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ID: 7005083
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005083
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Recklinghausen (inhabited place)  Recklinghausen (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 37 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.6167  decimal degrees
Long: 007 12 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.2000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on edge of Ruhr industrial region, with port on Rhein-Herne-Kanal; was Saxon town that went to Charlemagne; passed to archbishops of Köln in 1197; joined Hanseatic League in 1316; went to dukes of Arenberg as fief of Prussia in 19th cen.

Names:
Recklinghausen (preferred,C,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 Recklinghausen (inhabited place)  ................  Recklinghausen (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Saxons, chartered in 1236
city (C)
port (C)
mining center (C)  ............  coal was discovered in 19th cen.
industrial center (C)  ............  developed rapidly in 19th cen., producing textiles, coke, chemicals, machinery & metals
cultural center (C)  ............  noted for annual festivals of art, music & drama
imperial city (H)  ............  status granted by Charlemagne

Sources and Contributors:
Recklinghausen..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.............................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 773
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 978
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 163
.............................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1006
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 773
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 978
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1847287
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 163
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1006
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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