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ID: 6000938
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6000938
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bremen (general region)  Bremen (general region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 05 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 008 48 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.8000  decimal degrees

Note: Bremen is an area of about 2000 square miles, lying between the lower Elbe and the lower Weser Rivers in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It was a powerful duchy and archbishopric during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. In 1715 it had become part of the electorate of Hanover.

Names:
Bremen (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lower Saxony (state)  ............  Lower Saxony (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Bremen (general region)  ................  Bremen (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)
duchy (H)  ............  created under supremacy of Sweden in 1648
diocese (H)  ............  established in 13th century

Sources and Contributors:
Bremen..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 174
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 174
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 174

 

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