North Rhine-Westphalia

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constituent state federal state of Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia is Germany’s most populous federal state, known for its major industrial regions, cultural hubs like Cologne and Düsseldorf, and numerous universities and research institutions.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
state of North Rhine-Westphalia 9
Cologne region 1
Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent state ⓘ
federal state of Germany ⓘ
borderedBy Belgium ⓘ
Hesse ⓘ
Lower Saxony ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
capital Düsseldorf ⓘ
containsCity Aachen ⓘ
Bielefeld ⓘ
Bochum ⓘ
Bonn ⓘ
Cologne ⓘ
Dortmund ⓘ
Duisburg ⓘ
Düsseldorf ⓘ
Essen ⓘ
Münster ⓘ
Wuppertal ⓘ
containsCulturalCenter Cologne ⓘ
Düsseldorf ⓘ
Ruhr area ⓘ
containsRegion Ruhr ⓘ
surface form: Ruhr area
containsResearchInstitution Helmholtz Association ⓘ
surface form: Jülich Research Centre
containsRiver Ems ⓘ
Lippe ⓘ
Rhine ⓘ
Ruhr ⓘ
containsUniversity Bielefeld University ⓘ
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ⓘ
RWTH Aachen University ⓘ
Ruhr University Bochum ⓘ
TU Dortmund University ⓘ
University of Bonn ⓘ
University of Cologne ⓘ
University of Münster ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Westphalia ⓘ
surface form: Province of Westphalia

Rhineland ⓘ
surface form: Prussian Rhine Province
governmentType parliamentary republic at state level ⓘ
hasISO3166-2Code DE-NW ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry chemical industry ⓘ
coal and steel ⓘ
energy production ⓘ
logistics ⓘ
mechanical engineering ⓘ
hasParliament Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
hasPopulationRankInGermany 1 ⓘ
hasVehicleRegistrationCode NW ⓘ
isMostPopulousStateOf Germany ⓘ
joinedFederalRepublicOn 1949 ⓘ
largestCity Cologne ⓘ
locatedIn Germany ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
surface form: Western Germany
officialLanguage German ⓘ
partOf Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

Referenced by (130)

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

Kölner Haie → basedInFederalState → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Sieg → basinRegion → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Gelderland → borders → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Limburg (Netherlands) → bordersRegion → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Lower Saxony → bordersState → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Düsseldorf → capitalOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
North German Plain → containsRegion → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Rhine-Westphalia (northern part)
Ronsdorf → countrySubdivision → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ems → flowsThrough → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Hase → flowsThrough → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Lahn → flowsThrough → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Sieg → flowsThrough → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Weser → flowsThrough → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Battle of Kloster Kampen → geographicRegion → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Krefeld Pinguine → hasFanBaseIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Kölner Haie → hasFanBaseIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
unified Germany → hasFederalState → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
subject surface form: Unified Germany
Streitkräftebasis → hasHeadquartersLocation → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Werl Prison → hasJurisdiction → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Mossenberg-Wöhren → hasRegionalContext → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Germany → hasSubdivision → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Bayer → headquartersLocation → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Bertelsmann → headquartersLocation → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Deutsche Eishockey Liga → headquartersLocation → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Galeria Kaufhof → headquartersLocation → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Rheinmetall → headquartersLocation → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Iserlohn Roosters → homeState → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Aachen → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Aachen Cathedral precincts → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Aachen Town Hall → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ahaus → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Arnsberg region → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Bad Honnef → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Bad Honnef → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: southern North Rhine-Westphalia
Bad Münstereifel → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Battle of Hürtgen Forest museum → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Blomberg → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Bonn → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia
cathedral chapter of Münster → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
subject surface form: Cathedral Chapter of Münster
Cologne → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia
subject surface form: Cyber and Information Domain Service
Diocese of Münster → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Duisburg → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Düsseldorf → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
European Astronaut Centre → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Evangelical Church of Westphalia → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
German Rectors' Conference → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Hürtgen Forest → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