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.

Westphalia → partOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia
A3 → passesThrough → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ruhr → passesThrough → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Jürgen Habermas → placeOfBirth → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Gerhard Barkhorn → placeOfDeath → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Hans Heinrich Lammers → placeOfDeath → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer → placeOfDeath → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Raisa Gorbacheva → placeOfDeath → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Düsseldorf school of painting → region → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
European Astronaut Centre → region → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management → region → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland → regionServed → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Hase → sourceLocation → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Lahn → sourceLocation → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Sieg → sourceRegion → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Rhenish Franconian → spokenIn → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
South Guelderish → spokenInRegion → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Bad Honnef → state → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Bad Münstereifel → state → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Blomberg → state → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Düsseldorfer EG → state → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Karlspreis → state → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Rhöndorf → state → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Waldfriedhof Rhöndorf → state → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Wesel → state → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Duke of Nassau → territoryNowPartOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück → territoryNowPartOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
County of Ravensberg → todayPartOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Prince-Bishopric of Minden → todayPartOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Waldeck → todayPartOf → North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
this entity surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia