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Bergisch Gladbach (help·info) is a ceety in the Cologne/Bonn Region o North Rhine-Westphalie, Germany an caipital o the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (destrict).
Bergisch Gladbach | |
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![]() Forecourt o Schloss Bensberg | |
Coordinates: 51°06′N 07°07′E | |
Kintra | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalie |
Admin. region | Köln |
Destrict | Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis |
Subdivisions | 6 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Lutz Urbach (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 83.12 km2 (32.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 51 - 267 m (−825 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 111,645 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 51401-51469 |
Diallin codes | 02202, 02204, 02207 |
Vehicle registration | GL |
Website | www.bergischgladbach.de |
Bergisch Gladbach is locatit east o the river Rhine, approx. 10 kilometers east o Cologne.
Beginnin in the north clockwise the neeebourin municipalities an neebourin touns are: Odenthal, Kürten, Overath, Rösrath, Cologne an Leverkusen.
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.
Its principal industries include paper manufacturin, printin, glasswool manufacturin an heich tech.
Bergisch Gladbach is twinned wi:
Kintra | Place | Coonty / Destrict / Region / State | Date | ||
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Fraunce | Bourgoin-Jallieu | ![]() |
Rhône-Alpes | 1956 |
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Unitit Kinrick | Luton | ![]() |
Bedfordshire | 1956 |
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Netherlands | Velsen | ![]() |
North Holland | 1956 |
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Fraunce | Joinville-le-Pont | 1960 | ||
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Unitit Kinrick | Runnymede | 1965 | ||
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Lithuanie | Marijampolė | 1989 | ||
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Cyprus | Limassol | 1991 | ||
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Poland | Pszczyna | Silesie Voivodship, pszczyński coonty, Pszczyna gmina | 1993 | |
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Palestine | Beit Jala | Wast Bank | 2010 |
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