Burgdorf (bʊrk'dôrf), Fr. Berthoud, town (1990 est. pop. 15,373), NW Switzerland, on the Emme River. It is a textile-manufacturing and cheese-trading town. There is a 12th-century castle in which J. H. Pestalozzi, the educational reformer, held (1799-1804) his first school.
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Burgdorf may refer to:
- Burgdorf, Switzerland, a town in the canton of Berne, Switzerland
- Burgdorf (district), a district in the canton of Berne, Switzerland
- Burgdorf, Hanover, a town in the district of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Burgdorf, Wolfenbüttel, a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895-1945), a German officer
- Burgdorf, Idaho (USA) Resort Hot Spring (since the 1800s), and alleged town.
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