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ID: 7009864
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009864
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Trollhättan (inhabited place)  Trollhättan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 58 17 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 58.2833  decimal degrees
Long: 012 20 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 12.3333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Göta älv (river); once famous for waterfalls that are now harnessed for hydroelectricity; noted for huge state-owned power stations; site of Trollhätte Kanal, built in 1793 to connect Vänern (lake) with Göteborg and the North Sea.

Names:
Trollhättan (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sverige (nation)  ........  Sverige (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Västra Götaland (county)  ............  Västra Götaland (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Trollhättan (inhabited place)  ................  Trollhättan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  incorporated as a town in 1916
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Trollhättan..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 939
.......................  Reclams: Schweden (1985)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 201
.......................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 939
..................  Reclams: Schweden (1985)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 201
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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