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ID: 1038124
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1038124

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ahlen (inhabited place)  Ahlen (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 45 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 007 55 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.9167  decimal degrees

Note: The small German city of Ahlen is located in a coal-mining center southeast of Münster. Local industry includes coal and the manufacture of enamelware and shoes. It has a well-known art museum that hosts international traveling art exhibitions. Its population estimate for 2004 was 55,500.

Names:
Ahlen (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of North Rhine-Westphalia (state)  ............  North Rhine-Westphalia (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Ahlen (inhabited place)  ................  Ahlen (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ahlen..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 8
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 15
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) Ahlen (Münster, Germany) NAF81053324 (16 Dec. 2004)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1737334
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 8
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 15
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 15

 

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