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ID: 1111963
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1111963
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dithmarschen (general region)  Dithmarschen (general region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 55 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.9167  decimal degrees
Long: 009 15 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 9.2500  decimal degrees

Note: Marshy region between Elbe & Eider rivers; was conquered by Charlemagne & converted to Christianity; was independent republic in 13th cen; went to Denmark in 1474, but peasants repulsed forces of Danish king until 1559; passed to Prussia in 1866.

Names:
Dithmarschen (preferred,C,V)
Ditmarsh (C,O)
Nordalbingia (H,V)  ............ medieval name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Schleswig-Holstein (state)  ............  Schleswig-Holstein (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Dithmarschen (general region)  ................  Dithmarschen (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)
marsh (C)
republic (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Dithmarschen..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 56
Ditmarsh..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 245
Nordalbingia..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 245
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 245
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 56
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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