Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg is a regional Protestant church body in northwestern Germany and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg canonical | 3 |
| Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Oldenburg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T335621 — 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: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg Context triple: [Evangelical Church in Germany, hasRegionalChurches, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg]
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover is a major regional Protestant church in northern Germany and one of the largest member churches within the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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B.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a major Protestant regional church in Germany rooted in the Lutheran tradition and serving congregations primarily in the federal state of Bavaria.
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C.
Evangelical Church of Westphalia
The Evangelical Church of Westphalia is a regional Protestant church body in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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D.
Evangelical Church in Central Germany
The Evangelical Church in Central Germany is a regional Protestant church body within the Evangelical Church in Germany, encompassing Lutheran and united congregations across central German states.
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E.
Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau
The Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau is a regional Protestant church body in western Germany that forms part of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
- 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: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg Target entity description: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg is a regional Protestant church body in northwestern Germany and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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A.
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover is a major regional Protestant church in northern Germany and one of the largest member churches within the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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B.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a major Protestant regional church in Germany rooted in the Lutheran tradition and serving congregations primarily in the federal state of Bavaria.
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C.
Evangelical Church of Westphalia
The Evangelical Church of Westphalia is a regional Protestant church body in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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D.
Evangelical Church in Central Germany
The Evangelical Church in Central Germany is a regional Protestant church body within the Evangelical Church in Germany, encompassing Lutheran and united congregations across central German states.
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E.
Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau
The Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau is a regional Protestant church body in western Germany that forms part of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lutheran church body
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Protestant regional church ⓘ member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ELO ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | German territorial churches ⓘ |
| churchPolity | episcopal polity ⓘ |
| communion | United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith | other EKD member churches ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| denomination | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| follows |
Augsburg Confession
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Lutheran confessions ⓘ |
| funding | church tax in Germany ⓘ |
| governingBody | synod ⓘ |
| hasCathedral | St Lamberti Church, Oldenburg ⓘ |
| hasClergyTitle | bishop ⓘ |
| hasMinistry |
diaconal ministry
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education ministry ⓘ parish ministry ⓘ youth ministry ⓘ |
| hasOfficialStatus | public-law corporation in Germany ⓘ |
| hasParishesIn |
Oldenburg–Osnabrück region
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surface form:
Oldenburg region
|
| hasRite | Lutheran liturgical rite ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Oldenburg ⓘ |
| isMemberOf | Community of Protestant Churches in Europe ⓘ |
| isOneOf | 20 member churches of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Lutheran churches in Europe
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Protestant churches in Germany ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Saxony
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surface form:
State of Lower Saxony
|
| mainClassification | Protestant regional church ⓘ |
| memberOf | Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Oldenburg
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| orientation | Lutheran ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Oldenburg
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northwestern Germany ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| subjectTo | basic order of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ |
| territorialPredecessor |
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
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surface form:
Free State of Oldenburg
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg ⓘ |
| theology | Protestantism ⓘ |
| type | Landeskirche ⓘ |
| usesCalendar |
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
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surface form:
Gregorian calendar
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| website | https://www.kirche-oldenburg.de/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg Description of subject: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg is a regional Protestant church body in northwestern Germany and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
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nativeName
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Oldenburg