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.

Krefeld, Germany → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
subject surface form: Krefeld
Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Lahn → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Lünen → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Mossenberg-Wöhren → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Möhne Dam → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Münster → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Münster Cathedral → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
President of the Parliamentary Council → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Rhine–Herne Canal → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Rhöndorf → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ruhr → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Sankt Augustin → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Sieg → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Sorpe Dam → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Sorpe Dam → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia
University of Bonn → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
University of Cologne → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Waldfriedhof Rhöndorf → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Wesel → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Weser Uplands → locatedIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Barmen → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Lennep → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ronsdorf → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Werl Prison → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
County of Mark → locatedInPresentDay → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Duchy of Mark → locatedInPresentDay → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Eifel Mountains → locatedInState → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ronsdorf → locatedInState → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Signal Iduna Park → locatedInState → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Battle of Aachen → location → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Battle of Krefeld → location → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Battle of the Reichswald → location → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Capture of Cologne → location → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Krefeld Pinguine → location → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Operation Chastise → locationOfTargetRegion → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Rhineland → modernAdministrativeDivision → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Sieg → mouthRegion → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf → ownedBy → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Arnsberg region → partOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Bad Münstereifel → partOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cologne region
Mossenberg-Wöhren → partOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia