Aachen

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cathedral city neoclassical spa building public research university town hall

Aachen is a historic German city near the borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, renowned for its medieval cathedral, role as a coronation site for Holy Roman Emperors, and significance in both World Wars.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Aachen canonical 126
City of Aachen 10
Aix-la-Chapelle 5

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Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cathedral ⓘ
city ⓘ
neoclassical spa building ⓘ
public research university ⓘ
town hall ⓘ
builtFor Charlemagne ⓘ
capturedBy United States forces in October 1944 ⓘ
contains Palatine Chapel ⓘ
coronationPeriod from 936 to 1531 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
foundedBy Romans ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Aachen Cathedral precincts ⓘ
surface form: Aachen Cathedral
hasHistoricalName Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Aix-la-Chapelle

Aquisgranum ⓘ
hasHotSpringsTemperature up to about 74 degrees Celsius ⓘ
hasInstitution FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences ⓘ
hasLandmark Aachen Town Hall ⓘ
Elisenbrunnen ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 250000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasTwinTown Cape Town ⓘ
Halifax ⓘ
Kostroma ⓘ
Naumburg (Saale) ⓘ
Ningbo-Zhoushan ⓘ
surface form: Ningbo

Reims ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
hasUniversity RWTH Aachen University ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalEvent first major German city captured by Allied forces in World War II ⓘ
knownFor Aachen Cathedral precincts ⓘ
surface form: Aachen Cathedral

being a coronation site for Holy Roman Emperors ⓘ
historic old town ⓘ
hot springs and spas ⓘ
role in European integration symbolism ⓘ
RWTH Aachen University ⓘ
surface form: technical university RWTH Aachen University
language German ⓘ
localDialect Ripuarian ⓘ
surface form: Ripuarian (Öcher Platt)
locatedIn Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia

western Germany ⓘ
locatedNearBorderWith Belgium ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
locatedOn Wurm River ⓘ
northern edge of the Eifel mountains ⓘ
memberOf Euroregion Meuse-Rhine ⓘ
partOf Aachen district (Städteregion Aachen) ⓘ
Cologne Bonn metropolitan region ⓘ
surface form: Region of Cologne
postalCodeRange 52062–52080 ⓘ
sufferedEvent destruction in World War II bombing ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
usedAs coronation city of German kings ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode AC ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Carolingian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Carolingian Empire (de facto)
wasResidenceOf Charlemagne ⓘ

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Referenced by (155)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siegfried Line → notableSectionNear → Aachen ⓘ
Reims → twinnedWith → Aachen ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire → capital → Aachen ⓘ
Holy Roman Emperor → hasCapital → Aachen ⓘ
Charlemagne Prize → location → Aachen ⓘ
Charlemagne Prize → presentedBy → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Aachen
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) → locationSigned → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aix-la-Chapelle
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) → locationSigned → Aachen ⓘ
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) → presentDayLocation → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aachen, Germany
German Aerospace Center (DLR) → hasResearchCenterIn → Aachen ⓘ
subject surface form: German Aerospace Center
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe → birthPlace → Aachen ⓘ
Hürtgen Forest → near → Aachen ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia → containsCity → Aachen ⓘ
Bonn → historicalName → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bonna
Battle of Aachen → location → Aachen ⓘ
Battle of Aachen → cityCaptured → Aachen ⓘ
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall → coronationPlace → Aachen ⓘ
Adolf of Nassau, King of the Romans → coronationPlace → Aachen ⓘ
subject surface form: Adolf of Nassau
Sendai → sisterCity → Aachen ⓘ
Aachen → locatedIn → Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Aachen Cathedral
Aachen → hasHistoricalName → Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aix-la-Chapelle
Aachen → locatedIn → Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: RWTH Aachen University
Aachen → locatedIn → Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Aachen Town Hall
Aachen → locatedIn → Aachen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Elisenbrunnen
Carolingian dynasty → hasCapital → Aachen ⓘ
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor → coronationPlaceAsKingOfEastFrancia → Aachen ⓘ
Charlemagne → deathPlace → Aachen ⓘ
Charlemagne → residence → Aachen ⓘ
Vennbahn railway → startPoint → Aachen ⓘ
Carolingian Empire → capital → Aachen ⓘ
Imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire → previouslyKeptAt → Aachen ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire
Imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire → transportedTo → Aachen ⓘ
subject surface form: Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire
Aachen Town Hall → locatedIn → Aachen ⓘ
Aachen Town Hall → municipality → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Aachen
Aachen Cathedral precincts → locatedIn → Aachen ⓘ
Aachen Cathedral precincts → associatedWith → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aachen city government
Aachen Cathedral precincts → locatedNear → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aachen old town
Aachen Cathedral precincts → governedBy → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Aachen
Edith Frank → placeOfBirth → Aachen ⓘ
Edith Frank → residence → Aachen ⓘ
Karlspreis → presentedIn → Aachen ⓘ
Karlspreis → city → Aachen ⓘ
Eifel Mountains → near → Aachen ⓘ
Franks → capitalUnderCharlemagne → Aachen ⓘ
Palace School at Aachen → locatedIn → Aachen ⓘ
Einhard → residence → Aachen ⓘ
UEFA Euro 2004 → hostSelectionCity → Aachen ⓘ
Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale → hasTownTwinnedWith → Aachen ⓘ
Kingdom of the Franks → capital → Aachen ⓘ
Maria Ludwig Michael Mies → placeOfBirth → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aachen, German Empire