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County of the Rhine district; The Rhinegraviate Grafschaft der Rheingau; Rheingrafschaft | |||||||||
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| c. 937–1866 | |||||||||
 The Rheingau shown on a 1905 map of Hesse-Nassau | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Frankish Empire State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Rheingrafenstein in Kreuznach; later Eltville | ||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | c. 937 | ||||||||
• Donation of Verona: given to Abp Mainz | 983 | ||||||||
• Archbishopric dissolved; to Duchy of Nassau | 1806 | ||||||||
| 1866 | |||||||||
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The Rheingau (German: [ˈʁaɪnɡaʊ] ; lit. 'Rhine County') is a region on the northern side of the Rhine between the German towns of Wiesbaden and Lorch near Frankfurt, reaching from the Western Taunus to the Rhine. It is situated in the German state of Hesse and is part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district. It is famous for Rheingau wines, especially the "Rheingauer Riesling," and its many taverns.[1]