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.   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 
Bergisches Land uised tae be territory o the Coonty o Berg, which later became the Duchy o Berg, who gave the region its name. 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 
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.

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.

Ceeties an destricts
Ceety/destrictaffiliationPairt o the dukedom Berg (1789)Pairt o the Bergisches Land in local awareness20pxBad HonnefRhein-Sieg-KreisX 20pxBergisch GladbachRheinisch-Bergischer KreisX X15pxBergneustadt Oberbergischer KreisXX20pxBurscheid Rheinisch-Bergischer KreisX X20pxDüsseldorfnae affiliationX 20pxEitorfRhein-Sieg-KreisX X20pxEngelskirchenOberbergischer KreisX X20pxErkrathKreis MettmannX X15pxGummersbachOberbergischer Kreis X20pxHaanKreis MettmannX X20pxHeiligenhausKreis MettmannX X20pxHennefRhein-Sieg-KreisX X15pxHildenKreis MettmannX X20pxHückeswagenOberbergischer KreisX X20pxKürtenRheinisch-Bergischer KreisX X20pxLangenfeldKreis MettmannXX20pxLeichlingenRheinisch-Bergischer KreisX X20pxLeverkusen no affiliationX X20pxLindlarOberbergischer KreisX X20pxLohmarRhein-Sieg-KreisX X20pxMarienheideOberbergischer Kreis X20pxMettmannKreis MettmannX X20pxMonheimKreis MettmannX X20pxMorsbachOberbergischer KreisX X25pxMuchRhein-Sieg-KreisX X15pxMülheimnae affiliationX 20pxNeunkirchen-SeelscheidRhein-Sieg-KreisX X20pxNiederkassel Rhein-Sieg-KreisX 20pxNümbrechtOberbergischer Kreis X20pxOdenthalRheinisch-Bergischer KreisX X20pxOverathRheinisch-Bergischer KreisX X20pxRatingen Kreis MettmannX X20pxRadevormwaldOberbergischer KreisX X20pxReichshofOberbergischer KreisX X20pxRemscheidnae affiliationX X20pxRösrathRheinisch-Bergischer KreisX X20pxRuppichterothRhein-Sieg-KreisX X20pxSankt AugustinRhein-Sieg-KreisX 20pxSiegburg Rhein-Sieg-KreisX  20pxSolingen nae affiliationX X20pxTroisdorfRhein-Sieg-KreisX 20pxVelbertKreis MettmannX X20pxWaldbrölOberbergischer KreisX X15pxWermelskirchenRheinisch-Bergischer KreisX X20pxWiehl Oberbergischer Kreis X20pxWindeckRhein-Sieg-KreisX X20pxWipperfürthOberbergischer KreisX X20pxWülfrathKreis MettmannX X20pxWuppertal nae affiliationX X

 See an aw 


 Bergische Museumsbahnen
 Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company 
 Rhineland

References

 Freemit airtins  
  www.bergisches-land.de bi Bergisches Land Tourismus Marketing e.V   


Category:Muntains an hills o North Rhine-Westphalie

Category:Regions o North Rhine-Westphalie