Berg may refer to:
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Berg (surname) Berg is a surname of North European origin. In several Germanic languages (e.g. German, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish anish: Bjerg, the word means "mount", "mountain" or "cliff".
Notable people sharing the surname "Berg"
In music
*Alban Berg ...
, a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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Berg Ng
Berg Ng Ting-yip (born 12 December 1960) is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for his role as Inspector Cheung in the 2002 crime thriller film ''Infernal Affairs''.
Filmography
Television
* ''The Undercover Agents'' (1984)
* '' 101 Citizen ...
(born 1960), Hong Kong actor
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Berg (footballer) (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
Former states
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Berg (state)
Berg was a state—originally a county, later a duchy—in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed as a distinct political entity from the early 12th to the 19th centuries.
The name of the county lives on in the modern ...
, county and duchy of the Holy Roman Empire
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Grand Duchy of Berg
The Grand Duchy of Berg (german: Großherzogtum Berg), also known as the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves, was a territorial grand duchy established in 1806 by Emperor Napoleon after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805) on territories bet ...
, state of the Napoleonic period
Places
Antarctica
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Berg Peak, Victoria Land
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Berg Bay Berg Bay () is a small bay between Birthday Point and Islands Point in the west side of Robertson Bay, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The bay was charted and named in 1911 by the Northern Party led by Victor Campbell (Royal Navy officer), Victo ...
, Victoria Land
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Berg Ice Stream
Austria
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Berg, Lower Austria
Berg is a town in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in Lower Austria in Austria. It, along with neighboring Wolfsthal were part of the municipality of Wolfsthal-Berg until 1996.
There is a border crossing into Slovakia, with the Bratislava ...
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Berg im Drautal
Berg im Drautal is a village and municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
Geography
It is situated in Drava Valley forty kilometers western from Spittal. The municipality is situated between the ...
, in Carinthia
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Berg bei Rohrbach
Berg bei Rohrbach was a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. On May 1, 2015, Berg bei Rohrbach was merged with neighboring communities of Rohrbach in Oberösterreich to the municipality Rohrbach-Berg.
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, in Upper Austria
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Berg im Attergau, in Upper Austria
France
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Berg, Bas-Rhin, a municipality in the Arrondissement of Saverne
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Berg-sur-Moselle, a commune in the Moselle department
Germany
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Berg (state)
Berg was a state—originally a county, later a duchy—in the Rhineland of Germany. Its capital was Düsseldorf. It existed as a distinct political entity from the early 12th to the 19th centuries.
The name of the county lives on in the modern ...
, a medieval territory in today's North Rhine-Westphalia
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Grand Duchy of Berg
The Grand Duchy of Berg (german: Großherzogtum Berg), also known as the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves, was a territorial grand duchy established in 1806 by Emperor Napoleon after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805) on territories bet ...
(1806–1813), created by Emperor Napoleon
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Berg, Baden-Württemberg
Berg is a municipality in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Ru ...
, a district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg
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Berg, Upper Franconia
Berg () is a municipality in the district of Hof in Bavaria, Germany.
History
Between 1966 and 1990, Berg's component village Rudolphstein served as the West German inner German border crossing for cars travelling between the East German Democr ...
, a district of Hof, Bavaria
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Berg, Upper Palatinate
Berg bei Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz is a municipality in the district of Neumarkt in Bavaria in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in ...
, district of Neumarkt, Bavaria
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Berg, Upper Bavaria
Berg is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany, on the shore of the Starnberg Lake. It is most famous for the royal Berg Castle.
Notable residents
German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (2 ...
, district of Starnberg in Bavaria
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Berg Castle (Bavaria)
Berg Palace (german: Schloss Berg) is a manor house situated on the east bank of Lake Starnberg in the village of Berg in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The site became widely known as the last residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and location of his ...
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Berg im Gau, district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Bavaria
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Berg im Donaugau Abbey
Berg im Donaugau Abbey (in German (language), German Kloster Berg im Donaugau) was a house of the Benedictine Order located somewhere in the area of Berg im Gau in Bavaria in Germany.
History
Wolchanhard was the son of the nobleman Isanhart, who ...
, a historical house of the Benedictine Order in the area of Berg im Gau
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Berg, Ahrweiler
Berg is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Rus ...
