Bergisch Gladbach

is a ceety in the Cologne/Bonn Region o North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany an caipital o the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (destrict).

Geography
Bergisch Gladbach is locatit east o the river Rhine, approx. 10 kilometers east o Cologne.

Neeebourin municipalities
Beginnin in the north clockwise the neeebourin municipalities an neebourin touns are: Odenthal, Kürten, Overath, Rösrath, Cologne an Leverkusen.

History
Early dounsets existed in the 13t century, but the toun wis offeecially foondit in 1856. 

The wird “Bergisch” in the name does no oreeginate frae its location in the earldom o Berg an wis no addit tae distinguish it frae Mönchengladbach as believit bi mony fowk, but frae the earls who gave their name tae the region.
At the stairt o the 12t century the earls o "Berg" settled in the aurie an it became the grand duchy o "Berg". This is whaur the first pairt o the name (Bergisch) comes frae.

The seicont pairt o the name is a lot haurder tae splain in Inglis, as it oreeginates frae Law German (Bergisches Platt). "Gladbach" evolvit frae the stream "Strunde", which receivit an airtificial river bed in early medieval times. Basically the river wis "laid" which means "gelaat" in "Bergisch Platt", the slang/dialect o the region. Durin the centuries the wird "gelaat" evolvit an wis roondit bi the fowk tae "glad". The seicont pairt o the wird, "bach" stands for stream, meant is the "Strunde". Basically "Gladbach" means stream wi an airtificially laid river bed.  

In 1975 the ceety incorporatit the neebourin Bensberg an when it reached a population o 100,000 in 1977 it receivit the rank o a ceety.

Economy
Its principal industries include paper manufacturin, printin, glasswool manufacturin an heich tech.

Internaitional relations

Bergisch Gladbach is twinned wi:

  Kintra Place  Coonty / Destrict / Region / State Date   Fraunce Bourgoin-Jallieu
  25px Rhône-Alpes  1956   Unitit Kinrick Luton
  25px Bedfordshire  1956   Netherlands Velsen
  25px North Holland 1956   Fraunce Joinville-le-Pont
    1960   Unitit Kinrick Runnymede
    1965   Lithuanie Marijampolė
    1989   Cyprus Limassol
    1991   Poland Pszczyna
   Silesie Voivodship, pszczyński coonty, Pszczyna gmina 1993   Palestine Beit Jala
   Wast Bank 2010

Born in Bergisch Gladbach
 Astrid Benöhr, German endurance athlete
 Wolfgang Bosbach, German politeecian
 Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast
 Götz Heidelberg, German constructin ingineer
 Mats Hummels, German fitbaa player for Borussia Dortmund
 Heidi Klum, German supermodel
 Georg Koch, retired German goalkeeper
 Tim Wiese, German fitbaa goalkeeper for Werder Bremen

Schuils in Bergisch Gladbach
 Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium Bensberg/Bergisch Gladbach, High School
 Gymnasium Herkenrath/Bergisch Gladbach, High School
 Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium Bergisch Gladbach, High School
 Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium Bensberg/Bergisch Gladbach, High School

References

External links

 Bergisch Gladbach Official site 
 Fire Department Bergisch Gladbach 


Category:Ceeties in North Rhine-Westphalie