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Wiesbaden (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.0833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the Rhein River W of Frankfurt; famed for thermal springs since Roman times; was site of Franconian palace by 9th century. was important medieval center; ruled by Nassau from 13th century. went to Prussia in 1866; was bombed in WW II. |
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| Wiesbaden (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Uisibada (NA,V)
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| Aquae Mattiacae (NA,V)
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| וייסבאדן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Aquae Mattiacorum (H,V)
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............ | Roman name, refers to spa on the site |
| Wisibada (H,V)
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............ | name of Franconian palace on this site, meaning "Meadow Spring," recorded in 9th cen. |
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Hesse (state) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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site of Celtic settlement in 3rd cen. BC, fortified by Romans in 12 BC |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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of Hessen, since 1946 |
| spa center (C) |
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known for 27 hot springs since Roman times |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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was frequented by Goethe, Dostoyevsky & Brahms, today noted for annual International Festival of Music, Ballet & Drama |
| archaeological site (C) |
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traces of Roman wall remain, also had earth fortifications that were replaced by stone in AD 83 |
| capital (H) |
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of duchy of Nassau, 1806-1866; of Wiesbaden district in Hesse-Nassau province, from 1866 |
| imperial city (H) |
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status granted in 1241 |
| regional capital (C) |
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