German-speaking Community

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federated entity of Belgium linguistic community

The German-speaking Community is one of Belgium’s three linguistic communities, a small autonomous region in the east of the country with its own parliament and government responsible for cultural and educational affairs.

Aliases (2)

Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft ×1
German-speaking community ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federated entity of Belgium → linguistic community →
alsoKnownAs	Ostbelgien →
area	approximately 854 square kilometres →
border	Germany → Luxembourg →
capital	Eupen →
contains	Amel → Burg-Reuland → Büllingen → Bütgenbach → Eupen → Eupen canton → Kelmis → Lontzen → Raeren → Sankt Vith → Sankt Vith canton →
country	Belgium →
established	1970 →
executiveBody	Government of the German-speaking Community →
gainedAutonomy	1984 →
hasGovernment	Government of the German-speaking Community →
hasParliament	Parliament of the German-speaking Community →
hasWebsite	https://www.ostbelgienlive.be →
highestPoliticalOfficeTitle	Minister-President of the German-speaking Community →
ISOCode	BE-DE →
legislativeBody	Parliament of the German-speaking Community →
locatedIn	Wallonia → eastern Belgium →
nativeLanguage	German →
officialLanguage	German →
officialName	Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens →
oneOf	three linguistic communities of Belgium →
otherCommunities	Flemish Community → French Community →
partOf	Kingdom of Belgium → federal state of Belgium →
population	approximately 75000 → approximately 77000 →
responsibleFor	certain social affairs → culture → education → use of languages in its institutions →
seatOfGovernment	Eupen →
seatOfParliament	Eupen →
shortName	DG → Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
German-speaking Belgium → German-speaking Community ("Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft") →	shortName
Title IX – The Communities and the Regions →	appliesTo
Communities of Belgium →	hasMember
Belgian federal elections ("German-speaking community") →	languageCommunitiesInvolved
Federal Government of Belgium →	sharesPowersWith