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ID: 7005963
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005963
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Black Forest (woods)  Black Forest (woods)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 49 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.8167  decimal degrees
Long: 013 02 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 13.0333  decimal degrees

Note: The Black Forest is a mountainous, heavily forested region along the east bank of the upper Rhine in southwest Germany. Measuring some 2620 square miles in area, it is the source of the Danube and Neckar Rivers. The area is rich in minerals, and is an important tourist area, with many spas.

Names:
Schwarzwald (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)
Black Forest (C,O,English-P,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Baden-Württemberg (state)  ............  Baden-Württemberg (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Black Forest (woods)  ................  Black Forest (woods) (P)

Place Types:
woods (preferred, C)
forest (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Black Forest..........  [BHA, VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:106
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 11 Feb. 2004
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 150-151
Schwarzwald..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 178
.......................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:106
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 11 Feb. 2004
..................  LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) Black Forest (Germany), SH 85014558, accessed 11 Feb. 2004
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1862303
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 178
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 150-151
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 11 Feb. 2004

 

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