Minden, Germany

E312496

Minden, Germany is a historic town in North Rhine-Westphalia known for its strategic location on the Weser River and its role in significant military events such as the Battle of Minden.

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Label Occurrences
Minden, Germany canonical 4
Minden, Westphalia 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
battleOccurredDuring Seven Years' War
battleOccurredInYear 1759
charterGrantedInCentury 13th century
controlledByAfterBattle Prussia
country Germany
elevation approximately 42 metres
firstMentionedInCentury 9th century
governedBy mayor of Minden
hasAreaCode 0571
hasFeature Weser-Mittelland Canal waterway crossing
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of Minden
hasHistoricalRole former seat of Prince-Bishopric of Minden
historic fortress town
hasIndustry engineering
food processing
logistics
hasLandmark Minden Cathedral
Minden waterway crossing
Weser Bridge
surface form: Weser bridge

historic old town
town hall of Minden
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.minden.de
hasPopulation approximately 80,000
hasPostalCode 32423
32425
32427
hasReligiousBuilding St. Gorgonius Cathedral
hasTransport inland port on Weser
railway junction
isSeatOf Minden-Lübbecke district
surface form: Minden-Lübbecke district administration
locatedIn Detmold region
Minden-Lübbecke district
North Rhine-Westphalia
South Westphalia
surface form: north-eastern North Rhine-Westphalia
locatedInRegion East Westphalia
Westphalia
locatedNear Porta Westfalica
Weser Uplands
surface form: Weser Hills

Wiehen Hills
locatedOnCanal Mittelland Canal
locatedOnRiver Weser
surface form: Weser River
mergedInto Province of Westphalia
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surface form: Changzhou, China

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surface form: Gladsaxe, Denmark

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Syktyvkar
surface form: Syktyvkar, Russia
vehicleRegistrationCode MI
wasPartOf Prince-Bishopric of Minden
wasSecularizedTo Principality of Minden
surface form: Prussian Principality of Minden

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Minden Day locationOfNamesakeBattle Minden, Germany
Friedrich Bessel birthPlace Minden, Germany
this entity surface form: Minden, Westphalia
Halle, Belgium hasTwinTown Minden, Germany
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