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ID: 7007459
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007459
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sachseln (inhabited place)  Sachseln (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 52 02 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.8672  decimal degrees
Long: 008 14 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.2334  decimal degrees

Note: Located near Sarnen; noted for the nearby birthplace of Nicholas von der Flüe (1417-1487), who was instrumental in Unterwalden canton's struggle for freedom from Austria.

Names:
Sachseln (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Switzerland (nation)  ........  Switzerland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Obwalden (canton)  ............  Obwalden (canton) (P)
Hierarchy of Sachseln (inhabited place)  ................  Sachseln (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Sachseln..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 798
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 169
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 798
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2553928
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 169
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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