Margraviate of the Nordgau
| Margraviate of the Nordgau Marcgraveschaft Nortgou | |||||||||||
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| Gau of the Duchy of Bavaria | |||||||||||
| c. 806–1329 | |||||||||||
Map of the March of the Nordgau within the Duchy of Bavaria c. 1000 CE. Nordgau Other parts of Bavaria Rest of the German Kingdom | |||||||||||
| Capital | Munich (from 1255) | ||||||||||
| • Type | Margraviate | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval Europe | ||||||||||
• Established | c. 806 | ||||||||||
| 4 August 1329 | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | Czech Republic Germany | ||||||||||
The Margraviate of the Nordgau (Modern German: Markgrafschaft Nordgau, Middle High German: Marcgraveschaft Nortgou) or Bavarian Nordgau (Bayerischer Nordgau) was a medieval administrative unit (Gau) on the northern frontiers of the Duchy of Bavaria. It comprised the region north of the Danube and Regensburg, roughly covered by the modern Upper Palatinate, and stretching towards the Upper Franconia. Its eastern borders towards the Duchy of Bohemia were guarded by marches centred in Cham and Nabburg.