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ID: 7012815
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7012815
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Gera (inhabited place)  Gera (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 52 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.8667  decimal degrees
Long: 012 05 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 12.0833  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Weisse Elster river, SW of Leipzig; was important medieval center; ruled by Meissen from 1547, by Reuss family from 1547; destroyed by fire 1639, 1686 and 1780; heavily damaged in WW II; today produces textiles, metal products, oils and furniture.

Names:
Gera (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Deutschland (nation)  ........  Deutschland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Thüringen (state)  ............  Thüringen (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Gera (inhabited place)  ................  Gera (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Thüringen (historical region)  ........  Thüringen (historical region) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Gera (inhabited place)  ............  Gera (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  first documented in 995, chartered in early 13th cen.
city (C)
industrial center (C)
transportation center (C)
mining center (C)  ............  nearby mines produce uranium ore
noble seat (H)  ............  of Reuss family, 1562-1918

Sources and Contributors:
Gera..........  [BHA, FDA, VP Preferred]
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:329
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 5:204-205
...........  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
...........  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 437
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 329; 1:329
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 204-205; 5:204-205
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1775466
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 437
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)

 

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