Nahegau

The Nahegau was in the Middle Ages a county included the catchment area of ​​the near and far parts of the today's Rheinhessen after it had managed to widen the narrow area that was not enough to the Rhine at the expense of Wormsgaus in the 10th century: acquisitions were, among others Ingelheim 937, Spiesheim 960, 973 and Saulheim Flonheim 996 until after completion of the expansion of the Selz the southern boundary and the boundary represented to Wormsgau.

The Nahegau was among the possessions of the central Salian, which was followed by the Emichones from the mid-11th century. The Emichones family announced later on in the counts of Veldenz, the wild and the Raugrafen. Probably originate from the Counts of Leiningen of the Emichones.

Count in Nahegau were:

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