Burg () is a municipality in the district of

Dithmarschen Dithmarschen (, ; archaic English: ''Ditmarsh''; ; ) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Flensburg, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, and Steinburg, by the ...

, in

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. It lies at the rim of the

Heide-Itzehoe Geest The Heide-Itzehoe Geest () is a division of a larger natural region in the west of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It belongs to the Hohe Geest and thus to the Schleswig-Holstein Geest natural region. It covers an area of 1,182 square ki ...

with parts of the village in the marshland below. It was named after a fortress "Bökelnburg" of which a 9th-century earth wall ring remains. According to legend Burg was the site of a farmer's revolt. They burned down the castle and killed the count who had asked for a "tenth" tribute despite it being a time of drought. File:Burg (Dithm.) - Apotheke.jpg, kgl. priv. Apotheke am Markt File:Bökelnburg.jpg, Auffahrt zur Bökelnburg File:Burg - Krenzerstraße.jpg, Krenzerstraße File:Bahnhof Burg.jpg, Bahnhof Burg

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