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ID: 1049160
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1049160
Record Type:
administrative
Konin (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 52 12 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 52.2000
decimal degrees
Long: 018 12 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 18.2000
decimal degrees
Note:
Was halfway point on ancient Roman trade route between Kalisz & Kruszwica; destroyed by Teutonic Knights in 1331; rebuilt as a fortress town; ruled by Prussia 1793-1806; returned to Poland in 1815; retains many Gothic & Baroque churches.
Names:
Konin
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Europe
(continent) (
P
)
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Poland
(nation) (
P
)
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Greater Poland Voivodeship
(voivodeship) (
P
)
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Konin
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was location of ancient Roman milestone, habitation was first documented in 13th cen. AD
city (
C
)
............
chartered in 1923
provincial capital (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Konin..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 949
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
103
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 949
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
103
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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