Alpgau (also ''Albgau'') was a territory of
Alemannia and the
Duchy of Swabia during the 8th to 12th centuries.
It comprised Sankt Blasien Abbey in the Black Forest, St. Blaise in what is now the Waldshut district of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
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It is not to be confused with ''Alpengau'', now known as Allgäu
The Allgäu (Standard German: , also Allgovia) is a region in Swabia in southern Germany. It covers the south of Bavarian Swabia, southeastern Baden-Württemberg, and parts of Austria. The region stretches from the pre-alpine lands up to the A ...
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References
Geography of Baden-Württemberg
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