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Dolní Věstonice (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 48 53 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 48.8833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 016 39 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 16.6500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Site of a small Slavic fortress in the 9th century; colonized by Germans in the 13th century; received city rights in 1460. Habaners, members of Anabaptist sects expelled from German and Swiss territories, settled here in the 16th century, but were expelled in the early 17th century. The village is near a prehistoric site of the same name. |
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| Dolní Věstonice (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Dolní Věstonice (Czech-P,U,N)
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| Unter-Wisternitz (H,O,German-P,U,N)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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prehistoric remains are nearby; this village was settled by at least 9th century CE |
| village (C) |
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Dolní Věstonice .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Česko, Jihomoravský Kraj) [7032633] |
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Dolní Věstonice .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Europe, Česko, Jihomoravský Kraj) [7032633] |
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