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Görlitz (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 10 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.1667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The eastern German city of Görlitz is situated on the Neisse river, across from the town of Zgorzelec, Poland, which was part of the city prior to World War II. The site was initially the Slav town of Gorelić, first recorded in 1071. It was ruled by Bohemia in the 13th century, was chartered in 1303, and was a member of the Federation of Lusatian Cities after 1346. It passed to Saxony in 1635, then to Prussia in 1815. Surviving historic architecture includes a medieval representation of the Holy Sepulcher, the ruins of a fortress built in the 14th century, the Church of Saints Peter and Paul built 1423-1497, and many houses built in the Baroque style. Görlitz attained its economic peak in medieval times with the local industry of fine textile production, which in the Baroque era also included the production of linen. Today it still has a textile industry, and also produces railway cars, electrotechnical products, woodworking, and machinery. It is the commercial center of the region of Upper Lusatia, and a railway junction that makes it the transport center of a major lignite production area. The calculated population for 2005 was 57,097. |
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| Görlitz (preferred,C,V)
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| Goerlitz (NA,V)
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| Gorelić (H,V)
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............ | name of original Slavic settlement |
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Görlitz (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Slavs, first documented in 1071, chartered in 1303 |
| city (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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has been important center for textile production since Middle Ages; now has railway cars, machinery and wood factories |
| mining center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Oberlausitz (Upper Lusatia), 14th century |
| religious center (H) |
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base of Christian mystic Jakob Boehme (1575-1624); site of 15th-century SS Peter and Paul church and reproduction of Holy Sepulcher |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[BHA, VP] |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 342 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 376 |
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Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary. 3rd ed.(2001) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1777715 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1994) 75 |
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| Note: |
| English | .......... | [VP] |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) "Görlitz." The eastern German city of Görlitz is situated on the Neisse river, across from the town of Zgorzelec, Poland, which was part of the city prior to World War II. The site was initially the Slav town of Gorelic, first recorded in 1071. It was ruled by Bohemia in the 13th century, was chartered in 1303, and was a member of the Federation of Lusatian Cities after 1346. It passed to Saxony in 1635, then to Prussia in 1815. Surviving historic architecture includes a medieval representation of the Holy Sepulcher, the ruins of a fortress built in the 14th century, the Church of Saints Peter and Paul built 1423-1497, and many houses built in the Baroque style. Görlitz attained its economic peak in medieval times with the local industry of fine textile production, which in the Baroque era also included the production of linen. Today it still has a textile industry, and also produces railway cars, electrotechnical products, woodworking, and machinery. It is the commercial cen |
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