# Metzgau

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The '''Metzgau''' was a medieval ''Gaugrafschaft'', a frankish management district, with the city of [Metz](/source/Metz) as its center.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Neijenhuis |first1=Jörg |last2=Wissemann-Garbe |first2=Daniela |last3=Deeg |first3=Alexander |last4=Scheitler |first4=Irmgard |last5=Schneider |first5=Matthias |last6=Schwier |first6=Helmut |last7=Leipzig |first7=Liturgiewissenschaftliches Institut der VELKD, bei der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität |title=Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie: 2020 |date=14 December 2020 |publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht |isbn=978-3-647-55796-0 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jahrbuch_f%C3%BCr_Liturgik_und_Hymnologie/BJXkEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Metzgau%22+Gaugrafschaft&pg=PA63&printsec=frontcover |access-date=22 March 2026 |language=de}}</ref> The [County of Metz](/source/County_of_Metz) originated from the Metzgau.

North of the Metzgau down the [Moselle](/source/Moselle_(river)) lay the [Moselgau](/source/Moselgau), whose administrative seat was temporarily Metz, wherewith a territorial overlap with the Metzgau existed at least for some time.

== Counts in Metzgau ==
* Gerhard, b. 870, d. 22 June 910, Count in Metzgau ([Matfriede](/source/Matfriede)); m. 900 Oda of Saxony, daughter of Duke [Otto der Erlauchte](/source/Otto_der_Erlauchte) ([Liudolfinger](/source/Liudolfinger))
* Matfried I, b. 875, d. after 926, brother of Gerhard, 926 Count in Metzgau; m. Lantsind, daughter of Count Radald, sister of bishop Dado of [Verdun](/source/Verdun)

The descendants of Matfried named themselves then Counts of Metz.

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