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Linlithgow von <a href="Linlithgow_Palace" title="Linlithgow Palace">Linlithgow Palace</a> aus gesehen
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<td><span style="display:none">Vereinigtes Konigreich</span><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich"></a></span>&nbsp;<a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">Vereinigtes Königreich</a>
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<td><a href="World_Geodetic_System_1984" title="World Geodetic System 1984">Koordinaten</a>
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<td><span id="Linlithgow" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:55.97905,-3.61054"><span title="Breitengrad">55°&nbsp;59′&nbsp;<abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">3°&nbsp;37′&nbsp;<abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">55.97905</span><span class="longitude">-3.61054</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<td>Traditionelle Grafschaft
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<td><a href="Parlament_des_Vereinigten_K%C3%B6nigreichs" title="Parlament des Vereinigten Königreichs">Britisches Parlament</a>
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<td><a href="Wahlkreis_Linlithgow_(Schottisches_Parlament)" title="Wahlkreis Linlithgow (Schottisches Parlament)">Linlithgow</a>
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<p><b>Linlithgow</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r227981795">
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</style><span class="navigation-not-searchable"><span class="IPA"><a href="Liste_der_IPA-Zeichen" title="Liste der IPA-Zeichen"><span title="Aussprache im Internationalen Phonetischen Alphabet (IPA)" lang="zxx">[lɪnˈlɪθɡoʊ]</span></a></span></span>; <a href="Schottisch-g%C3%A4lische_Sprache" title="Schottisch-gälische Sprache">schottisch-gälisch</a>: <b>Gleann Iucha</b>, <a href="Scots" title="Scots">Scots</a> <i>Lithgae</i>) ist die ehemalige Hauptstadt der nach ihr benannten traditionellen schottischen <a href="Traditionelle_Grafschaften_Schottlands" title="Traditionelle Grafschaften Schottlands">Grafschaft</a> <a href="Linlithgowshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Linlithgowshire">Linlithgowshire</a>, die im Wesentlichen deckungsgleich mit der heutigen <a href="Unitary_Authority" title="Unitary Authority">Council Area</a> <a href="West_Lothian" title="West Lothian">West Lothian</a> ist. Die Stadt zählt 16.470&nbsp;Einwohner.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Linlithgow_als_Residenz_schottischer_Könige"><span id="Linlithgow_als_Residenz_schottischer_K.C3.B6nige"></span>Linlithgow als Residenz schottischer Könige</h2></div>
<p>Linlithgow gilt als das <a href="Versailles" title="Versailles">Versailles</a> der Könige Schottlands aufgrund von <a href="Linlithgow_Palace" title="Linlithgow Palace">Linlithgow Palace</a>, einem Schloss, in dem <a href="Maria_Stuart" title="Maria Stuart">Maria Stuart</a> geboren wurde, deren <a href="Maria-Stuart-Statue" title="Maria-Stuart-Statue">Statue</a> 2015 enthüllt wurde. Es liegt im Innern der Grafschaft an einem kleinen See und hat ein <a href="1618" title="1618">1618</a> erbautes Stadthaus.
</p><p>Literarisch bekannt ist Linlithgow durch <a href="Friedrich_Schiller" title="Friedrich Schiller">Friedrich Schillers</a> Drama <i><a href="Maria_Stuart_(Drama)" title="Maria Stuart (Drama)">Maria Stuart</a></i> und <a href="Theodor_Fontane" title="Theodor Fontane">Theodor Fontanes</a> Ballade <i><a href="Archibald_Douglas_(Ballade)" title="Archibald Douglas (Ballade)">Archibald Douglas</a></i>:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>„Denk lieber zurück an Linlithgow, an den See und den Vogelherd, wo ich dich fischen und jagen froh und schwimmen und springen gelehrt.“
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</style><span class="Person h-card">Theodor Fontane</span>: <cite style="font-style:normal">Archibald Douglas</cite></div></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sehenswürdigkeiten"><span id="Sehensw.C3.BCrdigkeiten"></span>Sehenswürdigkeiten</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Linlithgow_Palace" title="Linlithgow Palace">Linlithgow Palace</a></li>
<li><a href="St_Michael%E2%80%99s_Church_(Linlithgow)" title="St Michael’s Church (Linlithgow)">St.&nbsp;Michael’s Church</a></li>
<li>Beecraigs Country Park</li>
<li><a href="Cairnpapple_Hill" title="Cairnpapple Hill">Cairnpapple Hill</a></li></ul>
<p>Linlithgow ist außerdem der fiktive zukünftige Geburtsort des aus <a href="Star_Trek" title="Star Trek">Star Trek</a> bekannten <a href="Figuren_im_Star-Trek-Universum#Lt._Commander_Montgomery_„Scotty“_Scott" title="Figuren im Star-Trek-Universum">Scotty</a>. Für Scotty soll in der Stadt ein Denkmal errichtet werden.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geschichte">Geschichte</h2></div>
<p>Im Jahr <a href="1881" title="1881">1881</a> hatte Linlithgow 3913&nbsp;Einwohner.
