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ID: 1036649
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Eisenhüttenstadt (inhabited place)  Eisenhüttenstadt (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 09 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.1500  decimal degrees
Long: 014 39 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.6500  decimal degrees

Note: The city of Eisenhüttenstadt in the district of Frankfurt in the eastern German state of Brandenburg is located on the Oder River at the Polish border. It was formed in 1961 by the union of three communities: Fürstenberg, Stalinstadt, and Schönfliess. It soon became one of the chief industrial cities of the area and a major producer of steel and pig iron. It became the eastern terminus of the Oder-Spree-Kanal and an important rail junction. The 2004 estimated population was 38,700.

Names:
Eisenhüttenstadt (preferred,C,V)
Fuerstenberg (NA,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Deutschland (nation)  ........  Deutschland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Brandenburg (state)  ............  Brandenburg (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Eisenhüttenstadt (inhabited place)  ................  Eisenhüttenstadt (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settlement on site is old, city formed by union of three towns in 1961
city (C)
inland port (C)
trade center (C)  ............  was an important frontier trade center
industrial center (C)
transportation center (C)
shipbuilding center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Eisenhüttenstadt..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 4:406
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 362
Fuerstenberg..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) 4:406
..................  LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) Eisenhüttenstadt (Germany) NAF96026989, accessed 26 May 2004
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1765174
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 362
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 26 May 2004
..........  World Gazetteer [online] (1990-2006) accessed 26 May 2004

 

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