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A ''börde'' (plural: ''börden'') is a region of highly fertile lowland in North Germany, a "fertile plain".〔Worsch, Wolfgang (2004). ''Langenscheidt Muret-Sanders Großwörterbuch, Teil II, Deutsch-Englisch'', Langenscheidt KG, Berlin, Munich, Vienna, Zurich, New York, p. 221. ISBN 3-468-02126-7.〕 These landscapes often cover great areas and are particularly important for arable farming on account of their rich soils. These regions coincide closely with areas of flat, fertile loess soil and few trees. ''Börden'' are found in Germany, especially in the North German Old Drift region on the northern edges of Central Uplands. The resulting black earth soils are some of the best soils in Germany. == Etymology == These landscapes are restricted to, or concentrated on, those regions where the Eastphalian and Westphalian dialects are spoken. There are two opposing explanations for the name. According to one, the term is connected with the Old High German word ''giburida'' ("judicial district") or the plattdeutsch word ''bören'' ("to bear"). The ''börde'' in this context is seen as a district in which the inhabitants had to "bear" public charges, i.e. it was effectively a taxation district.〔F. Kluge: ''Etymologische Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache''. De Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 1999. ISBN 3-11-016392-6〕 This may thus be a dialect variation of '':de:Bürde'' ("burden", "heavy load"). Because of the fertility of the ''börden'' another connexion has been made to the word ''bören'', whose primary meaning was "yield" or "output", thus a ''börde'' would be a "land that produced a rich yield". Semasiological comparisons are made in this regard to the word ''tragen'' ("to carry", "to bear"): the related words ''Ertrag'' ("yield") and ''Getreide'' ("grain") stem from the Middle High German ''getregede'' ("that which is borne"). In the heraldic motto of the House of Alsleben is the term ''Vorborde'', which is translated today as "for the ancestral land". ''See also:'' Beauce and the terms Gau and Gäu as part of the name of various landscapes or administrative districts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Börde」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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