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ID: 1047713
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1047713

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Den Helder (inhabited place)  Den Helder (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 58 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.9667  decimal degrees
Long: 004 46 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 4.7667  decimal degrees

Note: Fortified port located on the Mars Diep, outlet from Wadden Zee into North Sea. Noted for battle where Dutch under De Ruyter and Tomp defeated English and French fleets in 1673. British and Russian troops landed here 1799. Fortified by Napoleon in 1811, it was the most powerful fortress in Europe. Little of the old town survived WW II.

Names:
Den Helder (preferred,C,V,Dutch,U)
Der Helder (C,V,Dutch,U)
Helder (C,V,Dutch,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Netherlands (nation)  ........  Netherlands (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of North Holland (province)  ............  North Holland (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Den Helder (inhabited place)  ................  Den Helder (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was medieval center
town (C)
seaport (C)
naval base (C)
battlefield (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Den Helder..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 54
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 325
Der Helder..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Helder..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 236
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 236
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2143057
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 54
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 325
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) 1:236
..........  Phaidon Art Guide: Holland (1987) 128

 

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