Bergen an der Dumme
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Bergen an der Dumme is a municipality in the district 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 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.
Lüchow-Dannenberg
Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany which is usually referred to as Hannoversches Wendland or Wendland. It is bounded by the districts of Uelzen and Lüneburg and the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt Lüchow-Dannenberg is a district in...
, in Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The Polabian
Polabian language
The Polabian language is an extinct West Slavic language that was spoken by the Polabian Slavs in present-day North-Eastern Germany around the Elbe river, from which derives its name...
name of Bergen is Tjörska (spelled Tÿörska in older German reference material), probably derived from tjöra (< Slavic
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
*goră) ‘mountain’.
Bergen an der Dumme lies in the southwestern part of the Wendland
Wendland
Wendland may refer to either of the following regions or people:*Wendland may refer to a region once inhabited by Wends, an old Germanic term for Slavic tribes living in close proximity to the Germanic tribes:...
region. It is located south of the Drawehn
Drawehn
The Drawehn is a partly wooded and partly agricultural region of hills in the northeastern part of the German state of Lower Saxony, lying between the districts of Lüneburg and Uelzen in the west and Lüchow-Dannenberg in the east.- Definition :...
on the southeastern edge of the Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park
Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park
The Elbhöhen-Wendland Nature Park , formerly known as the Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park is a German nature park east of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony.- Location:...
. The Wustrow Dumme
Wustrow Dumme
The Wustrow Dumme is a roughly 26 km long, left, western tributary of the River Jeetzel in Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony .- Name :...
, western tributary of the River Jeetzel
Jeetzel
The river Jeetzel, which begins in the Altmark under the name Jeetze, flows from Saxony-Anhalt through Lower Saxony, in Germany. From its source near the village of Dönitz, it flows north through Beetzendorf, Salzwedel, Wustrow, Lüchow and Dannenberg, before joining the Elbe in Hitzacker...
, flows through it.
Further reading
- 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)