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Birken, British Columbia Birken is an unincorporated community on the north shore of Gates Lake in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. On Pemberton Portage Road, the locality is by road about north of Vancouver and northeast of Whistler. ...

, an unincorporated community in southern British Columbia, Canada *

Birkenhead River The Birkenhead River, formerly known as the Portage River, the Pole River and the Mosquito River, is a major tributary of the Lillooet River, which via Harrison Lake and the Harrison River is one of the major tributaries of the lower Fraser River. ...

in BC, Canada * Birkenhead Peak, a mountain near the river of the same name in BC, Canada *

Birken Lake Gates Lake, also known as Birken Lake, Tenass Lake, Halfway Lake, and Summit Lake, is a small lake located at the summit of the Pemberton Portage area of the one-time Lakes Route through the Coast Mountains, located at the summit of a low pass co ...

in BC, Canada * Birken Forest Buddhist Monastery, a Buddhist monastery near Kamloops, BC, Canada *

Birkebeinerrennet Birkebeinerrennet (lit. The Birkebeiner race) is a long-distance Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country ski marathon held annually in Norway. It debuted in 1932 and has been a part of Worldloppet Ski Federation, Worldloppet since Worldlopp ...

, a long-distance cross-country ski race in Norway * Birken, Radevormwald, near

Radevormwald Radevormwald () is a municipality in the Oberbergischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the oldest towns in the Bergischen Land, formerly the County and Duchy of Berg. Geography Radevormwald is located about 50 km e ...

, Germany * Birken, Morsbach, near

Morsbach Morsbach is a municipality in Oberbergischer Kreis, a district in North Rhine-Westphalia near the border of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. In 2015, Morsbach's population was 10,600. The central village, also named Morsbach, has a population of ...

, Germany

People with the surname

Sigmund von Birken Sigmund von Birken (25 April 1626 – 12 June 1681) was a German poet of the Baroque. He was born in Wildstein, near Eger, and died in Nuremberg, aged 55. His pupil, Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg wrote part of a novel, ''Die Durchla ...

, German author, member of the Fruitbearing Society {{DEFAULTSORT:Birken German-language surnames