Bree-land

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Bree-land is a region in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, centered on the village of Bree and known for its mixed population of Men and Hobbits and its role as a crossroads for travelers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bree-land canonical 15
Bree-land (part of former Cardolan) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional region
region of Middle-earth
appearsIn The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings Appendices
The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion
The Return of the King
bordersRegion Chetwood
The Shire
centeredOnSettlement Bree
containsSettlement Archet
Bree
Combe
Staddle
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
economicActivity farming
innkeeping
ethnicGroup Bree-hobbits
linked to: Hobbits

Bree-men
linked to: Bree
firstPublishedIn 1954
governedBy Bree-land Mayor
hasClimate temperate
hasCulturalFeature pipe-smoking
use of Common Speech
hasDefense dike and hedge around Bree
hasLanguage Westron
hasNotableBuilding The Prancing Pony
hasNotableEvent Attack of the Nazgûl near Bree
Meeting of Frodo Baggins and Aragorn at Bree
Return of the Travellers after the War of the Ring
hasNotableInn The Prancing Pony
hasPopulationType rural
hasTerrain fields
hills
woodlands
inhabitedBy Hobbits
Men
inspiredBy English rural villages
knownFor crossroads for travelers
mixed population of Men and Hobbits
locatedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth
locatedInRegion Eriador
mentionedIn The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
strategicImportance junction of Great East Road and Greenway
timePeriod Fourth Age
Third Age
traversedBy Great East Road
Greenway
linked to: Cardinal Greenway

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hobbits homeLocation Bree-land
Shire borders Bree-land
Eriador contains Bree-land
Hobbit nativeTo Bree-land
Common Speech regionOfUse Bree-land
Arnor containsRegion Bree-land
The Prancing Pony locatedIn Bree-land
Fornost Erain near Bree-land
Hither Lands contains Bree-land
Tom Bombadil locatedNear Bree-land
Eastfarthing borders Bree-land
Cardolan successorRegion Bree-land (part of former Cardolan)
linked to: Bree-land
Bree locatedInRegion Bree-land
Barrow-downs locatedNear Bree-land