Wikanafeld

Wikanafeld (also Wikanavelde) was a Gau in the Middle Ages, which belonged to Ostfalen.

Church town in this district was Eschershausen. In addition, the villages of Holzen, Lüerdissen, Ölkassen and Scharfoldendorf, as well as isolated settlements later desolate. The area is located in a north-west-open valley section of the Lenne, framed by Hils, Ith, Vogler and Homburgwald.

Wikanafeld was mentioned only in a document, in a protection letter of King Henry of 2 November 1004 for the monastery Kemnade. Therefore, this Gau is considered to be the sub-region of the Gudingau. The church town of Eschershausen was assigned to the Archidiakonat Wallensen, so that the Untergau, like this, belonged to the bishopric of Hildesheim.

In the south Wikanafeld bordered the main Suilbergau, in the south-west the Paderbornische Augau and in the north-east at the Hildesheim Aringo. In the north-west lay Tilithigau, who belonged to the archdeaconate of the Diocese of Minden, and which the Billungers ruled in their time. At the same time, they were managing more Gaue, including Wikanafeld. After their extinction, the Counts of Northeim expanded their Rittigau in a western direction. At the latest with their extinction, the localities were no longer attributed to Gau, but to counties.

The only castle in this Gau was a castle that was later extended to Homburg Edit source text Single-level Edit source text

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