Bergisches Land
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- Instance of
- low mountain range
- Part of
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Named after
- Duchy of Berg
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Image
- Balkhausener Kotten (Solingen).jpg
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Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany View of the woods of Burg with a typical Bergisches farmhouse Iuliacensis et Montensis Ducatus, 1645, by Blaeu
The Bergisches Land ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁɡɪʃəs ˈlant], lit. 'Bergian Land') is a low mountain range in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, east of the Rhine and south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by forests, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains over twenty artificial lakes. Wuppertal is the biggest town, while the southern part has economic and socio-cultural ties to Cologne. Wuppertal and the neighbouring cities of Remscheid and Solingen form the Bergisches Städtedreieck (Berg City Triangle).
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