Bergen an der Dumme

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

52°53′N 10°58′E / 52.883°N 10.967°E / 52.883; 10.967CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictLüchow-Dannenberg Municipal assoc.Lüchow (Wendland)Subdivisions8 OrtsteileGovernment • MayorWolf Rüdiger Preuß (CDU)Area • Total25.48 km² (9.84 sq mi)Elevation22 m (72 ft)Population • Total1,434 • Density56/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes05845Vehicle registrationDANWebsitewww.bergen-dumme.de

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.

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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)