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ID: 1039272
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1039272
Record Type:
administrative
Gladbeck (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 51 34 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 51.5667
decimal degrees
Long: 006 59 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 6.9833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in Ruhr industrial region; was small rural village until nearby coal mines opened in 19th cen.; was heavily damaged in WW II; noted for moated castle of Wittringen & museum.
Names:
Gladbeck
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Germany
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Gladbeck
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
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first documented in 1019, grew rapidly in 19th cen., chartered in 1919
city (
C
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mining center (
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coal mines opened in 1873
industrial center (
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had a diversified mining-based economy when iron-working & production of chemicals & textiles were begun in 1948
Sources and Contributors:
Gladbeck..........
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 291
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
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Times Atlas of the World (1994)
73
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
445
Subject:
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 291
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1776464
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Times Atlas of the World (1994)
73
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
445
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