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ID: 7012317
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7012317
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Halberstadt (inhabited place)  Halberstadt (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 54 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.9000  decimal degrees
Long: 011 03 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 11.0500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Holtemme river in foreland of Harz mountains; was important medieval center; town went to Brandenburg in 1648, to Westphalia in 1807 & to Prussia in 1815; since it was center for production of bombers in WW II, city was heavily damaged.

Names:
Halberstadt (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Saxony-Anhalt (state)  ............  Saxony-Anhalt (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Halberstadt (inhabited place)  ................  Halberstadt (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  recorded in 9th cen.; grew to become one of the largest trading centers in Germany by 13th cen.
town (C)
episcopal see (C)  ............  established ca. 814, suppressed in 1648
manufacturing center (C)  ............  noted for sugar-refining, engineering & metal-processing, asbestos, machinery, rubber & woven goods, foodstuffs (sausages)
trade center (C)  ............  important by 13th cen.
market center (C)  ............  market rights granted in 989

Sources and Contributors:
Halberstadt..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 369
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 628
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 79
.......................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 481
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 369
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 628
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1785065
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 79
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 481
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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