Haguenau
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Haguenau is a historic town in northeastern France’s Alsace region, known for its medieval heritage, cultural traditions, and role as a local economic center.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Haguenau canonical | 18 |
| Hagenau | 2 |
| Ville de Haguenau | 2 |
| Imperial City of Hagenau | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T332713 — 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: Haguenau Context triple: [Bastogne, hasTwinTown, Haguenau]
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A.
Colmar
Colmar is a picturesque historic town in northeastern France’s Alsace region, renowned for its well-preserved medieval and early Renaissance architecture and canals.
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B.
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwestern Germany known for its historic old town, technical university, and prominent football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
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C.
Fortified Sector of Haguenau
The Fortified Sector of Haguenau was a key northeastern segment of France’s Maginot Line, comprising numerous bunkers and ouvrages designed to defend the border with Germany before and during World War II.
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D.
Aachen
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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E.
Baden
Baden is a historic spa town in present-day Switzerland known for hosting the 1714 Treaty of Baden that helped conclude the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 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: Haguenau Target entity description: Haguenau is a historic town in northeastern France’s Alsace region, known for its medieval heritage, cultural traditions, and role as a local economic center.
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A.
Colmar
Colmar is a picturesque historic town in northeastern France’s Alsace region, renowned for its well-preserved medieval and early Renaissance architecture and canals.
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B.
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is a city in southwestern Germany known for its historic old town, technical university, and prominent football club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
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C.
Fortified Sector of Haguenau
The Fortified Sector of Haguenau was a key northeastern segment of France’s Maginot Line, comprising numerous bunkers and ouvrages designed to defend the border with Germany before and during World War II.
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D.
Aachen
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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E.
Baden
Baden is a historic spa town in present-day Switzerland known for hosting the 1714 Treaty of Baden that helped conclude the War of the Spanish Succession.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commune of France
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | subprefecture of Bas-Rhin ⓘ |
| climate | oceanic climate with continental influences ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| demographicDesignation | Haguenoviens ⓘ |
| departmentCode | 67 ⓘ |
| distanceFromStrasbourg | approximately 30 km north ⓘ |
| governingBody | municipal council of Haguenau ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInstitution |
musée alsacien de Haguenau
ⓘ
musée historique de Haguenau ⓘ theatre and cultural center ⓘ |
| hasEconomicSector |
commerce
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ services ⓘ |
| hasFestival | traditional Alsatian events ⓘ |
| hasForest | Forêt de Haguenau ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
historic churches
ⓘ
medieval town center ⓘ timber-framed houses ⓘ |
| hasMarket | local weekly market ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding |
Saint-Georges church
ⓘ
Saint-Nicolas church ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
railway station
ⓘ
regional road network ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Alsace ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
medieval administrative center ⓘ |
| isPrefectureOf | arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural traditions
ⓘ
local economic role ⓘ medieval heritage ⓘ |
| languageTradition | Alsatian dialect ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alsace
ⓘ
Bas-Rhin ⓘ
surface form:
Bas-Rhin department
Grand Est ⓘ
surface form:
Grand Est region
northeastern France ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Moder River ⓘ |
| mayorTitle | maire de Haguenau ⓘ |
| nearBorderWith | Germany ⓘ |
| partOf | arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg ⓘ |
| population | about 35,000 inhabitants ⓘ |
| postalCode | 67500 ⓘ |
| regionCapitalNearby | Strasbourg ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
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: Haguenau Description of subject: Haguenau is a historic town in northeastern France’s Alsace region, known for its medieval heritage, cultural traditions, and role as a local economic center.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Imperial City of Hagenau
this entity surface form:
Hagenau
this entity surface form:
Hagenau
this entity surface form:
Ville de Haguenau
this entity surface form:
Ville de Haguenau
subject surface form:
Saint-Georges church (Haguenau)
subject surface form:
Saint-Nicolas church (Haguenau)