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Rheingau

Region of Hesse, Germany

Field	Value
native_name	Grafschaft der Rheingau;
Rheingrafschaft
conventional_long_name	County of the Rhine district;
The Rhinegraviate
common_name	Rheingau
era	Middle Ages
status	Vassal
status_text	State of the Frankish Empire
State of the Holy Roman Empire
empire	Holy Roman Empire
government_type	Principality
year_start
year_end	1866
event_start
event1	Donation of Verona: given to Abp Mainz
date_event1	983
event2	Archbishopric dissolved; to Duchy of Nassau
date_event2	1806
event_end	Prussia annexes Nassau into Hesse-Nassau
p1	Kingdom of the Franks
image_p1	[[Image:Monogram of handmerk van Karel de Grote.svg	20px	Monogram of Charlemagne]]
s1	Kingdom of Prussia
flag_s1	Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg
image_flag
image_coat
image_map	Nassau Rheingaukreis.png
image_map_caption	The Rheingau shown on a 1905 map of Hesse-Nassau
capital	Rheingrafenstein in Kreuznach; later Eltville
footnotes

Rheingrafschaft The Rhinegraviate | State of the Holy Roman Empire | | | | | | | 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.

In 983, Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, gave the Rheingau, together with other territories, to the Archbishopric of Mainz during the Diet of Verona. When the Archbishopric was dissolved in 1806, the Rheingau was given to the Duchy of Nassau.

Gallery

Image:Assmannshausen Hoellenberg.jpg |Rheingau valley with the Rhine Image:Burg-Rheinberg-JR-G6-2607-2008-08-17.jpg | Rheinberg castle keep ruins, near Lorch Image:RheinPanoNiederwaldD501m.jpg|View from the Niederwald-Monument into the Rheingau Image:2010-05-16 Schloss Vollrads.jpg|Schloss Vollrads near Oestrich-Winkel Image:Drosselgasse1.jpg|The Drosselgasse in Rüdesheim File:Biedermeier-Pärchen und Kurfürstliche Burg Eltville.jpg|Eltville Castle File:Rheingauer Dom, Geisenheim, Northwest view 20140916 1.jpg|The Rheingauer Dom in Geisenheim

Events

The Rheingau Musik Festival takes place every year in July and August in many locations throughout the region.
The Rheingau Wine Festival takes place in Wiesbaden every year in August.
Most towns celebrate their own annual wine festival.

References

[https://www.rheingau.de/languages/english The Rheingau]
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