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ID: 7007057
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007057

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Alkmaar (inhabited place)  Alkmaar (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 38 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.6333  decimal degrees
Long: 004 45 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 4.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Site of missionary work of Willibrord and Adalbert in the 8th century and was fishing village in 10th century. Sacked by Frisians in 1132 and again in 1517. Granted a charter in 1248 by Count Willem II. In 1573, the town withstood a siege by Spanish troops who had captured Haarlem. Canals were dug from 1573-1594.

Names:
Alkmaar (preferred,C,V,Dutch,U)  ............ used since 13th cen., means "all marsh" or "all sea"
Alcmaria (H,O)
Alcmarium (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Netherlands (nation)  ........  Netherlands (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of North Holland (province)  ............  North Holland (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Alkmaar (inhabited place)  ................  Alkmaar (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  established by early Christian era, chartered in 1254
city (C)
commercial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Alcmaria..........  [VP]
.................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 12
Alcmarium..........  [VP]
....................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 12
Alkmaar..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 274
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 10
.................  World of Learning (1980)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 274
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2140374
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 12
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 10
..................  World of Learning (1980)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 274
..........  Phaidon Art Guide: Holland (1987) 9

 

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