Dillingen an der Donau
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Dillingen an der Donau is a historic town and district capital in Bavarian Swabia, Germany, situated on the Danube River and known for its former role as a university and residence of the Prince-Bishops of Augsburg.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dillingen an der Donau canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3089963 — 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: Dillingen an der Donau Context triple: [Swabia (Bavaria), containsDistrict, Dillingen an der Donau]
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Backnang
Backnang is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, located northeast of Stuttgart and known for its historical center and role as a regional industrial and commuter hub.
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B.
Landsberg am Lech
Landsberg am Lech is a historic Bavarian town in southern Germany known for its medieval old town, picturesque setting on the Lech River, and its association with the nearby Landsberg Prison.
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Erding
Erding is a Bavarian town northeast of Munich, best known for its historic center, Erdinger Weißbräu brewery, and large thermal spa complex.
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D.
Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a historic Bavarian city in Germany known for its riverside setting on the Main, its prominent Schloss Johannisburg castle, and its role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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E.
Rosenheim
Rosenheim is a town in Upper Bavaria, Germany, known as a regional economic and transportation hub near the Alps.
- 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: Dillingen an der Donau Target entity description: Dillingen an der Donau is a historic town and district capital in Bavarian Swabia, Germany, situated on the Danube River and known for its former role as a university and residence of the Prince-Bishops of Augsburg.
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A.
Backnang
Backnang is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, located northeast of Stuttgart and known for its historical center and role as a regional industrial and commuter hub.
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B.
Landsberg am Lech
Landsberg am Lech is a historic Bavarian town in southern Germany known for its medieval old town, picturesque setting on the Lech River, and its association with the nearby Landsberg Prison.
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C.
Erding
Erding is a Bavarian town northeast of Munich, best known for its historic center, Erdinger Weißbräu brewery, and large thermal spa complex.
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Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a historic Bavarian city in Germany known for its riverside setting on the Main, its prominent Schloss Johannisburg castle, and its role as a regional cultural and economic center.
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E.
Rosenheim
Rosenheim is a town in Upper Bavaria, Germany, known as a regional economic and transportation hub near the Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| areaCode | 09071 ⓘ |
| category |
Cities and towns in Dillingen (district)
ⓘ
Populated places on the Danube in Germany ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevation | 439 metres ⓘ |
| formerFunction |
residence of the Prince-Bishops of Augsburg
ⓘ
university town ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution |
Staatliche Fachakademie für Sozialpädagogik Dillingen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Studienseminar Dillingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Basilica of St. Peter (Schretzheim)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
City parish church of the Holy Spirit NERFINISHED ⓘ Dillingen Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousInstitution | Catholic Academy of Dillingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
Dillingen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hausen NERFINISHED ⓘ Kicklingen NERFINISHED ⓘ Schretzheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Steinheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalAffiliation | Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicRegion | Bavarian Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDistrictCapitalOf | Dillingen an der Donau (district) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Jesuit university (University of Dillingen)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
residence of Augsburg prince-bishops ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| localDialect | Swabian German ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Günzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Dillingen an der Donau (district) NERFINISHED ⓘ Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Danube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Donauwörth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.dillingen-donau.de ⓘ |
| partOf | Administrative region of Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 89407 ⓘ |
| railwayConnection | Ulm–Augsburg railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionCode | DE-BY ⓘ |
| riverPort | Danube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Free State of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Central European Summer Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| twinTown |
Bondeno
NERFINISHED
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Brand-Erbisdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ Crailsheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Naas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | DLG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dillingen an der Donau Description of subject: Dillingen an der Donau is a historic town and district capital in Bavarian Swabia, Germany, situated on the Danube River and known for its former role as a university and residence of the Prince-Bishops of Augsburg.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.