FW: RE[3]: German geography

[Petersen, Mary E. {ZMUC}]

Tuesday, 18 June 1996

This was sent yesterday using the Reply function, but since it still hasn't
appeared it may have disappeared into cyberspace.  My apologies if it is a
repeat. -- Mary
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From: Petersen, Mary E.       {ZMUC}
To: owner-taxacom
Subject: RE[3]: German geography
Date: Monday, June 17, 1996 5:20PM

Monday, 17 June 1996

John Nelson <NELSON at CLS.BIOL.SC.EDU>, Monday 17 Jun 810h inquired:

>    Does anybody know if there is a city or town in Germany
>called "Lieth"? I think it might be close to Hamburg.
>
>    Thanks a lot--John Nelson

The following information is taken from  page 43 in "West Germany.  Volume
II.  L-Z.  Official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic
Names.  Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C.  July 1960"

Lieth -- popl [= populated place (city, town, village, hamlet, settlement]
 53 43 N, 9 40 E, 26011 [= Schleswig-Holstein]. 01 [= "Karte des Deutschen
Reiches", Reichsamt fu"r Landesaufnahme and others, various dates; scale
1:000,000]

Lieth -- popl. 54 09 N, 9 03 E, 26011, 01

Lieth -- area [= area of mixed or unspecified character and indefinite
boundaries], 52 09 N, 8 16 E, 26012 [= Niedersachsen], 01

Lieth -- hill, 51 37 N, 9 39 E, 26012, 01

Lieth -- hill, 51 57 N, 10 34 E, 26012, 01

If one of the above is not what you need, there are also 1 Lieth Bach, 1
Lieth Berg, 2 Lieth-berg, 1 Liethberg and 3 Liethe!

Best regards,

Mary
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Dr. Mary E. Petersen
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
E-mail  mepetersen at zmuc.ku.dk
Tel  +45-35 32 10 67 --- Fax +45-35 32 10 10
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