Westfalen

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cultural region historical region

Westfalen is a historical region in northwestern Germany, now largely part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, known for its distinct cultural identity and medieval heritage.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Westphalia 1
Herzogtum Westfalen 1
Westfalen canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
bordersCountry Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
bordersRegion Hesse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lower Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhineland NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCity Arnsberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bielefeld NERFINISHED ⓘ
Detmold NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dortmund NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gütersloh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hamm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lippstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paderborn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Recklinghausen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siegen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soest NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsRegion Hellweg region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Münsterland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ostwestfalen-Lippe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sauerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantModernLanguage German ⓘ
hasCapital Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity Westphalian culture ⓘ
hasSymbol Westphalian horse NERFINISHED ⓘ
red horse on white field ⓘ
hasTraditionalDish Pumpernickel bread NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westphalian Grünkohl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westphalian ham ⓘ
hasTraditionalSport horse breeding and equestrian sports ⓘ
historicalAffiliation Duchy of Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalLanguage Low German NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westphalian Low German NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor distinct cultural identity ⓘ
medieval heritage ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traversedByRiver Ems NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lippe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruhr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Weser NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Altsächsisch → region → Westfalen ⓘ
Herford → partOf → Westfalen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Westphalia
Kurhessen → borderedBy → Westfalen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herzogtum Westfalen
Spenge → locatedIn → Westfalen ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Westphalia