Research Home
Tools
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Full Record Display
Vernacular Display
|
English Display
Click the
icon to view the hierarchy.
Semantic View
(
JSON
,
JSONLD
,
RDF
,
N3/Turtle
,
N-Triples
)
ID: 7007726
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007726
Record Type:
administrative
Legnica (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 51 12 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 51.2000
decimal degrees
Long: 016 10 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 16.1667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Kaczawa River; became important trade center in 13th cen.; ruled by Piast kings; taken by Hapsburgs in 1675; was severely damaged during World War II; returned to Poland at Postdam Conference in 1945.
Names:
Legnica
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Liegnitz
(
C
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Poland
(nation) (
P
)
............
Lower Silesian Voivodeship
(voivodeship) (
P
)
................
Legnica
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Silesia
(historical region) (
P,
H
)
............
Legnica
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded as a Silesian stronghold in 12th cen.
city (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
mining center (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of a duchy from 1248-1675
Sources and Contributors:
Legnica..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Bajcar, Polen (1980)
159
.................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 511
.................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 247
.................
Słownik Geograficzny (1880-1904)
V, 123
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
111
Liegnitz..........
[
BHA
,
VP
]
.................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-99
.................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
348
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bajcar, Polen (1980)
159
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 511
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 247
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-99
..................
Słownik Geograficzny (1880-1904)
V, 123
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
111
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
348
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
The J. Paul Getty Trust
© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
Terms of Use
/
Privacy Policy
/
Contact Us
icon to view the hierarchy.
