Bergen an der Dumme

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.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Saxony-Anhalt Brandenburg Lüneburg (district) Uelzen (district) Neu Darchau Hitzacker Göhrde Göhrde (unincorporated area) Damnatz Karwitz Zernien Gusborn Langendorf Dannenberg (Elbe) Jameln Lüchow Wustrow Luckau (Wendland) Küsten Waddeweitz Clenze Bergen an der Dumme Schnega Lübbow Woltersdorf Lemgow Prezelle Trebel Gorleben Gartow Höhbeck Schnackenburg Gartow (unincorporated area)
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