Bergen an der Dumme explained

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.

Further reading

Reinhold Olesch (Hrsg.): Fontes linguae Dravaenopolabicae minores et Chronica Venedica J. P. Schultzii. (= Slavistische Forschungen; Band 7). Böhlau, Köln und Graz 1967

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)