Saargau, the Glossary
The Saargau was a Frankish Gau county (Gaugrafschaft).[1]
Table of Contents
28 relations: Beckingen, Berus, Elbling, Fisch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Francia, Franks, Freudenburg, Gau (territory), Ihn (Wallerfangen), Kastel-Staadt, Konz, Lorraine, Merzig, Merzkirchen, Moselle, Muschelkalk, Nittel, Normalnull, Perl, Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Riesling, Saar (river), Saarburg, Saarland, Saarschleife, Teufelsburg (Saarland), Treaty of Meerssen, Wincheringen.
- Geography of Saarland
- Landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate
Beckingen
Beckingen (Saarlandic dialect: Beckinge) is a municipality in the Merzig-Wadern district in Saarland, Germany.
Berus
Berus is a village in the municipality of Überherrn in the district of Saarlouis, Saarland, southwestern Germany.
Elbling
Elbling is a variety of white grape (sp. Vitis vinifera) which today is primarily grown in the upstream parts of the Mosel region in Germany and in Luxembourg, where the river is called Moselle.
Fisch, Rhineland-Palatinate
Fisch is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
See Saargau and Fisch, Rhineland-Palatinate
Francia
The Kingdom of the Franks (Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe.
Franks
Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks (Franci or gens Francorum;; Francs.) were a western European people during the Roman Empire and Middle Ages.
Freudenburg
Freudenburg is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Gau (territory)
Gau (German:; gouw; gea or goa) is a Germanic term for a region within a country, often a former or current province.
See Saargau and Gau (territory)
Ihn (Wallerfangen)
Ihn is a village in Wallerfangen municipality, Saarlouis district, Germany.
See Saargau and Ihn (Wallerfangen)
Kastel-Staadt
Kastel-Staadt is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Konz
Konz (Contionacum) is a city in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
See Saargau and Konz
Lorraine
Lorraine, also,,; Lorrain: Louréne; Lorraine Franconian: Lottringe; Lothringen; Loutrengen; Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est.
Merzig
Merzig (Mercy, ''Moselle Franconian:'' Meerzisch/Miërzësch) is a town in Saarland, Germany.
Merzkirchen
Merzkirchen is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Moselle
The Moselle (Mosel; Musel) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany.
Muschelkalk
The Muschelkalk (German for "shell-bearing limestone"; calcaire coquillier) is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata (a lithostratigraphic unit) in the geology of central and western Europe.
Nittel
Nittel (Nëttel), on the Upper Moselle, is an Ortsgemeinde ("village municipality") in the Landkreis of Trier-Saarburg in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Normalnull
Normalnull ("standard zero") or Normal-Null (short N. N. or NN) is an outdated official vertical datum used in Germany.
Perl, Saarland
Perl is a municipality in Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany.
See Saargau and Perl, Saarland
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz; Rheinland-Pfalz; Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany.
See Saargau and Rhineland-Palatinate
Riesling
Riesling is a white grape variety that originated in the Rhine region.
Saar (river)
The Saar (Sarre) is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle.
Saarburg
Saarburg is a city of the Trier-Saarburg district, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the river Saar in the hilly country a few kilometers upstream from the Saar's junction with the Moselle.
Saarland
Saarland (Sarre) is a state of Germany in the southwest of the country.
Saarschleife
The Saarschleife, also known as the Great Bend in the Saar at Mettlach, is a water gap carved by the Saar River through a quartzite layer and today one of the most well-known tourist attractions of the Saarland.
Teufelsburg (Saarland)
The Teufelsburg is a castle ruin in Felsberg in the community of Überherrn, Saarland, Germany.
See Saargau and Teufelsburg (Saarland)
The Treaty of Mersen or Meerssen, concluded on 8 August 870, was a treaty to partition the realm of Lothair II, known as Lotharingia, by his uncles Louis the German of East Francia and Charles the Bald of West Francia, the two surviving sons of Emperor Louis I the Pious.
See Saargau and Treaty of Meerssen
Wincheringen
Wincheringen is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
See also
Geography of Saarland
- Bliesgau
- Brennender Berg
- Kirrberg (Saar)
- List of cities in the Saarland by population
- List of places in Saarland
- Saar-Nahe Hills
- Saargau
- Warndt
Landscapes of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Éislek
- Ahr Hills
- Ahr Valley
- Alzey Hills
- Bienwald
- Dahner Felsenland
- Diemerstein Forest
- Eifel
- Ferschweiler Plateau
- Frankenweide
- Gräfenstein Land
- Haardt
- High Eifel
- Holzland (Palatinate)
- Hunsrück
- Idar Forest
- Islek
- Kaiserslautern Basin
- Karlstal
- Kondelwald
- Lützelsoon
- List of landscapes in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Lower Moselle
- Meulenwald
- Middle Rhine Basin
- Moselle Eifel
- Moselle Hills
- Naheland
- Osburger Hochwald
- Rheinwesterwald Volcanic Ridge
- Rhenish-Hessian Hills
- Saargau
- Schnee Eifel
- Soonwald
- South Eifel
- Upper Moselle
- Volcanic Eifel
- Weinstraße (region)
- West Eifel
- Westrich Plateau
- Wittlich Depression