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Bergisch Gladbach
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is a ceety in the
Cologne/Bonn Region
o
North Rhine-Westphalie
,
Germany
an caipital o the
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
(destrict).
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
,
Kurten
,
Overath
,
Rosrath
,
Cologne
an
Leverkusen
.
Early dounsets existed in the 13t century, but the toun wis offeecially foondit in 1856.
Auld
castle
an toun haw o Bensberg
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
Monchengladbach
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:
Schuils in Bergisch Gladbach
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| Coat of arms of Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis district
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