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ID: 7009874
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009874
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Växjö (inhabited place)  Växjö (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 56 52 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 56.8667  decimal degrees
Long: 014 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.8333  decimal degrees

Note: According to tradition, town was founded by the English missionary, St. Siegfrid, in 11th cen.; was destroyed by fire in 1843 & rebuilt.

Names:
Växjö (preferred,C,V)
Vexio (C,V)
Wexiö (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sweden (nation)  ........  Sweden (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kronoberg (county)  ............  Kronoberg (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Växjö (inhabited place)  ................  Växjö (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  traditionally founded in 11th cen.
town (C)
county seat (C)
episcopal see (C)  ............  established ca. 1170

Sources and Contributors:
Växjö..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 207
..............  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Vexio..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 983
Wexiö..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 983
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 983
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 207
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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