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ID: 1048753
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1048753
Record Type:
administrative
Skien (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 59 12 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 59.2000
decimal degrees
Long: 009 36 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 9.6000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on the river Skienselva; founded on the site of a monastery in 12th cen.; was center of lumber & mining industries from 17th cen., but ore is now exhausted; noted as the birthplace of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
Names:
Skien
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Norge
(nation) (
P
)
............
Vestfold og Telemark
(county) (
P,
U
)
................
Skien
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1110, incorporated in 1346
town (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
port (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Skien..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 862
..............
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 862
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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