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ID: 7012677
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7012677
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rheine (inhabited place)  Rheine (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 17 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.2833  decimal degrees
Long: 007 27 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.4500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Ems river in picturesque, hilly setting NNW of Münster; was medieval center; suffered in Thirty Years' War in 17th cen.; was severely damaged in WW II; modern town produces textiles, hosiery, machinery & lime.

Names:
Rheine (preferred,C,V)
Rheine in Westfalen (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 Rheine (inhabited place)  ................  Rheine (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  first documented in 838, chartered in 1327
city (C)
transportation center (C)
industrial center (C)
spa center (C)  ............  noted for Gottesgabe Bath, a popular saline spa

Sources and Contributors:
Rheine..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 18
.................  Michelin 607
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 164
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Rheine in Westfalen..........  [VP]
...................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1012
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 18
..................  Michelin 607
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1849298
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 164
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1012
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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