The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Bergedorf
BERGEDORF, bĕrg'ĕ-dôrf, Germany, town
10 miles southeast of Hamburg, and in the
territory belonging to that city, on the Bille, a
tributary of the Elbe. It has flourishing glass
works and manufactures of enamel ware.
Lesser productions are cane chairs, brushes and
buttons, and there are tanneries and brick
yards. The town is the seat of a District Court
and has a realschule and an institution for the
blind. It is the birthplace of the composer,
Johann Adolf Hasse. It was held jointly by
Lübeck and Hamburg till 1867, when Lübeck
assigned its rights to Hamburg on payment of
200,000 thalers. Pop. 14,907.