Kraichgau yanki ne mai tsaunuka a Baden-Württemberg, kudu maso yammacin Jamus. Tana da iyaka da Odenwald da Neckar a Arewa, Black Forest a Kudu, da kuma Upper Rhine Plain a Yamma. A gabas, ana ɗaukar iyakarta a matsayin Stromberg da Heuchelberg.
Manyan garuruwan Kraichgau sune Sinsheim, Eppingen, da Bretten. A ƙarshen yammacin Kraichgau akwai garin Bruchsal, ƙofar shiga filayen Rhineland.
Yanayi mai sauƙi da ƙasa mai albarka suna ba da damar amfani da ƙasar karkara don amfanin gonaki, gonakin inabi da kuma noman noma. Yanayin yankin ya haɗa da kwarurukan kogin Neckar da Enz da kuma wurin shakatawa na Stromberg-Heuchelberg.
Yankin tsaunuka yana karbar bakuncin gasar Ironman.
Asalin sunan
Kalmar "Kraich" a fili ta fito ne daga kalmar Celtic "Creuch," ma'ana "laka" ko "loam." Yankin Gau (yankin ƙasa) yana nufin fili, ba tare da dazuzzuka ba, kamar gonaki ko ciyayi.
An fara ambaton yankin Kraichgau a farkon Zamanin Tsakiya, a cikin lambar Lorsch, a matsayin "Creichgowe" a shekara ta 769. A cikin 773, an kira shi "Crehgauui," a cikin 778 "Craichgoia." A shekara ta 1594, sunan ya fi kusa da siffarsa ta zamani, ana kiransa da "Kreuchgau."
