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Sankt Gallen (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 26 11 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.4364 decimal degrees |
| Long: 009 23 19 E degrees minutes |
Long: 9.3886 decimal degrees |
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Note: Named after a Celtic abbey founded by St. Columbarus on the site of the hermitage of the missionary Irish monk, St. Gall. The Benedictine abbey was founded here ca. 720. Important center of learning in the Middle Ages. From 1800, it became an important center of linen, cotton, muslin, and lace production. |
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| Sankt Gallen (preferred,C,V,German,U)
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| Saint Gall (C,V)
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| Saint-Gall (C,V,French,U)
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| Saint Gallen (C,O,English,U)
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| St Gall (C,V)
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| San Gagl (C,V,Romansh,U)
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| San Gallo (C,V,Italian,U)
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| St. Gallen (C,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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town grew around abbey founded in 612 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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