperial history , Leipzig 1828, page 155