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ID: 7012312 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7012312			Record Type: administrative

Echternach (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 49 48 18 N degrees minutes			Lat: 49.8056 decimal degrees
Long: 006 25 19 E degrees minutes			Long: 6.4222 decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Sûre river, at the German border; mineral springs here were known to ancient Romans; Benedictine abbey was founded here by the English St. Willibrord in 698 CE; town grew up around the abbey; was important site in Battle of the Bulge in WW II.

Names:

Echternach (preferred,C,V)

Iechternach (C,V,Luxembourgish,U)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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Luxembourg (nation) (P)

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Echternach (canton) (P)

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Echternach (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	site was frequented by ancient Romans, later became an early monastic center
town (C)
monastic center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Echternach..........	[BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.......................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 264
.......................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) 32ULA1452520200
.......................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 60
.......................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)

Iechternach..........	[VP]
.......................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)

Subject: .....	[BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 264
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 60
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Times Atlas of World History (1989)

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