St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim
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St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim is a Roman Catholic parish church dedicated to the martyr of Auschwitz, serving as a place of worship and remembrance near the former Nazi concentration camp.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Roman Catholic parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Oświęcim | 1 |
| St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1213198 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim Context triple: [Oświęcim, hasReligiousBuilding, St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim]
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Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Oświęcim
The Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Oświęcim is a historic Roman Catholic church and one of the town’s principal religious landmarks in southern Poland.
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B.
St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk
St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk is a massive Brick Gothic Roman Catholic basilica, often cited as one of the largest brick churches in the world and a dominant landmark of Gdańsk’s historic skyline.
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C.
Bełżec memorial and museum
The Bełżec memorial and museum is a commemorative site and educational center in southeastern Poland that preserves the memory of the victims of the Nazi Bełżec extermination camp through exhibitions, documentation, and a large-scale memorial landscape.
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D.
St. Jacobi Church
St. Jacobi Church is a historic Gothic-style Lutheran church and prominent architectural landmark in the city of Göttingen, Germany.
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E.
Poznań Cathedral
Poznań Cathedral is one of Poland’s oldest and most important Roman Catholic cathedrals, renowned as a historic burial site of early Polish rulers and a key monument of Gothic and Romanesque architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim Target entity description: St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim is a Roman Catholic parish church dedicated to the martyr of Auschwitz, serving as a place of worship and remembrance near the former Nazi concentration camp.
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A.
Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Oświęcim
The Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Oświęcim is a historic Roman Catholic church and one of the town’s principal religious landmarks in southern Poland.
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B.
St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk
St. Mary’s Church in Gdańsk is a massive Brick Gothic Roman Catholic basilica, often cited as one of the largest brick churches in the world and a dominant landmark of Gdańsk’s historic skyline.
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C.
Bełżec memorial and museum
The Bełżec memorial and museum is a commemorative site and educational center in southeastern Poland that preserves the memory of the victims of the Nazi Bełżec extermination camp through exhibitions, documentation, and a large-scale memorial landscape.
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D.
St. Jacobi Church
St. Jacobi Church is a historic Gothic-style Lutheran church and prominent architectural landmark in the city of Göttingen, Germany.
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E.
Poznań Cathedral
Poznań Cathedral is one of Poland’s oldest and most important Roman Catholic cathedrals, renowned as a historic burial site of early Polish rulers and a key monument of Gothic and Romanesque architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic parish church
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church building ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial culture ⓘ |
| category |
Churches in Oświęcim
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Memorials to victims of Nazism in Poland ⓘ Roman Catholic churches in Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ |
| commemorates |
martyrs of Auschwitz
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victims of Nazi persecution ⓘ victims of the Holocaust ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Maximilian Kolbe
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surface form:
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
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| denomination |
Latin Church worldwide
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surface form:
Latin Church
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| diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec ⓘ |
| function |
place of remembrance
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place of worship ⓘ |
| hasPatronSaint |
Maximilian Kolbe
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surface form:
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
|
| heritage | Catholic memorial site near Auschwitz ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
Latin
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Polish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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Oświęcim ⓘ Poland ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Maximilian Kolbe ⓘ |
| parish |
St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Roman Catholic parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Oświęcim
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| proximityTo | former Auschwitz concentration camp ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| rite | Roman Rite ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim Description of subject: St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim is a Roman Catholic parish church dedicated to the martyr of Auschwitz, serving as a place of worship and remembrance near the former Nazi concentration camp.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim
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parish
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St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Roman Catholic parish of St. Maximilian Kolbe in Oświęcim