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ID: 7006959
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7006959
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Emmen (inhabited place)  Emmen (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 47 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.7833  decimal degrees
Long: 006 54 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.9000  decimal degrees

Note: Located near German border on the Hondsrug ridge; noted for prehistoric monuments (hunnebedden "huns' graves") built with large boulders; was center of fen colonies established to convert surrounding peat fields to agricultural use in 19th cen.

Names:
Emmen (preferred,C,V,Dutch,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nederland (nation)  ........  Nederland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Drenthe (province)  ............  Drenthe (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Emmen (inhabited place)  ................  Emmen (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was megalithic site
town (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Emmen..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Kunstreisboek voor Nederland (1977)
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 62
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 371
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Kunstreisboek voor Nederland (1977)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2144144
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 62
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 371
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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