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ID: 7003720
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003720
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cottbus (national district)  Cottbus (national district)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 45 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 014 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.0000  decimal degrees

Note: The region of Cottbus was formerly an administrative district in East Germany. After reunification in 1990, it was mostly absorbed into the state of Brandenburg, though the southeast section went to Sachsen and a section in the west went to Sachsen-Anhalt.

Names:
Cottbus (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)
Kottbus (C,V)
Cottbus district (C,O,display)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Germany (nation)  ........  Germany (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Brandenburg (state)  ............  Brandenburg (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Cottbus (national district)  ................  Cottbus (national district) (P)

Place Types:
national district (preferred, H)
second level subdivision (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Cottbus..........  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 62
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Cottbus district..........  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Kottbus..........  [FDA, VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 295
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 62
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 295
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 26 May 2004

 

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