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ID: 7012664
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7012664
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rüsselsheim (inhabited place)  Rüsselsheim (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 49 59 33 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 49.9925  decimal degrees
Long: 008 26 06 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.4350  decimal degrees

Note: Located on left bank of Main river between Mainz and Frankfurt; was founded by Frankish prince Ruzilo; went to counts of Katzenelnbogen in 1300, to landgraves of Hesse in 1479, to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1567.

Names:
Rüsselsheim (preferred,C,V)
Rusilesheim (H,V)  ............ meaning "Ruzilio's home," referring Frankish prince

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hesse (state)  ............  Hesse (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Rüsselsheim (inhabited place)  ................  Rüsselsheim (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Frankish prince, chartered in 1437
city (C)
industrial center (C)  ............  the Opel automobile plant is the principal industry

Sources and Contributors:
Rusilesheim..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 254
Rüsselsheim..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Müllers Deutsches Ortsbuch (1988)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1036
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 254
..................  Müllers Deutsches Ortsbuch (1988)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1854081
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1036
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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