The Friesenfeld was a

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, in modern-day north

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and south

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in the area between

Allstedt Allstedt () is a town in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximatively 10 km southeast of Sangerhausen. History Allstedt is mentioned as the tithable place ''Altstedi'' in Friesenfeld in the H ...

and

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and which bordered

Hassegau The Hassegau was a medieval shire ('' Gau'') in the Eastphalia region of the Duchy of Saxony. It was located in the duchy's southeastern corner; confined by the Saale river to the east and its Unstrut and Wipper tributaries to the south and north ...

. Numerous places in Friesenfeld such as

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were named in the

Hersfeld Tithe Register The Hersfeld Tithe Register (German: :de:Hersfelder Zehntverzeichnis, ''Hersfelder Zehntverzeichnis'') is a list of the places and castles in the Friesenfeld Gau (territory) and in Hassegau, from which Hersfeld Abbey received tithes. The original d ...

of the

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as being obliged to pay tithes. The territory was named after Frisians who settled the area as colonists.

Literature

* August von Wersebe: ''Beschreibung der Gaue zwischen Elbe, Saale und Unstrut, Weser und Werra: Mit einer Karte'', 1829, S. 96 f
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* Georg Landau: ''Beiträge zur Beschreibung der Gaue Frisenfeld und Hassegau'', In: ''Allgemeines Archiv für die Geschichtskunde des preussischen Staates'', Band 12, 183
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* Hermann Größler: ''Der gemeinsame Umfang der Gaue Friesenfeld und Hassegau'', in: Zeitschrift des Harzvereins VI (1873) * Allgemeines Archiv für die Geschichtskunde des preussischen Staates, Band 3
S.44f

Seh also

History of Thuringia History of Saxony-Anhalt