Krinkelt

E51883

village

Krinkelt is a village in eastern Belgium’s Ardennes region, known for its proximity to the strategic Elsenborn Ridge and its role in the World War II Battle of the Bulge.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	village →
administrativeDivision	arrondissement of Verviers →
associatedWithMilitaryUnit	German Wehrmacht → United States Army →
battleType	armored warfare → infantry combat →
belongsToState	Kingdom of Belgium →
climate	temperate oceanic climate →
conflict	Second World War →
country	Belgium →
economy	agriculture → rural tourism →
event	Battle of the Bulge →
hasCommemorations	annual World War II remembrance events →
hasReligiousBuilding	Catholic parish church →
hasTwinLocality	Rocherath →
hasWarCemeteriesOrMemorials	World War II memorials →
heritage	war-related heritage sites →
historicalEventDate	December 1944 →
historicalPeriod	World War II →
historicalRegion	Eifel →
knownFor	Rocherath–Krinkelt battles → World War II fighting → role in the Battle of the Bulge →
languageRegion	German-speaking →
locatedIn	Ardennes → Wallonia → eastern Belgium →
locatedNear	Elsenborn Ridge → village of Rocherath →
nearBorderWith	Germany →
nearGeographicalFeature	Eifel plateau →
nearMilitaryArea	Elsenborn military training area →
officialLanguage	German →
partOf	German-speaking Community of Belgium → municipality of Büllingen → province of Liège →
populationCharacteristic	small population →
region	High Fens–Eifel area →
roadJunction	local routes toward Elsenborn Ridge →
strategicImportance	proximity to Elsenborn Ridge →
strategicRole	defensive position for Allied forces →
terrain	forested hills → rural landscape →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
tourismAttraction	Battlefield sites → war memorials →
transport	local road network →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rocherath →	formsLocalityWith
Rocherath →	locatedNear
Elsenborn Ridge →	near