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ID: 1038718
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1038718
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Castrop-Rauxel (inhabited place)  Castrop-Rauxel (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 33 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.5500  decimal degrees
Long: 007 19 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.3167  decimal degrees

Note: Located in the Ruhr industrial district; Castrop is documented since 9th cen.; belonged to duchy of Kleve-Mark until 1609; modern city was formed by amalgamation of 12 districts (including Rauxel) in 1926.

Names:
Castrop-Rauxel (preferred,C,V)  ............ name used since 1926
Castrop-Rauxel, Stadt (NA,V)
Stadt Castrop-Rauxel (NA,V)
Castrop (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of North Rhine-Westphalia (state)  ............  North Rhine-Westphalia (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Castrop-Rauxel (inhabited place)  ................  Castrop-Rauxel (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  Castrop was first documented in 834; chartered in 1484; modern city formed in 1926
city (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Castrop..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 942
Castrop-Rauxel..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 942
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Castrop-Rauxel, Stadt..........  [VP]
......................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Stadt Castrop-Rauxel..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 942
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1756401
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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