Rammachgau

The Rammachgau (also Rammagau and Rammgau ) was a medieval district in present-day Baden- Württemberg. The Rammachgau located in the northern Upper Swabia.

Origin and Name

After the resistance of the Alemanni nobleman was 746 overcome the so-called criminal court to Cannstatt, the Duchy was abolished and Alamannia directly ruled by the Franks, the administrative units that were based on the Frankish county constitution established. The Franks used the term district to designate a political- geographical region within the Frankish kingdom. The term Gau was often a geographic place names added. One of these counties was the Rammachgau. The name was derived from the name of a river called Rammach. What river was meant by that is unknown today. Contemporary documents refer to this county as Rammackeuui ( 778 ) Rammekeue ( 894 ) Ramichgowe (ca. 1070) and Rammechgowe ( 1099 ).

The fall of the Hohenstaufen and the concomitant decline of the central power in the 13th century gave the local nobility the opportunity to expand its independence. As a result, were able to establish various local rulers territories in Rammachgau, whereby the original administrative division, which was based on the county's constitution fell.

Expansion

The Rammachgau ranged from the south at Altheim, Langenschemmern and Ochsenhausen to the north at Hüttisheim and Dellmensingen, from the West at Ingerkingen to the east at Burgrieden. The administrative headquarters of the Rammachgaus was Laupheim. The Rammachgau was bounded on the south by the Haistergau, to the east by the Illergau and to the west by the Ruadolteshuntare. In the north, bordering the Rammachgau to the Illergau and Ruadolteshuntare. Its area of ​​Rammachgau was out to the north marked out by natural boundaries. All populated areas were within or in close proximity to the rift valleys of the rivers, and red Rottum The residential areas surrounding large areas of forest in the hilly or swampy, not for agriculture suitable areas.