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ID: 7005080
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005080
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Gelsenkirchen (inhabited place)  Gelsenkirchen (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 31 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.5167  decimal degrees
Long: 007 03 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.0500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Rhein-Herne-Kanal N of Essen, bisected by Emscher river; old village grew suddenly & annexed neighbors after coal mines opened in 1853; was bombed in WW II, though 3 old castles survived; city today is dominated by heavy industry.

Names:
Gelsenkirchen (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Deutschland (nation)  ........  Deutschland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nordrhein-Westfalen (state)  ............  Nordrhein-Westfalen (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Gelsenkirchen (inhabited place)  ................  Gelsenkirchen (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  grew from small village with opening of coal mines in 19th cen., chartered in 1875, absorbed neighboring Buer & Horst in 1928
city (C)
inland port (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)  ............  after 1853

Sources and Contributors:
Gelsenkirchen..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..........................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 168
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..........................  Times Atlas of the World (1990) 73
..........................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 71
..........................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 168
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1775230
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1990) 73
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 71
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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