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<div class="gallerytext">Der <a href="Linlithgow_Palace" title="Linlithgow Palace">Linlithgow Palace</a> und die <a href="St_Michael%E2%80%99s_Church_(Linlithgow)" title="St Michael’s Church (Linlithgow)">St Michael’s Church</a></div>
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<div class="gallerytext">Eingangstor des <a href="Linlithgow_Palace" title="Linlithgow Palace">Linlithgow Palace</a></div>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Söhne_und_Töchter_der_Stadt"><span id="S.C3.B6hne_und_T.C3.B6chter_der_Stadt"></span>Söhne und Töchter der Stadt</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Patrick_Hamilton_(Theologe)" title="Patrick Hamilton (Theologe)">Patrick Hamilton</a> (um 1504–1528), Theologe</li>
<li><a href="Jakob_V." title="Jakob V.">Jakob V.</a> (1512–1542), König von Schottland</li>
<li><a href="Maria_Stuart" title="Maria Stuart">Maria Stuart</a> (1542–1587), Königin von Schottland</li>
<li><a href="George_Allan_(Fu%C3%9Fballspieler)" title="George Allan (Fußballspieler)">George Allan</a> (1875–1899), Fußballspieler</li>
<li><a href="Donald_Ford" title="Donald Ford">Donald Ford</a> (* 1944), Fußballspieler</li>
<li><a href="Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> (1954–2024), Politiker der <a href="Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>, 2007–2014 <a href="Erster_Minister_(Schottland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Erster Minister (Schottland)">Erster Minister von Schottland</a></li>
<li><a href="Colin_Fleming" title="Colin Fleming">Colin Fleming</a> (* 1984), Tennisspieler</li>
<li><a href="Cameron_Mason" title="Cameron Mason">Cameron Mason</a> (* 2000), Radrennfahrer</li></ul>
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<ul><li>George Waldie: <i>A History of the Town and Palace of Linlithgow: with notices, historical and antiquarian, of places of interest in the neighbourhood.</i> Linlithgow 1858</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.trove.scot/place/49239">Eintrag zu Linlithgow, General</a>&nbsp;auf trove.scot, der Datenbank von Historic Environment Scotland (englisch)</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://statistics.gov.scot/id/statistical-geography/S13002820"><i>Electoral Ward: Linlithgow.</i></a> <a href="Schottische_Regierung" title="Schottische Regierung">Schottische Regierung</a>, 2018,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 29.&nbsp;August 2019</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ALinlithgow&amp;rft.title=Electoral+Ward%3A+Linlithgow&amp;rft.description=Electoral+Ward%3A+Linlithgow&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002820&amp;rft.publisher=%5B%5BSchottische+Regierung%5D%5D&amp;rft.date=2018">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Fontane: <a href="https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Archibald_Douglas_(Fontane)" class="extiw external" title="s:Archibald Douglas (Fontane)">Archibald Douglas</a> (<a href="Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a>)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Samantha Booth: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/star-trek-continues-inspire-legions-1064686"><i>Why Star Trek continues to inspire its legions of fans like no other TV show.</i></a> <a href="Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a>, 19.&nbsp;Juli 2010,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 31.&nbsp;März 2019</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ALinlithgow&amp;rft.title=Why+Star+Trek+continues+to+inspire+its+legions+of+fans+like+no+other+TV+show&amp;rft.description=Why+Star+Trek+continues+to+inspire+its+legions+of+fans+like+no+other+TV+show&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyrecord.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-world-news%2Fstar-trek-continues-inspire-legions-1064686&amp;rft.creator=Samantha+Booth&amp;rft.publisher=%5B%5BDaily+Mail%5D%5D&amp;rft.date=2010-07-19">&nbsp;</span></span>
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