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ID: 7007020
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007020
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dokkum (inhabited place)  Dokkum (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 20 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.3333  decimal degrees
Long: 006 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Most northerly town in the Netherlands, old sources relate that St. Boniface was murdered near here in 754, making it an important place pf pilgrimage.

Names:
Dokkum (preferred,C,V,Dutch,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Netherlands (nation)  ........  Netherlands (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Friesland (province)  ............  Friesland (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Dokkum (inhabited place)  ................  Dokkum (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dokkum..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 56
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2143520
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 56
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Phaidon Art Guide: Holland (1987) 73

 

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