, municipality, district of Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Berg, Rhein-Lahn
Berg is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europ ...
, municipality, district of Rhein-Lahn, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Berg, Germersheim
Berg is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the border with France. The ''Ortsteil'' Neulauterburg, 2 km west of the centre of Berg, is contiguous with the French town Lauterbour ...
, municipality, district of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Bergisches Land
The Bergisches Land (, ''Berg Country'') is a low mountain range region within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, east of Rhine river, south of the Ruhr. The landscape is shaped by woods, meadows, rivers and creeks and contains over ...
(Country or Land of Berg), a low mountain range region within the state of Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Bergisch Gladbach
Bergisch Gladbach () is a city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (district).
Geography
Bergisch Gladbach is located east of the river Rhine, approx. 10 kilometers east of ...
(City of Gladbach in the “Land of Berg”)
*Cities with names ending “-berg” include
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) and
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
Italy
*Berg, a ''frazione'' of the comune
Lüsen
Lüsen (; it, Luson ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol, located about northeast of the city of Bolzano.
Geography
As of 30 November 2010, it had a population of 1,543 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian ...
in the Regione of Alto Adige
Luxemburg
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Berg, Luxembourg
Berg ( lb, Bierg) is a village in the commune of Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Gran ...
, a village
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Colmar-Berg
Colmar-Berg ( lb, Colmer-Bierg, german: Colmar-Berg) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Attert and Alzette.
Colmar-Berg is the site of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg' ...
, formerly "Berg"
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Berg Castle
Berg Castle ( lb, Schlass Bierg, ; french: Château de Berg; german: Schloss Berg), also called Colmar-Berg, is the principal residence of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. It is situated in the town of Colmar-Berg, in central Luxembourg, near the con ...
in Colmar-Berg
Netherlands
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Berg (Valkenburg), part of Berg en Terblijt, municipality of Valkenburg, Limburg
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Berg aan de Maas
Berg, often called Berg aan de Maas, is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. It is a part of the municipality of Stein, Limburg, Stein, and lies about 6 km northwest of Geleen.
The village was firs ...
, municipality of Stein, Limburg
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Berg en Dal, a village in the province of Gelderland
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Berg en Terblijt
Berg en Terblijt (; li, Berg or ) is the official Dutch name of a village in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul in the province of Limburg in the Southern part of the Netherlands.
History
The area now known as Berg en Terblijt has b ...
, a former village in the province of Limburg
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Berg (North Brabant)
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Berg (Margraten), a hamlet
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Berg (Meijel)
Norway
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Berg, Norway
Berg is a former municipality that was located in the old Troms county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into the new Senja Municipality. The administrative centre of the municipality wa ...
, a municipality
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Berg, Nordland
Berg is a village in the municipality of Sømna in Nordland county, Norway. The village lies along the Norwegian County Road 17, about north of the village of Vik, just south of the border with Brønnøy Municipality. The village of Trælnes ...
, a village in the municipality of Sømna
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Berg, Østfold
Berg is a former parish and municipality which now forms part of Halden municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The rural municipality was (together with Idd) was merged with the city of Halden on January 1, 1967.
History
Berg was the main parish ...
, a former municipality in Østfold county
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Berg concentration camp
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Berg, Oslo Berg is a neighbourhood in the west side of Oslo. It is located in the borough Nordre Aker, and is surrounded by the neighbourhoods Nordberg in the north, Tåsen in the east and Ullevål Hageby in the southwest. Berg is named after an abandoned fa ...
, a borough of Oslo
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Berg (station), a metro station in Oslo
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Berg Upper Secondary School
Berg Upper Secondary School (Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Berg videregående skole'') was an upper secondary school located in Oslo, Norway. The school was established in 1925 and provided education leading to the International Baccalaureate ( ...
, in Oslo
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Berg skole (Trondheim), a primary school
Sweden
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Berg Municipality
Berg Municipality (, ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its administrative centre, seat is located in Svenstavik.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 when "old" Berg Municipality was amal ...
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Berg, Åtvidaberg, a locality in the municipality of Åtvidaberg
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Berg, Gävle, a locality in Gävle
Switzerland
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Berg, Thurgau
Berg is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Weinfelden (district), Weinfelden in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
History
The earliest traces of human settlement come from the Stone Age ...
