- The
Balsamgau (or Belcsem, Balsami) was an
early medieval Gau (shire) in the
Eastphalia region of the
Duchy of Saxony. It was
centered on
Stendal and...
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Volgfelde Wahrburg Wittenmoor A
settlement named Steinedal in the
Eastphalian Balsamgau of Saxony, then a
possession of
Saint Michael’s
Abbey in Hildesheim, was...
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which it is
probably named.
Neighboring shires include Drevani, Chojna,
Balsamgau, Nordthüringgau, Derlingau, and Bardengau. By the 12th century, the Gau...
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considered part of Drevani)
Osterwalde (Salzwedel)
Gretinge (Hohne)
Mulbeze Balsamgau (Stendal)
Flutwidde Astfala (Hildesheim)
Derlingau (Evessen) Nordthüringgau...
- He was born to a
noble family of the Altmark, the son of
Wiprecht of
Balsamgau and
Sigena of Leinungen.
After his father's
death in 1060, he was raised...
- and the
Archbishop of
Magdeburg and
defeated the
Slavs in the gau of
Balsamgau near Stendal. Nevertheless,
large territories of the
Northern March were...
- the
Diocese of
Halberstadt covered the
following Saxon Gau counties:
Balsamgau, Derlingau, the
western part of the Nordthüringgau, Harzgau, Schwabengau...
- Oschersleben, and Calbe.
Neighboring Saxon counties were
Osterwalde and
Balsamgau in the north,
Derlingau in the west, as well as
Harzgau and Schwabengau...
- Astfala [de] or Eastphaliagau:
north of Hildesheim, west of
Brunswick Balsamgau or Gau Balcsem,
modern Saxony-Anhalt Derlingau: east of
Brunswick Gau...
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buildings in Saxony. In 1070
count Wiprecht exchanged his
inherited estate in
Balsamgau for the
lordship of Groitzsch. He was a
supporter of
emperors Heinrich...
