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ID: 1049463
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1049463
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Skierniewice (inhabited place)  Skierniewice (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 58 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.9667  decimal degrees
Long: 020 10 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 20.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Seat of bishops & archbishops in 16th & 17th cen.; fell to Prussia in 18th cen.; under German, Austrian & Russian control throughout 19th cen.; economy based on textile industry, farm machinery & electronic products.

Names:
Skierniewice (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Polska (nation)  ........  Polska (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Łódzkie (voivodeship)  ............  Łódzkie (voivodeship) (P)
Hierarchy of Skierniewice (inhabited place)  ................  Skierniewice (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  first chronicled in 1360
city (C)  ............  chartered in 1457
provincial capital (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Skierniewice..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 864
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 184
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 864
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 184
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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