Bergisches Land
Bergisches Land is a low mountainous region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its natural areas are dominated by woods, rivers and grasslands and a large number of artificial lakes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Wuppertal and Solingen.
Wuppertal
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Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in the northwestern part of Germany. It is famous for having the world's oldest monorail system, and as the birthplace of Friedrich Engels, co-author of the Communist Manifesto.
Solingen
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Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Solingen is world famous for its century old tradition of making knives and swords and you can still get a high quality blade here, but expect to pay good money for good quality.
Bergisch Gladbach
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Bergisch Gladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with a population of 113,000.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Remscheid and Gummersbach.
Remscheid
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Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third-largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on the south side of the Ruhr area.
Gummersbach
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Gummersbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street.
Mettmann
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Mettmann is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, east of Düsseldorf and west of Wuppertal. It is the capital of the Mettmann district.
Bergisches Land
- Type: Area
- Description: Region in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
- Categories: region and upland
- Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bergisches Land” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برغشس لاند”
- Breton: “Bergisches Land”
- Catalan: “Bergisches Land”
- Chinese: “貝吉舍斯蘭”
- Chinese: “贝吉舍斯兰”
- Chinese: “贝格地区”
- Danish: “Bergisches Land”
- Dutch: “Bergische Land”
- Dutch: “Bergisches Land”
- Dutch: “Bergse Land”
- Esperanto: “Bergisches Land”
- Estonian: “Bergisches Land”
- Finnish: “Bergisches Land”
- French: “Bergisches Land”
- French: “Pays de Berg”
- German: “Bergisches Land”
- Hebrew: “ברגישס לנד”
- Indonesian: “Bergisches Land”
- Italian: “Bergisches Land”
- Japanese: “ベルギシェス・ラント”
- Japanese: “ベルギッシェス・ラント”
- Japanese: “ベルギッシェス・ラント地方”
- Kölsch: “Bergisches Land”
- Kölsch: “Et Berjische”
- Ladin: “Bergisches Land”
- Limburgan: “Bergisches Land”
- Macedonian: “Бершки крај”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bergisches Land”
- Norwegian: “Bergisches Land”
- Ossetian: “Бергишес-Ланд”
- Polish: “Bergisches Land”
- Portuguese: “Bergisches Land”
- Romanian: “Bergisches Land”
- Russian: “Бергишес-Ланд”
- Russian: “Бергишская страна”
- Scots: “Bergisches Land”
- Slovenian: “Bergisches Land”
- Spanish: “Bergisches Land”
- Spanish: “Condado del Monte”
- Swedish: “Bergisches Land”
- Venetian: “Contado del Monte”
- Vietnamese: “Bergisches Land”
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