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ID: 1039328
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1039328
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Grevenbroich (inhabited place)  Grevenbroich (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 05 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 006 35 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.5833  decimal degrees

Note: The town of Grevenbroich is located in the district of Düsseldorf in the northwest German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Historically it was ruled by the counts of Jülich and the bishops of Cologne. Its economy is based on the manufacture of aluminum products and textiles. The Allies captured it in March 1945.

Names:
Grevenbroich (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)
Grazenbroich (C,V,German,U,N)

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 Grevenbroich (inhabited place)  ................  Grevenbroich (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
transportation center (C)
manufacturing center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Grazenbroich..........  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules based on variant LC Name Authority heading Grazenbroich (Germany)
Grevenbroich..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 77
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 467
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules based on variant LC Name Authority heading Grazenbroich (Germany)
..................  LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) Grevenbroich (Germany) NAF82156712 (27 Nov. 2004)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1779169
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 77
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 467
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 467

 

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