Ufgau was a historical county (gowe) of the Frankish

Frankish Empire

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 duchy of Swabia

Duchy of Swabia

Swabia was one of the five stem duchies of the medieval German kingdom, and its dukes were thus among the most powerful magnates of Germany.-History:...

, along the Oos River and the lower Murg

Murg

The Murg is a river and right tributary of the Rhine in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-Source:The river has numerous tributaries and is known as the Murg only from the point of confluence of the rivers Rechtmurg and Rotmurg in the community of Obertal, a part of Baiersbronn...

, delimited to the south by the counties of Albgau and Ortenau

Ortenau

The Ortenau is a historical territory in Baden-Württemberg, located on the right bank of the River Rhine. It covers approximately the same area as the Ortenaukreis, a present-day district....

. It was part of the bishopric of Speyer

Bishopric of Speyer

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Modern cities located in the territory of Ufgau include Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...

, Rastatt

Rastatt

Rastatt is a city and baroque residence in the District of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Murg river, above its junction with the Rhine and has a population of around 50'000...

 and Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

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The county was ruled by members of the Conradine dynasty in the 10th century, passing to the Reginbodones in the 11th. Within the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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, Ufgau became part of the Margraviate of Baden

Baden

Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....

 in the early 12th century.

Counts of Ufgau:

• Gebhard (d. after 947), joined the Conradines to the Carolingian lineage of Vermandois as he married a daughter of Herbert I
  Herbert I, Count of Vermandois
  Herbert I of Vermandois , Count of Vermandois, lord of Senlis, of Péronne and of Saint Quentin, was the son of Pepin of Vermandois.-Marriage and issue:...
  
   in 940.
• Conrad I, Duke of Swabia
  Conrad I, Duke of Swabia
  Conrad I was Duke of Swabia from 983 until 997. His appointment as duke marked the return of Conradine rule over Swabia for the first time since 948....
  
   (d. 997), grandson of Gebhard
• Adalbert (fl.
  Floruit
  Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
  
  1041)
• Reginbodo I (fl. 1057)
• Reginbodo II (fl. 1110–1115)

Literatur

• Urte Schulz: Zwischen Alb und Oos - Ein Sagenführer. Auf Spurensuche alter Sagen und Geschichten im Ufgau, Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher, ISBN 978-3-89735-484-5