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Berg, St. Gallen
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Berg (Eggerberg)
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Berg am Irchel
Berg am Irchel is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Berg am Irchel is first mentioned around 1100 as ''Berga''. In 1243 it was mentioned as ''Berge''.
Geography
Berg am Irchel ha ...
, Zurich
Elsewhere
*Berg,
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city (United States), independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of Downto ...
, United States
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Berg Lake, in British Columbia, Canada
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Berg River
The Berg River (also called Great Berg River or in Afrikaans: Bergrivier) is a river located just north of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is approximately 294 km (183 mi) long with a catchment area of 7,715& ...
, Western Cape Province, South Africa
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Cape Berg
Cape Berg (russian: Мыс Берга, ''Mys Berga'') is a headland in Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.
This cape was named after prominent Soviet geographer and biologist Lev Berg (1876 – 1950).
Geography
Stretching out towards the Laptev Sea east ...
, Severnaya Zemlya, Russia
Businesses
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Berg Automobile
Berg Automobile Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Cleveland, Ohio, established by Hart O. Berg and operational from 1903 to 1904. The New York Bergs were made by the Worthington Automobile Company.
The 1904 ''Berg'' was a touring ca ...
Company, a former manufacturer of automobiles in Cleveland, Ohio
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Berg Propulsion
Berg Propulsion is a Swedish company that designs and manufactures controllable-pitch propellers for the marine industry. The company produces customized main propellers, azimuth thrusters, transverse thrusters and manoeuvre systems.
Berg Prop ...
, a Swedish company that makes maritime propellers
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Berg Publishers
Berg Publishers was an academic publishing company based in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England and Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It was founded in the United Kingdom in 1983 by Marion Berghahn. Berg published monographs, textbooks, referen ...
, an academic publishing company based in Oxford, England
Other uses
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Berg wind
Berg wind (from Afrikaans ''berg'' "mountain" + ''wind'' "wind", i.e. a mountain wind) is the South African name for a katabatic wind: a hot dry wind blowing down the Great Escarpment from the high central plateau to the coast.
Overview
When ...
, local wind in South Africa
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4528 Berg, an asteroid
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Berg (novel)
''Berg'' (1964) was the first novel by the British experimental writer Ann Quin.
Writing and publication
Quin wrote the novel while working as a secretary. She then had a nervous breakdown, suffering from hallucinations, but received treatmen ...
, a 1964 book by Ann Quin
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Berg Fighter
The Aviatik (Berg) D.I, was a single-engine, single-seater biplane fighter that was developed and manufactured by the Austro-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian branch of Germany, German aircraft company Aviatik. It was also known as Berg D.I or the ''Berg ...
or Berg D.I, an Austrian single-engine, single-seater fighter biplane used in World War I
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Berg connector
Berg connector is a brand of electrical connector used in computer hardware. Berg connectors are manufactured by Berg Electronics Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri, now part of Amphenol.
Overview
Berg connectors have a pitch, pins are squar ...
, a brand of electrical connector used in computer hardware
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Berg Party, a local political party in Berg, Sweden
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Berg Balance Scale
The Berg Balance Scale (or BBS) is a widely used clinical test of a person's static and dynamic balance abilities, named after Katherine Berg, one of the developers. For functional balance tests, the BBS is generally considered to be the gold sta ...
, a clinical test of a person's static and dynamic balance abilities
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The Berg, a proposed artificial mountain in Berlin, Germany
See also
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Berg report, published by the World Bank in 1981
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Barg (disambiguation)
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Birg (disambiguation)
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Borg (disambiguation)
The Borg is a fictional alien faction from the ''Star Trek'' franchise.
Borg may also refer to:
People
* Borg (surname), list of people with the surname
* Lawrence Springborg, an Australian politician also known as "The Borg"
Places Antarcti ...
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Burg (disambiguation)
The German word Burg means castle. Burg or Bürg may refer to:
Places Placename element
* ''-burg'', a combining form in Dutch, German and English placenames
* Burg, a variant of burh, the fortified towns of Saxon England
Settlements
* Burg, Aa ...
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Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...
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Bergh
Bergh is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The municipality included the villages of 's-Heerenberg, Zeddam, and Stokkum.
In 2005, it merged with Didam to form the new municipality of Montferland
Montferland () is ...
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