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[[File:Locator map Bergisches Land in Germany.svg|thumb|Bergisches Land, [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany]]
[[Image:Burgholz45.jpg|thumb|rightt|view on the woods of Burg with a typical Bergisches farmerhouse]]
[[Image:Blaeu 1645 - Iuliacensis et Montensis Ducatus.jpg|thumb|275px|Iuliacensis et Montensis Ducatus, 1645, by [[Blaeu]]]]
The '''Bergisches Land''' (''Country of Berg'' or ''Land of Berg'') is a low mountain range region within the state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia|Nordrhein-Westfalen]], [[Germany]], east of [[Rhine|Rhine river]], south of the [[Ruhr]]. The landscape is shaped by woods, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains over 20 artificial lakes. [[Wuppertal]] is the biggest town and seen as the regions capital, whereas the southern part nowaday has closer economic and socio-cultural ties to [[Cologne]].
== History ==
Bergisches Land used to be territory of the [[Berg (state)|County of Berg]], which later became the [[Berg (state)|Duchy of Berg]], who gave the region its name. The Duchy was dissolved in 1815 and in 1822 the region became part of the [[Prussia|Prussian]] [[Rhine Province]].
Amongst the population today, a sense of belonging to the region Bergisches Land is notable in the hilly northern part, but not much anymore in the areas near the [[Cologne Bight]], the [[Ruhr|Ruhr area]] or the city of [[Düsseldorf]].
=== Economic uprise ===
The region became famous during the period of its early industralisation in the 19th century. At that time [[Wupper|Wupper Valley]] was a historical ''Silicon Valley'' and its twin cities ''Barmen'' and ''Elberfeld'' the trading- and industrial capitals of Prussia. This economic upswing caused the expansion of the [[Ruhr]]gebiet and the foundation of socialism: Friedrich Engels was born in Barmen from a textile mill owner.
After the industrial downturn from the 1960s on, the region lost importance but cooperations by Bergisches Land entrepreneurs and politicians are recently{{when|date=January 2011}} bringing back some regional awareness and economic power.
==Cities and districts==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width=75%
!
!City/district
!affiliation
!width=150px align=center|Part of the dukedom Berg (1789)
!width=150px align=center|Part of the Bergisches Land in local awareness
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Bad Honnef.svg|20px]]
|[[Bad Honnef]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen von Bergisch Gladbach.svg|20px]]
|[[Bergisch Gladbach]]
|Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-bergn.jpg|15px]]
|[[Bergneustadt]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Stadtwappen Burscheid.jpg|20px]]
|[[Burscheid]]
|Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Stadtwappen der kreisfreien Stadt Düsseldorf.png|20px]]
|[[Düsseldorf]]
|no affiliation
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Eitorf Wappen.png|20px]]
|[[Eitorf]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-eng.jpg|20px]]
|[[Engelskirchen]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Erkrath2.jpg|20px]]
|[[Erkrath]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-gm.jpg|15px]]
|[[Gummersbach]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Das Haaner Wappen.svg|20px]]
|[[Haan]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Heiligenhaus.jpg|20px]]
|[[Heiligenhaus]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Hennef Wappen.png|20px]]
|[[Hennef]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-Hilden.jpg|15px]]
|[[Hilden]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-hue.jpg|20px]]
|[[Hückeswagen]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen von Kürten.png|20px]]
|[[Kürten]]
|Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:LangenfeldWappen.gif|20px]]
|[[Langenfeld (Rheinland)|Langenfeld]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen von Leichlingen.png|20px]]
|[[Leichlingen]]
|Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Stadtwappen der kreisfreien Stadt Leverkusen.png|20px]]
|[[Leverkusen]]
|no affiliation
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-lind.jpg|20px]]
|[[Lindlar]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Lohmar.jpg|20px]]
|[[Lohmar]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-mareineheide.jpg|20px]]
|[[Marienheide]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen mettmann.jpg|20px]]
|[[Mettmann]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen von Monheim am Rhein.png|20px]]
|[[Monheim am Rhein|Monheim]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-mors.jpg|20px]]
|[[Morsbach]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Much Wappen.gif|25px]]
|[[Much, Germany|Much]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Mülheim an der Ruhr.jpg|15px]]
|[[Mülheim an der Ruhr]]
|no affiliation
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Neunkirchen-Seelscheid Wappen.png|20px]]
|[[Neunkirchen-Seelscheid]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen niederkassel.jpg|20px]]
|[[Niederkassel]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappennuemb.jpg|20px]]
|[[Nümbrecht]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Odenthal.png|20px]]
|[[Odenthal]]
|Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Overath.png|20px]]
|[[Overath]]
|Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Ratingen.png|20px]]
|[[Ratingen]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Radevormwald Wappen.png|20px]]
|[[Radevormwald]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-reichshof.jpg|20px]]
|[[Reichshof]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Stadtwappen der kreisfreien Stadt Remscheid.png|20px]]
|[[Remscheid]]
|no affiliation
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Roesrath.png|20px]]
|[[Rösrath]]
|Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Ruppichteroth.png|20px]]
|[[Ruppichteroth]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen der Stadt Sankt Augustin.svg|20px]]
|[[Sankt Augustin]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Siegburg.png|20px]]
|[[Siegburg]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Stadtwappen der kreisfreien Stadt Solingen.png|20px]]
|[[Solingen]]
|no affiliation
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Troisdorf Wappen.svg|20px]]
|[[Troisdorf]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen von Velbert.jpg|20px]]
|[[Velbert]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-waldbroel.jpg|20px]]
|[[Waldbröl]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Stadtwappen Wermelskirchen 72px.jpg|15px]]
|[[Wermelskirchen]]
|Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappenwiehl.png|20px]]
|[[Wiehl]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Windeck wappen 0.1.jpg|20px]]
|[[Windeck]]
|Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen-wipperf.png|20px]]
|[[Wipperfürth]]
|Oberbergischer Kreis
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Wappen Wuelfrath.png|20px]]
|[[Wülfrath]]
|Kreis Mettmann
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|align=center|[[Image:Stadtwappen der kreisfreien Stadt Wuppertal.png|20px]]
|[[Wuppertal]]
|no affiliation
|align=center|X
|align=center|X
|-
|}
{{coord missing|North Rhine-Westphalia}}
== See also ==
{{Portal|NRW}}
{{commonscat}}
* [[Bergische Museumsbahnen]]
* [[Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company]]
* [[Rhineland]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.bergisches-land.de/ www.bergisches-land.de] by Bergisches Land Tourismus Marketing e.V {{de icon}} {{nl icon}}