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ID: 7007306
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007306
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Altdorf (inhabited place)  Altdorf (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 52 50 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.8804  decimal degrees
Long: 008 38 40 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.6444  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Lake Lucerne. Famous as the site of the legendary arrow-shooting feat by William Tell, which is linked to the emergence of the Swiss nation and the formation of the Everlasting League against the Hapsburgs in 1291.

Names:
Altdorf (preferred,C,V,German,U)
Altorf (C,V)
Altendorfium (H,V)
Altorfium (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Switzerland (nation)  ........  Switzerland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Uri (canton)  ............  Uri (canton) (P)
Hierarchy of Altdorf (inhabited place)  ................  Altdorf (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a medieval center
town (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Altdorf..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-36
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Altendorfium..........  [VP]
.......................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 15
Altorf..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 27
Altorfium..........  [VP]
....................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 15
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 11
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 27
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2551007
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 15
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-36
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 11
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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