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ID: 7010528
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010528
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Zalaegerszeg (inhabited place)  Zalaegerszeg (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 53 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.8833  decimal degrees
Long: 016 51 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 16.8500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on right bank of Zala river, in area noted for peculiarities of its dialect; served as frontier fort during Turkish wars of 16th-17th cen., & was never occupied by Turks; noted today for important architecture, including Baroque church.

Names:
Zalaegerszeg (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Magyarország (nation)  ........  Magyarország (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Zala (county)  ............  Zala (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Zalaegerszeg (inhabited place)  ................  Zalaegerszeg (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  originated in the medieval period
town (C)
county seat (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Zalaegerszeg..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 889
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 221
.......................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 889
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 221
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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