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ID: 7005966
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005966
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Blenheim (inhabited place)  Blenheim (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 48 38 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 48.6333  decimal degrees
Long: 010 38 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 10.6333  decimal degrees

Note: Blindheim is a village located near the Donau River some 10 miles southwest of Donauwörth. It is part of the larger municipality of Blindheim together with four other villages. It is famous as the site of the Battle of Blenhem where the English under Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated the French and Bavarians in 1704 during the War of Spanish Succession.

Names:
Blindheim (preferred,C,V)
Höchstädt (C,V)
Blenheim (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Hochstatt (NA,V)
Höchstädt an der Donau (NA,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bavaria (state)  ............  Bavaria (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Blenheim (inhabited place)  ................  Blenheim (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
village (C)
battlefield (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Blenheim..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 107
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 338
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 152-153
Blindheim..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Müllers Deutsches Ortsbuch (1991)
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Höchstädt..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 338
Höchstädt an der Donau..........  [VP]
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Hochstatt..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 107
..................  LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) Blindheim (Bavaria, Germany) NAF2003031614, accessed 11 May 2004
..................  Müllers Deutsches Ortsbuch (1991)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1793740; -1748897
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 338
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 338
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 152-153
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:107

 

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