Bergen an der Dumme is a municipality in the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Polabian name of Bergen is Tjörska (spelled Tÿörska in older German reference material), probably derived from tjöra (< Slavic *goră) ‘mountain’.
Bergen an der Dumme | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bergen an der Dumme within Lüchow-Dannenberg district  | |
  Bergen an der Dumme  Bergen an der Dumme | |
| Coordinates: 52°53′N 10°58′E / 52.883°N 10.967°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Lüchow-Dannenberg |
| Municipal assoc. | Lüchow (Wendland) |
| Subdivisions | 8 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wolf Rüdiger Preuß (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.48 km2 (9.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 1,434 |
| • Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 29468 |
| Dialling codes | 05845 |
| Vehicle registration | DAN |
| Website | www.bergen-dumme.de |
Bergen an der Dumme lies in the southwestern part of the Wendland region. It is located south of the Drawehn on the southeastern edge of the Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park. The Wustrow Dumme, western tributary of the River Jeetzel, flows through it.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Johann Parum Schultze; Reinhold Olesch (Hrsg.): Fontes linguae Dravaenopolabicae minores et Chronica Venedica J. P. Schultzii. (= Slavistische Forschungen; Band 7). Böhlau, Köln und Graz 1967
- Christian Hennig von Jessen: Vocabularium Venedicum (oder Wendisches Wörter-Buch) (1705). Nachdruck besorgt von Reinhold Olesch. - Köln [u.a.]: Böhlau 1959 (Gewährsmann des Pastors C. Hennig von Jessen war der polabisch sprechende Bauer Johann Janieschge aus Klennow)
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