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ID: 7010471
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010471
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Eger (inhabited place)  Eger (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 53 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.8833  decimal degrees
Long: 020 28 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 20.4667  decimal degrees

Note: Located in Eger valley between 2 mountain ranges; was an ancient Magyar tribal city; was an important early bishopric in 11th cen.; destroyed by Tatars in 13th cen.; fortified against Turks in 16th cen., though was defeated & became major Muslim outpost.

Names:
Eger (preferred,C,V,English-P)
Erlau (C,V)
אגר (C,U,Hebrew )
Agria (H,O)
Agriensis civitas (H,O)
Egria (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Hungary (nation)  ........  Hungary (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Heves (county)  ............  Heves (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Eger (inhabited place)  ................  Eger (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was one of the first Magyar tribal cities in Hungary
town (C)
county seat (C)
spa center (C)
tourist center (C)
episcopal see (H)  ............  established 11th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
אגר..........  [IMJ]
...........  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Agria..........  [VP]
..............  Orbis Latinus (1971) 8
Agriensis civitas..........  [VP]
................................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 8
Eger..........  [BHA, IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 267
...........  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
...........  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Egria..........  [VP]
..............  Orbis Latinus (1971) 8
Erlau..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 385
Subject: .....  [BHA, IMJ, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 267
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 385
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 8
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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