Bergisches Land


The Bergisches Land (Kintra o Berg or Land o Berg) is a law muntain range region athin the state o Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, east o Rhine river, sooth o the Ruhr. The landscape is shapit bi firths, meadaes, rivers an creeks an contains ower 20 airtificial lakes.[1] Wuppertal is the biggest ceety an seen as the region's caipital, whereas the soothren pairt nouaday haes closer economic an socio-cultural ties tae Cologne.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]Bergisches Land uised tae be territory o the Coonty o Berg, which later became the Duchy o Berg, who gave the region its name.[2] The Duchy wis dissolvit in 1815 an in 1822 the region became pairt o the Proushie Rhine Province.
Amangst the population the day, a sense o belangin tae the region Bergisches Land is notable in the hilly northren pairt, but no hintle onymair in the auries near the Cologne Bicht, the Ruhr aurie or the ceety o Düsseldorf.
Economic upswing
[eedit | eedit soorce]The region became famous durin the period o its early industralisation in the 19t century. At that time Wupper Valley wis a historical Silicon Valley an its twin ceeties Barmen an Elberfeld the tradin- an industrial caipitals o Proushie. This economic upswing caused the expansion o the Ruhrgebiet an the foondation o socialism: Friedrich Engels wis born in Barmen tae a textile mill awner.[3]
Efter the industrial dounturn frae the 1960s on, the region lost importance but cooperations bi Bergisches Land entrepreneurs an politeecians are recently bringin back some regional awareness an economic pouer.[4]
Ceeties an destricts
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Bad Honnef | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | |
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Bergisch Gladbach | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Bergneustadt | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Burscheid | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Düsseldorf | nae affiliation | X | |
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Eitorf | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | X |
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Engelskirchen | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Erkrath | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Gummersbach | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | |
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Haan | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Heiligenhaus | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Hennef | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | X |
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Hilden | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Hückeswagen | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Kürten | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Langenfeld | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Leichlingen | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Leverkusen | no affiliation | X | X |
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Lindlar | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Lohmar | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | X |
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Marienheide | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | |
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Mettmann | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Monheim | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Morsbach | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Much | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | X |
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Mülheim | nae affiliation | X | |
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Neunkirchen-Seelscheid | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | X |
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Niederkassel | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | |
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Nümbrecht | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | |
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Odenthal | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Overath | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Ratingen | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Radevormwald | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Reichshof | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Remscheid | nae affiliation | X | X |
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Rösrath | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Ruppichteroth | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | X |
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Sankt Augustin | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | |
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Siegburg | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | |
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Solingen | nae affiliation | X | X |
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Troisdorf | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | |
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Velbert | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Waldbröl | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Wermelskirchen | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Wiehl | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | |
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Windeck | Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | X | X |
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Wipperfürth | Oberbergischer Kreis | X | X |
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Wülfrath | Kreis Mettmann | X | X |
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Wuppertal | nae affiliation | X | X |
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References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "North Rhine-Westfalia experience, Bergisches Land". tourismus NRW. Archived frae the original on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2001.
- ↑ Claudia Tenten. "Die Grafen von Berg". Archived frae the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2001.
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Klaus Tenfelde. ""Das Ruhrgebiet! Von der Steinzeit bis zur Kulturhauptsatdt 2010" part 2". Archived frae the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2001.
- ↑ "Cooperation "Bergian City Triangle"". Kompetenz Hoch3. Archived frae the original on 8 December 2002. Retrieved 20 November 2001.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- www.bergisches-land.de bi Bergisches Land Tourismus Marketing e.V (in German) (in Dutch)