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ID: 6002528
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6002528

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Hessen (general region)  Hessen (general region)

Note: Hessen is a general region of Germany, divided among the states of Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen, and Thüringen. Formerly a medieval landgraviate and then a dukedom, it was divided between the sons of the Margrave Philip I in 1567. Over time, various sections included Hessen-Darmstadt, Hessen-Kassel, Hessen-Homburg, and Hessen-Nassau.

Names:
Hessen (preferred,C,V,German,U,N)
Hesse (C,O,English-P,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Deutschland (nation)  ........  Deutschland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hessen (general region)  ............  Hessen (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)
electorate (H)
duchy (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Hesse..........  [VP]
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 501
Hessen..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 83
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 83
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 501
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

 

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