Westphalia

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cultural region historical region

Westphalia is a historical region in northwestern Germany known for being the site of the 1648 treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War and reshaped the political order of Europe.

Aliases (4)
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region →
historical region →
contains Bielefeld →
Dortmund →
Hamm →
Herford →
Minden →
Münster →
Osnabrück →
Paderborn →
Soest →
country Germany →
historicalCapital Münster →
historicalEventLocation Peace of Westphalia 1648 →
historicalRegionOf German Confederation →
Holy Roman Empire →
Prussia →
knownFor Peace of Westphalia →
Treaties of Münster and Osnabrück →
development of modern state sovereignty concept →
ending the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch Republic →
ending the Thirty Years' War →
language Westphalian dialect →
languageFamily West Low German →
locatedIn Western Europe →
northwestern Germany →
majorRiver Ems →
Lippe →
Ruhr →
Weser →
overlapsWith Lower Saxony →
partOf Federal Republic of Germany →
Germany →
state of North Rhine-Westphalia →
politicalImpact confirmed sovereignty of German princes →
granted territorial gains to France →
granted territorial gains to Sweden →
recognized independence of the Dutch Republic →
reduced power of the Holy Roman Emperor →
reshaped political order of Europe →
religion Protestantism →
Roman Catholicism →
traditionalCuisine Pumpernickel bread →
Westphalian stews →
traditionalProduct Westphalian ham →
Westphalian rye bread →
treatySignedIn Treaty of Münster →
Treaty of Osnabrück →
warEndedByTreaties Eighty Years' War →
Thirty Years' War →
Referenced by (38)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
County of Bentheim →
County of Nassau-Siegen →
County of Ravensberg →
Diocese of Münster →
Lord of Ahaus →
Prince of Waldeck →
Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück →
historicalRegion
Battle of Vellinghausen →
Duchy of Mark →
House of Galen →
House of Lippe →
Münster Cathedral →
Old Saxon →
Sorpe Dam →
region
Lünen →
Mossenberg-Wöhren ("Eastern Westphalia") →
Mossenberg-Wöhren →
Prince-Bishopric of Minden →
Prince-Bishopric of Münster →
Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn →
locatedIn
August Macke →
Franz Boas ("Minden, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia") →
Gustav Adolf Steengracht von Moyland ("Province of Westphalia") →
placeOfBirth
von Galen →
associatedWithRegion
Bernhard von Galen →
birthPlace
North Rhine-Westphalia ("Province of Westphalia") →
formedByMergerOf
Catholic Centre Party →
hadStrongSupportIn
Osnabrück →
historicRegion
Battle of Vellinghausen →
location
Kingdom of Westphalia →
namedAfter
Münster →
partOf
Operation Chastise ("Ruhr Valley") →
place
Cathedral Chapter of Münster →
regionOfInfluence
Evangelical Church of Westphalia →
regionServed
Candide →
setting
Kingdom of Westphalia →
shortName
Prince-elector of Cologne →
territoryIncludes
Peace of Westphalia →
tookPlaceIn
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