Bresegard
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
| District | urban district |
| Population | 360 (2006) |
| Area | 16.57 km² |
| Elevation | 37 m |
| Coordinates | 53°21′ N 11°17′ E |
| Postal code | 19230 |
| Area code | 038751 |
| Licence plate code | LWL |
| Mayor | Klaus Weinreich |
Bresegard is a small municipality in the German province of Mecklenburg. To be precise there are two towns in Mecklenberg with the name Bresegard. This article is about Bresegard bei Picher, meaning it is near the town of Picher. The other Bresegard is near the town of Eldena, and is called Bresegard bei Eldena. Bresegard bei Picher is part of the county office (gemeinde) of Hagenow and is part of the district (landkreiss) of Ludwigslust. Both Bresegard municipalities are about equa-distant from Ludwiglust. Bresegard bei Picher is near the main highway between Berlin and Hamburg.
[edit] History
It is worth noting that this area of Germany (Mecklenburg) had once been occupied by Slavic peoples, and the suffix 'gard' in the name Bresegard reflects this. [Slavic towns may often have the suffix 'grad', which means town or city. Although the suffix 'gard' may be spelled differently the root link to the Slavic languages can be discerned]. A similar example of lingering slavic language influence is the city of Schwerin, which used to be called Zuarin before the complete 'germanization' of the area. However, the German language Wikipedia article on Bresegard says that the place name, orignally from the slavic, later as 'birkenbirge', and finally as Bresegard, had the root meaning of something like "birch tree mountain". The Bresegard crest depicts a birch tree on a mound, the seed pods represent the number of roads leading into the villiage.
The first known mention of Bresegard come from 1421 by Albrecht V. of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in his compilation of land ownership, and was known then as "Brezegure". There are some indications that in the 15th and 16th centuries there may have been windmills in place. During the thirty-years war much of the area surrounding Bresegard was devastated. By the 17th and 18th centuries small farmers began to populate the area.
Bresegard bei Picher was part of the area intially captured or occupied by American troops at the end of World War Two. In other words Bresegard was on the American side of the line of contact between American and Soviet forces. Due to previous agreements by the Allied powers, this part of Germany was transferred to Soviet control some several weeks after American occupation. As a small remote village Bresegard did not suffer war time destruction.
Click on the following link to the German language Wikipedia article on Bresegard bei Picher for more detailed information: | Bresegard bei Picher
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