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ID: 7007079
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007079
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kerkrade (inhabited place)  Kerkrade (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 52 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.8667  decimal degrees
Long: 006 04 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.0667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the German border; is one of Europe's oldest coal-mining centers, operating from 12th cen. until 1970s; noted for Romanesque church of former abbey of Rolduc (1104) & Oud Ehrenstein castle; metropolitan area is contiguous with Heerlen.

Names:
Kerkrade (preferred,C,V,Dutch,U)
Kerkrade-Holz (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 Limburg (province)  ............  Limburg (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Kerkrade (inhabited place)  ................  Kerkrade (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  coal-mining center since 1113
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kerkrade..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Blue Guide: Holland (1982) 168
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 812-813
.................  Kunstreisboek voor Nederland (1977) 676
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 99
Kerkrade-Holz..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..........................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-85
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Holland (1982) 168
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 812-813
..................  Kunstreisboek voor Nederland (1977) 676
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2147365
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-85
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 99
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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