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Dortmund (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 31 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.5167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 27 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.4500 decimal degrees |
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Note: The west-central German city of Dortmund is located in the industrial Ruhr district at the head of the Dortmund-Ems Canal. The site was first known under the name of Throtmanni in 885, and became a free imperial city in 1220. In medieval times it was a prosperous member of the Hanseatic League, and in the 14th century the English crown several times applied to its merchants for loans. It underwent a decline after the Thirty Years' War and lost its status as an imperial city in 1803, but revived in the 19th-century with the development of coal and iron mining and the construction in 1899 of the canal with extensive port facilities. World War II bombardment caused great destruction, and the city has been rebuilt along planned, modern lines. Four medieval churches have been restored, and the remains of four moated castles and Saxon and Carolingian fortresses. Significant modern architecture includes the Westphalia Hall, built 1952, one of Europe's largest halls, and the synagogue built in 1956. Dortmund has many educational institutions, including a university, and the large Museum of Art and Culture. Its primary commercials products are beer, coal, and steel, and it hosts a world famous bridge-building firm. Its 2004 estimated population was 592,200. |
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| Dortmund (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Dortmund (German-P,U,N)
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| Throtmenni (NA,V)
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| דורטמונד (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Throtmanni (H,V)
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| Throtmannia (H,V)
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............ | name used in 9th cen. AD |
| Tremonia (H,V)
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............ | name used in 12th cen. |
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Dortmund (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first documented in 885 |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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for coal & iron ore, from 19th cen. |
| commercial center (C) |
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noted especially for international bridge-building firms |
| transportation center (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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site of several famous instutions, including University of Dortmund, branches of Max Planck Institute & Münster University |
| cultural center (C) |
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famed for Museum housing "Dortmund treasure," a cache of gold coins |
| imperial city (H) |
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declared in 1220; lost rights in 1803 |
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