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ID: 1038855
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1038855
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dorsten (inhabited place)  Dorsten (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 40 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.6667  decimal degrees
Long: 006 58 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.9667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Lippe river; was a village in Roman times; chartered by archbishops of Köln in 13th cen.; was monastic center for Franciscan monks & Ursulan nuns; ruled by dukes of Arenberg from 1802, as a fief of Prussia after 1815; badly damaged in WW II.

Names:
Dorsten (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 North Rhine-Westphalia (state)  ............  North Rhine-Westphalia (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Dorsten (inhabited place)  ................  Dorsten (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was inhabited by Roman times, chartered in 1251, fortified in 14th cen., annexed surrounding towns in 1975
city (C)
river settlement (C)
manufacturing center (C)
mining center (C)  ............  first coal mine opened in 1911
transportation center (C)  ............  railway arrived in 1899
religious center (C)  ............  was stronghold of bishops & monastic center by 13th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Dorsten..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 189
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 57
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 341
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 189
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1761110
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 57
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 341
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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