Rhineland
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The Rhineland is a historically significant region in western Germany along the Rhine River, long contested as a strategic and economic heartland in European conflicts.
All labels observed (22)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rhineland canonical | 156 |
| The Rhineland | 8 |
| Rhineland region | 4 |
| Eifel region | 3 |
| Western Germany | 3 |
| Lower Rhine region | 2 |
| Rheinland | 2 |
| western Germany | 2 |
| Aachen region | 1 |
| Germany (Lower Rhine) | 1 |
| Hunsrück | 1 |
| Lower Rhenish culture | 1 |
| Lower Rhine Plain | 1 |
| Medieval Rhineland | 1 |
| Middle Rhine Valley | 1 |
| Palatinate on the Rhine | 1 |
| Prussian Rhine Province | 1 |
| Prussian Rhineland | 1 |
| Rheinland region | 1 |
| Rhenish | 1 |
| Rhine Province | 1 |
| Rhine hinterland | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical region ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Belgium
ⓘ
France ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| demilitarizedBy | Treaty of Versailles ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
chemical industry
ⓘ
coal resources ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ river trade ⓘ steel industry ⓘ |
| hasCapital | none (region is not a single administrative unit) ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Allied occupation after World War I
ⓘ
Congress of Vienna ⓘ
surface form:
Congress of Vienna territorial reorganization (1814–1815)
French Revolutionary occupation of the left bank of the Rhine ⓘ remilitarization of the Rhineland ⓘ
surface form:
Remilitarization of the Rhineland (1936)
Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Versailles demilitarization (1919)
annexation by France in the 1790s ⓘ formation of the Prussian Rhine Province (19th century) ⓘ |
| historicallyContestedBy |
France
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ |
| includesCity |
Bonn
ⓘ
Cologne ⓘ Düsseldorf ⓘ Koblenz ⓘ Mainz ⓘ |
| includesRegion |
Lower Rhine
ⓘ
Rhine Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Rhine
North Rhine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dense population
ⓘ
industrial development ⓘ rich natural resources ⓘ river trade and transport ⓘ strategic importance in European conflicts ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western Germany ⓘ |
| modernAdministrativeDivision |
Hesse (partly)
ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ Saarland (partly) ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Rhine
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine River
|
| partOf |
West Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Republic of Germany
German-speaking Europe ⓘ |
| remilitarizationLedBy | Adolf Hitler ⓘ |
| remilitarizedBy | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
buffer zone between France and Germany
ⓘ
control of Rhine River crossings ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Rhine
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhine River
|
Referenced by (194)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rheinland region
this entity surface form:
Lower Rhine Plain
this entity surface form:
Middle Rhine Valley
subject surface form:
Oberbefehlshaber West
this entity surface form:
Western Germany
this entity surface form:
Eifel region
this entity surface form:
Prussian Rhine Province
this entity surface form:
Eifel region
subject surface form:
Batavi
this entity surface form:
Lower Rhine region
subject surface form:
Batavi
this entity surface form:
Germany (Lower Rhine)
this entity surface form:
western Germany
subject surface form:
Krefeld
this entity surface form:
Lower Rhine region
this entity surface form:
Western Germany
this entity surface form:
Eifel region
this entity surface form:
Rhineland region
subject surface form:
Adolf of Nassau
this entity surface form:
The Rhineland
this entity surface form:
The Rhineland
this entity surface form:
Prussian Rhineland
this entity surface form:
Hunsrück
this entity surface form:
The Rhineland
this entity surface form:
The Rhineland
this entity surface form:
Rhine Province