The Bardengau was a medieval county (Gau) in the Duchy of Saxony. Its main town was Bardowick; other important towns were Lüneburg and Oldenstadt (today Uelzen).

Since the 10th century, members of the House of Billung have been recorded as counts of the Bardengau. Through their heirs, the House of Welf, the Bardengau eventually became part of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

The Bardengau was bordered by the Limes Saxonicus, the Polabians, the Drewani, the Gau Osterwalde, the Derlingau, the Gau Gretinge, the Lohingau, the Gau Sturmi, the Gau Mosde, and the Gau Stormarn. It was part of Eastphalia.

The name of the Heaðobards (Old English: Heaðubeardan, Old Low German: Headubarden, "war-beards") may be reflected in the toponym Bardengau.[1]

References

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  1. ^ The article Hadubarder in Nordisk familjebok (1909).

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Billung

In the 10th century, the property of the family was centered in the Bardengau around Lüneburg and they controlled the march named after them.[citation

Lombards

sources sometimes also used a rare shortened form Bardi. Place-names like Bardengau and Bardowick in northern Germany, near the first known homeland of the

Heaðobards

branch of the Langobards, and their name may be preserved in toponym Bardengau, in Lower Saxony, Germany. They are mentioned in both Beowulf and in Widsith

Widukind

the land of the Nordalbingians, on the right bank of the river. In the Bardengau in 785, Widukind agreed to surrender in return for a guarantee that no

Hermann Billung

federation. Upon his brother's death in 944, he also became count in the Saxon Bardengau around the town of Lüneburg, where he founded the monastery of St Michael

List of early Germanic peoples

Sturmera) Bardi / Bardongavenses (they lived in Bardengawi / Barden gawi / Bardengau or Barden Gau) Angarians / Angrians (same as the Angrivarii or Angarii)

Eastphalia

to South, the Gaue were (where available, modernized names are used): Bardengau around Lüneburg (sometimes considered part of Angria, not Eastphalia)

Mistislaw

among the population, and compelled Mistislaw to seek refuge in the Saxon Bardengau. The majority of recent research views Mistislaw as a Christian Slavic