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Halle (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Saale river near salt deposits; ancient occupation from Upper Paleolithic through Roman period; site of Bronze Age Halle Culture, noted for using clay molds to make bricks of salt; was long torn by strife between German settlers & saltworkers. |
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| Halle (preferred,C,V)
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............ | from "Halloren," the term for salteworkers, used in some form since 10th cen. |
| Halle an der Saale (C,V)
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| Halle-on-the-Saale (C,V)
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Halle (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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occupied in Upper Paleolithic Age; was important center by Bronze Age; chartered in 981 by emperor Otto II; damaged in WW II |
| city (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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was long the center of salt trade, member of Hanseatic League 1281-1478 |
| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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salt trade was active here by Bronze Age, lignite & potash are also mined |
| archaeological site (C) |
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produced artifacts from Upper Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age (Halle Culture & Jasdorf Culture) & Roman period |
| religious center (C) |
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given to archbishop of Magdeburg in 968, often sought independence, accepted Reformation & became seat of Protestant learning |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for museums, libraries & birthplace of GF Handel |
| type site (C) |
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| Bronze Age (H) |
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| Upper Paleolithic (H) |
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