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ID: 7003686
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003686
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Saxony (historical region)  Saxony (historical region)

Note: The name is used to describe either of two areas in Germany with broadly differing boundaries, one restricted to the region immediately around the state of Saxony, and the other encompassing the entire area from the Elbe to the Ems river. It is named for the Germanic Saxons who in the 8th century inhabited the larger area.

Names:
Sachsen (preferred,C,V)
Saxe (C,V)
Saxony (C,O,English-P,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Saxony (historical region)  ............  Saxony (historical region) (P,H)

Place Types:
historical region (preferred, C)
duchy (H)  ............  first established in late 9th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Sachsen..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 169
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Saxe..........  [BHA]
...........  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Saxony..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 837 ff.
.................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
.................  Petit Robert II, Noms (1989)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1088
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 837 ff.
..................  Columbia Encyclopedia (1975)
..................  Petit Robert II, Noms (1989)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 169
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1088
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)

 

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