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.

Theodore von Kármán → placeOfDeath → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aachen, West Germany
116th Panzer Division → notableLocation → Aachen ⓘ
Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle → hasPart → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial City of Aachen
Eifel National Park → nearestCity → Aachen ⓘ
Vaalserberg → hasNearbyCity → Aachen ⓘ
Maastricht Aachen Airport → serves → Aachen ⓘ
Maastricht Aachen Airport → nearbyCity → Aachen ⓘ
Kingdom of Germany → capital → Aachen ⓘ
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery → locatedNear → Aachen ⓘ
Bishopric of Aachen → capital → Aachen ⓘ
Bishopric of Aachen → locatedIn → Aachen ⓘ
Bishopric of Aachen → centralCity → Aachen ⓘ
Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen → setting → Aachen ⓘ
King of the Romans → hasCapital → Aachen ⓘ
RWTH Aachen University → locatedIn → Aachen ⓘ
Congress System → location → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aix-la-Chapelle
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) → hasStudio → Aachen ⓘ
subject surface form: Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Kelmis → locatedNear → Aachen ⓘ
Aachen district (Städteregion Aachen) → contains → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Aachen
Aachen district (Städteregion Aachen) → capital → Aachen ⓘ
Aachen district (Städteregion Aachen) → administrativeSeat → Aachen ⓘ
Aachen district (Städteregion Aachen) → hasCentralCity → Aachen ⓘ
Aachen district (Städteregion Aachen) → surrounds → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Aachen
Palatine Chapel → locatedIn → Aachen ⓘ
Aquisgranum → LatinNameOf → Aachen ⓘ
Aquisgranum → refersTo → Aachen ⓘ
Aquisgranum → correspondsToModernName → Aachen ⓘ
Aquisgranum → hasAlternativeName → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aix-la-Chapelle (French for Aachen)
Aquisgranum → hasModernCityStatus → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Aachen
FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences → locatedIn → Aachen ⓘ
FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences → city → Aachen ⓘ
FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences → hasCampusIn → Aachen ⓘ
Elisenbrunnen → locatedIn → Aachen ⓘ
Elisenbrunnen → symbolOf → Aachen ⓘ
Euroregion Meuse-Rhine → hasPart → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Aachen
Euroregion Meuse-Rhine → hasCapitalLikeCity → Aachen ⓘ
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) → location → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aix-la-Chapelle
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) → location → Aachen ⓘ
Rex Romanorum → typicalCoronationPlace → Aachen ⓘ
AC → usedIn → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Aachen
AC → associatedCity → Aachen ⓘ
Bernard of Italy → placeOfDeath → Aachen ⓘ
Bernard of Italy → burialPlace → Aachen ⓘ
Lothair I → residence → Aachen ⓘ
Gerkan, Marg and Partners → hasOfficeIn → Aachen ⓘ
Lontzen → borderedBy → Aachen ⓘ
Carolingian period → hasCapital → Aachen ⓘ
Carolingian period → hasIntellectualCenter → Aachen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aachen court
Treaty of Aachen → signedIn → Aachen ⓘ
Conrad IV of Germany → coronation → Aachen ⓘ