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ID: 7007485
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007485
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Thun (inhabited place)  Thun (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 45 04 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.7512  decimal degrees
Long: 007 37 18 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.6217  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Aare river where it issues from the Thuner See, on an ancient terminal basin of the Aare glacier; town belonged to kingdom of Burgundy; passed to dukes of Zähringen in 1190, then to Kyburg (1278) & Bern (1384).

Names:
Thun (preferred,C,V,German,U)
Thoune (C,V,French,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Switzerland (nation)  ........  Switzerland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bern (canton)  ............  Bern (canton) (P)
Hierarchy of Thun (inhabited place)  ................  Thun (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 12th cen.
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Thoune..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-175
Thun..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
...........  Baedekers: Schweiz (1972)
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 931
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 743
...........  Guide Bleu: Suisse (1982)
...........  Knaurs: Schweiz (1982)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Baedekers: Schweiz (1972)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 931
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 743
..................  Guide Bleu: Suisse (1982)
..................  Knaurs: Schweiz (1982)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2554447
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-175
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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