Wageningen

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Wageningen is a Dutch town historically significant as the site where German forces in the Netherlands formally surrendered at the end of World War II.

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Wageningen canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch politician
city
historic hotel
municipality
public research university
celebrates Liberation Day on 5 May
coatOfArmsDescription a red lion on a silver field with blue chief bearing three silver roses
country Netherlands
event capitulation of German forces in the Netherlands on 5 May 1945
flagDescription horizontal stripes of green and white with municipal coat of arms
governedBy municipal council of Wageningen NERFINISHED
grantedCityRightsIn 1263
hasAreaCode 0317
hasDemonym Wageninger
Wageningers NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivity agri-food sector
education
research and development
hasFestival Wageningen Liberation Festival NERFINISHED
hasMayor Floor Vermeulen NERFINISHED
hasMonument Nationaal Bevrijdingsmonument (National Liberation Monument) NERFINISHED
hasMunicipalStatusSince 1811
hasOfficialLanguage Dutch
hasPopulation approximately 39,000 (around 2023)
hasPostalCodeRange 6700–6709
hasRailwayStation no railway station (nearest in Ede-Wageningen)
hasSite Hotel de Wereld NERFINISHED
hasUniversity Wageningen University & Research NERFINISHED
hasWebsite https://www.wageningen.nl
historicallySignificantFor formal surrender of German forces in the Netherlands in 1945
knownFor Wageningen University & Research NERFINISHED
agricultural and environmental sciences
food science research
site of German surrender in the Netherlands in 1945
locatedIn Ede NERFINISHED
Wageningen NERFINISHED
province of Gelderland NERFINISHED
region of the Veluwe
locatedNear Arnhem NERFINISHED
Utrecht NERFINISHED
locatedOn river Rhine NERFINISHED
partOf Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
serves Wageningen NERFINISHED
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
twinnedWith Gödöllő NERFINISHED
Njimegen (Nijmegen) – historical cooperation in liberation commemorations

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Nederrijn flowsThrough Wageningen
Ede hasNeighbouringMunicipality Wageningen
Rhenen borderedBy Wageningen