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ID: 1048858
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1048858
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Świnoujście (inhabited place)  Świnoujście (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 53 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.8833  decimal degrees
Long: 014 14 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.2333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Baltic coast; famous for fine beaches & health spas; served as a stronghold on Lake Oderhaff; invaded by Germans, Swedes & Danes; became German naval base in 19th cen.; Szczecin-ŚwinouJście port complex is nation's largest.

Names:
Świnoujście (preferred,C,V)
Swinemünde (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Polska (nation)  ........  Polska (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Zachodniopomorskie (voivodeship)  ............  Zachodniopomorskie (voivodeship) (P)
Hierarchy of Świnoujście (inhabited place)  ................  Świnoujście (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Polska (nation)  ........  Polska (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Zachodniopomorskie (voivodeship)  ............  Zachodniopomorskie (voivodeship) (P)
Hierarchy of eastern Usedom (general region)  ................  eastern Usedom (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Świnoujście (inhabited place)  ....................  Świnoujście (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  chartered in 1765
town (C)
port (C)
resort (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Swinemünde..........  [VP]
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-170
Świnoujście..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 902
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 448
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 192
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 902
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 448
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-170
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 192
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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