Ambergau
The Ambergau is a historic landscape and natural region unit in the
Gau is a cultural landscape
that was formed as early as the 8th century.
Name
The name Ambergau is a combination of the German words Amber and Gau. Amber has its origin in the
Gau is a word for the enclosed settlement area of Germanic peoples
. The term Ambergo was also used.
Location and land use
The Ambergau lies between the northwestern edge of the
Augustus William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel had iron produced in the Wilhelmshütte
smeltery.
The Ambergau is bisected from south to north by the River Nette. The bigger lines of communication also run in a north–south direction through the region. These are the goods line from
Derneburg to Bornum, the B 243 federal highway and the A 7 motorway
.
Settlement
Today
The 18 present-day settlements in the Ambergau, all within the borough of Bockenem, are:
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Middle Ages
In addition, during the Middle Ages, there were 13 other settlements in the Ambergau, that were given up during the periods of abandonment (Wüstungsperiode) in the 14th and 15th centuries. These were:
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Literature
- Friedrich Günther: Der Ambergau. Meyer, Hannover 1887 (Unveränderter Neudruck. Sändig, Walluf bei Wiesbaden 1974, ISBN 3-500-29430-8.
- Manfred Klaube: Der Ambergau. Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Politikgeschichte. Papierflieger, Clausthal-Zellerfeld 2001, ISBN 3-89720-530-0.
- Manfred Klaube: Kriegs- und Nachkriegsjahre in der Provinz. Bockenem und der Ambergau 1939 bis 1949. Eigenverlag, Bockenem, 2008.
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