Federal President Theodor Heuss
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Federal President Theodor Heuss was the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, serving from 1949 to 1959 and helping to shape the country’s postwar democratic identity.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Theodor Heuss | 13 |
| Federal President Theodor Heuss canonical | 1 |
| Heuss | 1 |
| Ludwig Heuss | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T153210 — 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.
Target entity: Federal President Theodor Heuss Context triple: [Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, establishedBy, Federal President Theodor Heuss]
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Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer was a German statesman who led the postwar reconstruction and Western integration of Germany, serving as a key architect of modern German democracy and European unity.
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Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg was a German field marshal who became a national hero in World War I and later served as President of Germany, ultimately appointing Adolf Hitler as chancellor.
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Karl Dönitz
Karl Dönitz was a German admiral who led the U-boat campaign in World War II and briefly served as Nazi Germany’s last head of state after Hitler’s death.
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D.
Ludwig Erhard
Ludwig Erhard was a German economist and statesman who, as economics minister and later chancellor, became known as the architect of West Germany’s postwar “economic miracle.”
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Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl was a long-serving German chancellor best known for overseeing German reunification and shaping the early course of the European Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Federal President Theodor Heuss Target entity description: Federal President Theodor Heuss was the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, serving from 1949 to 1959 and helping to shape the country’s postwar democratic identity.
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A.
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer was a German statesman who led the postwar reconstruction and Western integration of Germany, serving as a key architect of modern German democracy and European unity.
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B.
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg was a German field marshal who became a national hero in World War I and later served as President of Germany, ultimately appointing Adolf Hitler as chancellor.
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C.
Karl Dönitz
Karl Dönitz was a German admiral who led the U-boat campaign in World War II and briefly served as Nazi Germany’s last head of state after Hitler’s death.
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D.
Ludwig Erhard
Ludwig Erhard was a German economist and statesman who, as economics minister and later chancellor, became known as the architect of West Germany’s postwar “economic miracle.”
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E.
Helmut Kohl
Helmut Kohl was a long-serving German chancellor best known for overseeing German reunification and shaping the early course of the European Union.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Federal President of Germany
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author ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts ⓘ
surface form:
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
|
| burialPlace | Waldfriedhof Stuttgart ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
West Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 31 January 1884 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 12 December 1963 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
ⓘ
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ |
| endTimeInOffice | 12 September 1959 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Federal President Theodor Heuss
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Heuss
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| fieldOfStudy |
economics
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history ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| givenName | Theodor ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentDuringTerm | Konrad Adenauer ⓘ |
| knownFor |
first President of the Federal Republic of Germany
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shaping postwar democratic identity of West Germany ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Bundestag
ⓘ
surface form:
Bundestag of Germany
Reichstag of the Weimar Republic ⓘ Weimar National Assembly ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Free Democratic Party
ⓘ
German Democratic Party ⓘ |
| notableWork | books on liberalism and democracy ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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journalist ⓘ politician ⓘ university lecturer ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ |
| orderInOffice | first President of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brackenheim
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Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Baden-Württemberg
ⓘ
Stuttgart ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of Germany
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surface form:
President of the Federal Republic of Germany
chairman of the Free Democratic Party ⓘ member of the Bundestag ⓘ member of the Reichstag ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| residence | Bonn ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Elly Heuss-Knapp ⓘ |
| startTimeInOffice | 12 September 1949 ⓘ |
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Subject: Federal President Theodor Heuss Description of subject: Federal President Theodor Heuss was the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, serving from 1949 to 1959 and helping to shape the country’s postwar democratic identity.
Referenced by (16)
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