List of medieval Gaue

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A map showing the Gaue
of the Kingdom of Germany around the beginning of the 11th century Heiliges Romisches Reich 1000.PNG
A map showing the Gaue of the Kingdom of Germany around the beginning of the 11th century
A map showing the Gaue
/pagi
of the Duchy of Swabia and Upper Burgundy around the beginning of the 11th century Alamannien Hochburgund ca 1000.png
A map showing the Gaue/pagi of the Duchy of Swabia and Upper Burgundy around the beginning of the 11th century

The following is a list of German Gaue which existed during the Middle Ages .

Contents

It lists the names of the Frankish or German Gaue, many of which are still used today regionally, primarily in local traditions. Their locations are often no longer widely known, but are known from publications.

Duchy of Bavaria

Margraviate of the Nordgau

Margraviate of Austria

Duchy of Carinthia

March of Styria

March of Verona and Aquileia

Duchy of Franconia

East Franconia

West Franconia

Frisia

Lotharingia

Lower Lotharingia

Upper Lotharingia

Duchy of Saxony

Angria

Eastphalia

Nordalbingia

Westphalia

Sclavonia

Billung March

Northern March

Saxon Eastern March

Duchy of Swabia

Duchy of Thuringia

Outside the Kingdom of Germany

Duchy of Bohemia

Kingdom of Burgundy

Margraviate of Flanders

West Francia/Kingdom of France

Unknown or Mythological Gaue

See also

Sources

References

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  2. Norbert Herler (Red.): Laibstadt  [ de ] – Ein Dorf verändert sich. Zum 25-jährigen Bestehen des Heimat- and Verschönerungsvereins Laibstadt 1976–2001. Heimat- and Verschönerungsverein Laibstadt, Laibstadt 2001, S. 19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 "Geschichtlicher Atlas von Hessen: Die Gaue vor 900" [Historical Atlas of Hesse: The Gaue before 900]. Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (in German). 2006.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Puhl, Roland W. L. Die Gaue and Grafschaften des frühen Mittelalters im Saar-Mosel-Raum: Philologisch-onomastische Studien zur frühmittelalterlichen Raumorganisation anhand der Raumnamen and der mit ihnen spezifizierten Ortsnamen[The Gaue and Counties of the early middle ages in the Saar-Mosel area: Philological-onomastic studies of early medieval territorial organisation based on the territory names and their broken-down place names] (in German). Vol. 13. Beiträge zur Sprache im Saar-Mosel-Raum. Saarbrücker Druck und Verlag, Saarbrücken, 1999 -and- Saarbrücken Universität, Dissertation, 1996. ISBN   3-930843-48-X.
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  7. Heimatkalender für den Landkreis Verden. Bd. 31, 1988, ISSN   0948-9584, S. 158.
  8. 1 2 3 Beschreibung des Oberamts Ehingen § Geschichtliche Denkwürdigkeiten (on Wikisource in German: 'Description of the Oberamt of Ehingen § Historically Notabilities')
  9. Marie-Claire Gérard-Zai / GL:Ogoz in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  10. Dobenecker, Otto (1892). Hat es in Thüringen einen Gau Winidon gegeben?: Zeitschrift des Vereins für Thüringische Geschichte und Altertumskunde [Was there a Gau Winidon in Thuringia? : Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology] (in German) (15 ed.). pp. 223–225.