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ID: 1049425
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1049425
Record Type:
administrative
Rybnik (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 50 07 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 50.1167
decimal degrees
Long: 018 30 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 18.5000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in sub-Carpathian valley on banks of Nacyna River; became part of Bohemia in 1523, seized by Prussia in 1742 & returned to Poland in 1921; industries include coal mining & metalworks.
Names:
Rybnik
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Polska
(nation) (
P
)
............
Śla̜skie
(voivodeship) (
P
)
................
Rybnik
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded as a fishing village in 10th cen.
city (
C
)
............
since 13th cen.
industrial center (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of Racibórz principality in 1282
Sources and Contributors:
Rybnik..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 795
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 269
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
168
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 795
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 269
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
168
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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