Legacy in Topography
The medieval term Gau (sometimes Gäu; gouw in Dutch) has survived as (second, more generic) component of the names of certain regions – some named after a river – in Germany, Austria, Alsace, Switzerland, Belgium, South Tyrol, and the Netherlands.
- Aargau, Switzerland
- Allgäu, Germany
- Breisgau, Germany
- Buchsgau, Switzerland
- Chiemgau, Germany
- Eastergoa and Westergoa in Friesland, Fivelgo around the Fivel in Groningen, Netherlands
- Elsgau, Switzerland
- Flachgau, Austria
- Gau Algesheim, Germany
- Gäuboden, Germany
- Haistergau, Germany
- Haspengouw, Belgium
- Hegau, Germany
- Hennegau/ (Dutch: Henegouwen / French: Hainaut), Belgium
- Illergau, Germany
- Kraichgau, Germany
- Linzgau, Germany
- Lungau, Austria
- Oberammergau, Germany
- Pinzgau, Austria
- Pongau, Austria
- Prättigau, Switzerland
- Rammachgau, Germany
- Rheingau, Germany
- Sisgau, Switzerland
- Sundgau, France
- Tennengau, Austria
- Thurgau, Switzerland
- Ufgau, Germany
- Unterammergau, Germany
- Vinschgau, Italy
- Wasgau, Germany
- Wormsgau, Germany
- Zabergäu, Germany
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