Rheingau
Sign in to saveThe Rheingau (; ) is a region on the northern side of the Rhine between the German towns of Wiesbaden and Lorch near Frankfurt, reaching from the Western Taunus to the Rhine. It is situated in the German state of Hesse and is part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district. It is famous for Rheingau wines, especially the "Rheingauer Riesling," and its many taverns.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- County of the Rhine district;The Rhinegraviate
- Country.common_name
- Rheingau
- Country.era
- Middle Ages
- Country.status
- Vassal
- Country.status_text
- State of the Frankish EmpireState of the Holy Roman Empire
- Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Country.government_type
- Principality
- Country.year_end
- 1866
- Country.event1
- Donation of Verona: given to Abp Mainz
- Country.date_event1
- 983
- Country.event2
- Archbishopric dissolved; to Duchy of Nassau
- Country.date_event2
- 1806
- Country.event_end
- Prussia annexes Nassau into Hesse-Nassau
- Country.p1
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Country.image_p1
- 20px|Monogram of Charlemagne
- Country.s1
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Country.flag_s1
- Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg
- Country.image_map
- Nassau Rheingaukreis.png
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- Assmannshausen Hoellenberg.jpg
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- Rheingau
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1866-01-01
- inception
- 0937-00-00
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The Rheingau (; ) is a region on the northern side of the Rhine between the German towns of Wiesbaden and Lorch near Frankfurt, reaching from the Western Taunus to the Rhine. It is situated in the German state of Hesse and is part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district. It is famous for Rheingau wines, especially the "Rheingauer Riesling," and its many taverns.
==History== The Rheingau was a Gau or county of the Frankish Empire, bordered by the Niddagau, the Maingau, the Oberrheingau, and the Lahngau; the counts of the Rheingau were known as Rhinegraves. The first Rhinegrave on record is Hato VI (937–960). Since the Ingelheim Imperial Palace was on the other bank of the Rhine, important imperial assemblies have taken place in the region since Charlemagne.