The German word Burg means castle. Burg or Bürg may refer to:

Places

Placename element

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-burg A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

'', a combining form in Dutch, German and English placenames * Burg, a variant of

burh A burh () or burg was an Old English fortification or fortified settlement. In the 9th century, raids and invasions by Vikings prompted Alfred the Great to develop a network of burhs and roads to use against such attackers. Some were new constru ...

, the fortified towns of Saxon England

Settlements

Burg, Aargau Burg is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Unter-Rinach Castle, which the village name references, was probably built in the 12th Century. It was the family seat of the lords of Rinach, who ...

, Switzerland *

Burg, Bernkastel-Wittlich Burg (Mosel) is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is purely a winegrowing and tourism centre. ...

, Germany * Burg, Bitburg-Prüm, Germany *

Burg, Brandenburg Burg (Spreewald) ( dsb, Bórkowy (Błota)) is a municipality in the district of Spree-Neiße, in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. History From 1815 to 1947, Burg was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. From 1952 to 1990, it was part ...

, Germany * Burg, Dithmarschen, Germany *

Burg auf Fehmarn Fehmarn (, da, Femern; from Old Wagrian Slavic "''Fe More''", meaning "''In the Sea''") is an island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is Germany's third-largest island, after Rü ...

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Burg bei Magdeburg Burg (also known as Burg bei Magdeburg to distinguish from other places with the same name) is a town of about 22,400 inhabitants on the Elbe–Havel Canal in northeastern Germany, northeast of Magdeburg. It is the capital of the Jerichower Land ...

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Burg im Leimental Burg im Leimental is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. History Burg im Leimental is first mentioned in 1168 as ''Biedertan'' though this was referring to Alt-Biederthal Castle. In 1520 it ...

, Switzerland *

Den Burg Den Burg is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Texel on the island of the same name, and lies about 12 km north of Den Helder. Overview Located in the middle of the island, Den Burg is the larg ...

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The Burg, Illinois The Burg is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Illinois, United States, located northwest of Compton Compton may refer to: Places Canada * Compton (electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district * Compton (provinci ...

, United States *

Burg, Hautes-Pyrénées Burg is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a hig ...

, France * Burg, Kilninian and Kilmore, a place on the

Isle of Mull The Isle of Mull ( gd, An t-Eilean Muileach ) or just Mull (; gd, Muile, links=no ) is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye) and lies off the west coast of Scotland in the Council areas of Scotland, council area of Arg ...

, Argyll and Bute, Scotland *

Melber, Kentucky Melber (also known as Burg and Lewisburg) is an unincorporated community in Graves and McCracken counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Andy Melber, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name. Zip Code Melber's zip code, 42069, has be ...

, United States, also known as Burg

Other uses

Burg (surname) Burg or Bürg is a German, Dutch, and Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Burg *Avraham Burg (born 1955), Israeli politician, son of Yosef Burg *Eugen Burg (1871–1944), German film actor *Hansi Burg (1898–1975), Austrian-bo ...

or Bürg *

Bürg (crater) Bürg is a prominent Lunar craters, lunar impact crater in the northeast part of the Moon. It lies within the lava-flooded, ruined crater formation designated Lacus Mortis. To the south and southeast is the crater pair Plana (crater), Plana and ...

* Burg (ship, 2003), a car ferry operating on Switzerland's Lake Zurich *

Burgs (fast-food chain) Burgs is an Indian fast food chain that mainly serves gourmet burgers including chicken, lamb, fish, prawn, beef and pork, as well as veggie burgers. It also serves ice cream shakes, iced tea, Orangina, B'lue and soft drinks. It is owned by Mum ...