Dreingau is the medieval name of one of five
Saxon pagi (i.e., boroughs) in what today is the
Münsterland in
Westphalia. During the Middle Ages documents referred to it as
Dreine,
Dreni,
Drieni,
Dragini,
Dragieni,
Drachina or
Treine. The name came into use around the year 800, and is hardly used anymore today. It has survived only in the name of the town
Drensteinfurt, and in the name of a regional newspaper, the
Dreingau-Zeitung.