Image Coa: | Wappen Bergen.png |
Coordinates: | 52.8833°N 68°W |
Image Plan: | Bergen an der Dumme in DAN.svg |
State: | Niedersachsen |
District: | Lüchow-Dannenberg |
Samtgemeinde: | Lüchow (Wendland) |
Elevation: | 22 |
Area: | 25.48 |
Postal Code: | 29468 |
Area Code: | 05845 |
Licence: | DAN |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 03 3 54 001 |
Divisions: | 8 Ortsteile |
Website: | www.bergen-dumme.de |
Mayor: | Wolf Rüdiger Preuß |
Party: | CDU |
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 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.
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)