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ID: 7007756
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007756
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Poznań (inhabited place)  Poznań (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 25 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.4167  decimal degrees
Long: 016 53 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 16.8833  decimal degrees

Note: On banks of Warta River; became a major trade center; cultural growth peaked 15th-16th cen.; was occupied by Germans; ruled by Russia 1807-1815; destroyed by Nazis in 1939; textile mills, chemical & metals plants were built after WW II.

Names:
Poznań (preferred,C,V)
Posen (C,O)
Poznan (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Polska (nation)  ........  Polska (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Wielkopolskie (voivodeship)  ............  Wielkopolskie (voivodeship) (P)
Hierarchy of Poznań (inhabited place)  ................  Poznań (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  established as a stronghold in 9th cen.
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
trade center (C)
industrial center (C)
educational center (C)
episcopal see (C)  ............  first in nation, established in 968
national capital (H)  ............  from 10th cen. until annexed to Prussia

Sources and Contributors:
Posen..........  [BHA, GRLPSC]
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Poznan..........  [GRLPSC]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Poznań..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 659
.................  Nagel's: Poland (1969) 244-246
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 157
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 659
..................  Nagel's: Poland (1969) 244-246
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 157
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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