Glienicker Brücke

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arch bridge bridge road bridge steel bridge

Glienicker Brücke is a historic bridge in Berlin, Germany, famously known as the “Bridge of Spies” for its role as a Cold War site of prisoner exchanges between East and West.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Glienicke Bridge	12
Glienicker Brücke canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3787901 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Glienicker Brücke
Context triple: [Schloss Glienicke, locatedNear, Glienicker Brücke]

A. Kaisermühlenbrücke
Kaisermühlenbrücke is a bridge in the Kaisermühlen district of Vienna, Austria, serving as a key crossing over the Danube.
B. Kornhausbrücke
Kornhausbrücke is a historic bridge in Bern, Switzerland, spanning the Aare River and connecting the Old City with newer districts.
C. Peenebrücke Wolgast
Peenebrücke Wolgast is a bascule road-and-rail bridge in the town of Wolgast, Germany, that connects the mainland to the island of Usedom across the Peene River.
D. Hardbrücke
Hardbrücke is a major road and railway bridge in Zurich, Switzerland, serving as an important traffic artery across the Limmat and nearby rail tracks.
E. Möckernbrücke
Möckernbrücke is a Berlin U-Bahn station and major interchange point located near the Landwehr Canal in the Kreuzberg district.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Glienicker Brücke
Target entity description: Glienicker Brücke is a historic bridge in Berlin, Germany, famously known as the “Bridge of Spies” for its role as a Cold War site of prisoner exchanges between East and West.

A. Kaisermühlenbrücke
Kaisermühlenbrücke is a bridge in the Kaisermühlen district of Vienna, Austria, serving as a key crossing over the Danube.
B. Kornhausbrücke
Kornhausbrücke is a historic bridge in Bern, Switzerland, spanning the Aare River and connecting the Old City with newer districts.
C. Peenebrücke Wolgast
Peenebrücke Wolgast is a bascule road-and-rail bridge in the town of Wolgast, Germany, that connects the mainland to the island of Usedom across the Peene River.
D. Hardbrücke
Hardbrücke is a major road and railway bridge in Zurich, Switzerland, serving as an important traffic artery across the Limmat and nearby rail tracks.
E. Möckernbrücke
Möckernbrücke is a Berlin U-Bahn station and major interchange point located near the Landwehr Canal in the Kreuzberg district.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arch bridge ⓘ bridge ⓘ road bridge ⓘ steel bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bridge of Spies ⓘ
borderFunction	border between East Berlin and West Berlin’s surrounding area ⓘ inter-German border crossing ⓘ
connects	Berlin ⓘ Potsdam ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
crosses	Havel River ⓘ Teltow Canal vicinity ⓘ
designedBy	architect Otto Stahn ⓘ
famousFor	Cold War spy exchanges ⓘ exchange of captured agents between East and West ⓘ
featuredIn	Bridge of Spies ⓘ surface form: film "Bridge of Spies"
hasHeritageStatus	listed monument ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 128 meters ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpans	3 ⓘ
hasWidth	approximately 22 meters ⓘ
historicalPeriod	German Empire ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Prussian era ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ divided Germany ⓘ reunified Germany ⓘ
locatedIn	Berlin ⓘ Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region ⓘ surface form: Berlin–Brandenburg metropolitan region Potsdam ⓘ border between former East Germany and West Berlin ⓘ
material	steel ⓘ
namedAfter	Glienicke ⓘ
near	Potsdam-Babelsberg ⓘ surface form: Babelsberg Schloss Glienicke ⓘ
notableExchange	1962 exchange of Francis Gary Powers and Rudolf Abel ⓘ 1985 exchange of 23 American and Western agents for 4 Eastern agents ⓘ 1986 exchange including dissident Anatoly Shcharansky (Natan Sharansky) ⓘ
opened	1907 ⓘ
partOf	Bundesstraße 1 ⓘ
reconstructed	after World War II ⓘ
symbolizes	Cold War division ⓘ German reunification ⓘ
tourism	popular tourist attraction ⓘ
traffic	cyclists ⓘ motor vehicles ⓘ pedestrians ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ
usedFor	prisoner exchanges ⓘ
wasDamagedIn	World War II ⓘ

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