Bessin (France)
Bessin is a landscape in Normandy in France . It corresponds to the settlement area of the Celtic Bajocasser , whose name can also be found in the place name Bayeux , the central place of the Bessin. Bessin is known for its high-quality dairy products such as Isigny butter.
history
In 924 , King Rudolf of Burgundy enfeoffed the Norman William I with the Bessin, so that it became part of what would later become Normandy . It corresponds to the former diocese of Bayeux (today diocese of Bayeux-Lisieux ) and has been part of the Calvados department since the French Revolution .
During the Second World War , on the so-called D-Day , the Allies landed on the beaches of the Bessin (only Utah Beach is in the neighboring Cotentin peninsula , in the Plain landscape ), which is now documented in numerous museums. There are also large American, British, and German war cemeteries .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde Vol. 21, De Gruyter 2002. P. 366.