Central Germany

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cultural region geographical region historical region

Central Germany is a loosely defined region in the middle of the country that encompasses parts of several federal states and serves as a historical, cultural, and economic heartland of Germany.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Central Germany canonical 109
central Germany 3
Middle Germany 1

Statements (131)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy eastern Germany ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Germany

Northern Germany ⓘ
southern Germany ⓘ
surface form: Southern Germany

western Germany ⓘ
surface form: Western Germany
containsCity Altenburg ⓘ
Bamberg ⓘ
Bayreuth ⓘ
Chemnitz ⓘ
Coburg ⓘ
Dessau ⓘ
surface form: Dessau-Roßlau

Eisenach ⓘ
Erfurt ⓘ
Fulda ⓘ
Gera ⓘ
Gießen ⓘ
surface form: Giessen

Göttingen ⓘ
Halle (Saale) ⓘ
Hof (Saale) ⓘ
Ilmenau ⓘ
Jena ⓘ
Kassel ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Magdeburg ⓘ
Marburg ⓘ
Merseburg ⓘ
Naumburg (Saale) ⓘ
Nordhausen ⓘ
Plauen ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
Würzburg ⓘ
Zwickau ⓘ
containsHeritageSite Bamberg ⓘ
surface form: Bamberg Old Town

UNESCO World Heritage designation of Bauhaus sites ⓘ
surface form: Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau

Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe ⓘ
Weimar city cultural landscape ⓘ
surface form: Classical Weimar UNESCO World Heritage Site

Naumburg Cathedral ⓘ
Wartburg Castle ⓘ
Würzburg Residence ⓘ
containsUniversity Bauhaus-Universität Weimar ⓘ
surface form: Bauhaus University Weimar

Friedrich Schiller University Jena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg ⓘ
surface form: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg ⓘ
University of Bamberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Erfurt ⓘ
University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Kassel ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
crossedByRiver Elbe ⓘ
Ilm ⓘ
Main ⓘ
Mulde ⓘ
Saale ⓘ
Unstrut River ⓘ
surface form: Unstrut

Werra ⓘ
Weser ⓘ
hasCharacteristic historical division between East and West Germany ⓘ
important transport crossroads in Germany ⓘ
loosely defined boundaries ⓘ
mix of urban and rural areas ⓘ
overlapping regional identities ⓘ
hasCulturalCenter Erfurt ⓘ
Halle (Saale) ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Weimar ⓘ
hasDialect East Franconian ⓘ
surface form: East Franconian German

North Hessian dialect ⓘ
Thuringian dialect ⓘ
Upper Saxon ⓘ
surface form: Upper Saxon German
hasEconomicCenter Chemnitz ⓘ
Halle (Saale) ⓘ
Kassel ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Magdeburg ⓘ
hasEconomicCluster Central German Chemical Triangle ⓘ
Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland ⓘ
surface form: Central German Metropolitan Region

automotive manufacturing cluster around Leipzig ⓘ
logistics hub around Leipzig/Halle ⓘ
hasPart Bavaria ⓘ
Franconia ⓘ
Harz ⓘ
surface form: Harz region

Hesse ⓘ
Lower Saxony ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ore Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Ore Mountains foothills

Rhön ⓘ
surface form: Rhön Mountains

Saxony ⓘ
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
Thuringia ⓘ
Thuringian Forest ⓘ
Vogtland ⓘ
hasTransportHub Erfurt Hauptbahnhof ⓘ
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe station ⓘ
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) ⓘ
surface form: Leipzig Hauptbahnhof

Leipzig/Halle Airport ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Duchy of Thuringia ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
Province of Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Prussian Province of Saxony
historicalRole cultural heartland of Germany ⓘ
economic heartland of Germany ⓘ
political center in various German states ⓘ
knownFor Reformation history ⓘ
automotive industry ⓘ
chemical industry ⓘ
classical German literature ⓘ
cultural landscapes ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
mechanical engineering ⓘ
music history ⓘ
optical industry ⓘ
university towns ⓘ
language German ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
partOf Central Europe ⓘ
surface form: central Europe
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
secular population ⓘ
traversedBy A14 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
A38 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
A4 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
A7 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
A71 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
A9 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
ICE high-speed rail lines ⓘ

Referenced by (115)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

District of Burgenlandkreis → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Burgenlandkreis
District of Altenburger Land → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Main → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Weser Uplands → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Marburg, Hesse, Germany → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Evangelical Church in Central Germany → region → Central Germany ⓘ
Weimar court → historicalRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Metropolregion MD → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
River Leine → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Chemnitz–Leipzig railway → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
House of Hesse → associatedRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Elector of Hesse → region → Central Germany ⓘ
Faculty of Law → region → Central Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Faculty of Law, University of Leipzig
Röcken → locatedInRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Schloss Oranienbaum → region → Central Germany ⓘ
Halle (Saale) → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
University of Erfurt → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Battle of Fulda (Seven Years' War) → region → Central Germany ⓘ
VIII Corps (United States) → notableAreaOfOperations → Central Germany ⓘ
Weimar → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Werra → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach → regionServed → Central Germany ⓘ
River Main → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Main
Bottendorf, Thuringia, German Empire → historicalRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Clausthal → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Merseburg, East Germany → historicalRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Bezirk Leipzig → historicalRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Bezirk Erfurt → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Bezirk Halle → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Haynrode → locatedInRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Großbothen → locatedInRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Saale-Holzland-Kreis → locatedInRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Borna → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Grimma → partOfRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Bad Lausick → locatedInRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mitteldeutschland
Leuna → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Mücheln (Geiseltal) → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Zeitz → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Nebra (Unstrut) → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
BLK → geographicLocation → Central Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Germany
Zwenkau → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Naumburg (Saale) → locatedInRegion → Central Germany ⓘ
Naumburg Cathedral → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Bad Kösen → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Germany
Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
Free State of Waldeck → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Weißenfels district → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Ith ridge → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ
Lützen → locatedIn → Central Germany ⓘ