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ID: 7006792
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006792

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rotterdam (inhabited place)  Rotterdam (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 55 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.9167  decimal degrees
Long: 004 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 4.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Established on a plot of reclaimed land, created by draining the mouth of the Rotte river in 1283. Developed as a fishing village in the 13th century. Canal to the Schie was dug in 1340s and it became major port of province. A sea route to Indies encouraged commerce in 17th century. Town center was completely destroyed by bombs on May 14 1940.

Names:
Rotterdam (preferred,C,V,English-P)  ............ named for a dam on the Rotte river, that created the reclaimed land on which town was built
Rotterdam (Dutch,U)
רוטרדם (C,U,Hebrew )

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nederland (nation)  ........  Nederland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Zuid-Holland (province)  ............  Zuid-Holland (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Rotterdam (inhabited place)  ................  Rotterdam (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  first mentioned in documents in 1283, chartered in 1328
city (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
רוטרדם..........  [IMJ]
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Rotterdam..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
....................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 203
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 167
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 203
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2152403
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 167
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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