Zülpichgau

The Zülpichgau was a medieval county with Zülpich and its Carolingian royal court as the center. It is one of the counties that became the core of the Ezzone .

With the extinction of the Ezzone in the middle of the 11th century, the otherwise customary transformation of counties into hereditary counties for the Zülpichgau was canceled. He was caught in the fire between the Count of Jülich and the Archbishop of Cologne , both of whom had the goal of gaining supremacy on the Erft . From the end of the 12th century, the archbishop was victorious. In 1379 Zülpich and its surrounding area finally came into ecclesiastical possession. In the 14./15. The Electorate of Cologne , from which the region was ruled, was built in the 17th century .

Counts in the Zülpichgau from the Ezzonen family

• Erenfried II. , 942/966 attested, † before 970, 942 Graf in Zülpichgau, 945 Graf in Bonngau , 950 Graf in Ruhrgau or in Duisburg-Kaiserswerther Grafschaft , 946/959 Graf in Grafschaft Huy ( Ezzonen )
• Hermann Pusillus , † 996, 972, 992, 993 Graf im Bonngau, 978, 978 Graf im Eifelgau , 976 Graf in Gerresheim , 981 Graf im Zülpichgau, around 985/989 Count Palatine of (Nieder-) Lothringen , 996 Graf im Auelgau, son Erenfried II. ( Ezzonen )
• Hezzelin (Hermann), † November 20, 1033, Count in Zülpichgau, Vogt von Kornelimünster , son of Hermann ( Ezzonen )
• Hermann II. , † 1085, Count Palatine of Lorraine, Count in Zülpichgau, Ruhrgau and Brabant , grandson of Hezzelins

literature

• Historical Atlas of the Rhineland. 7. Delivery, IV.9: The medieval districts, 2000, 1 map sheet, 1 booklet, edited by Thomas Bauer, ISBN 3-7927-1818-9 .