Rhineland

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historical region

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.

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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Rhineland	4
Eifel region	3
Western Germany	3
Lower Rhine region	2
western Germany	2
Germany (Lower Rhine)	1
Hunsrück	1
Lower Rhine Plain	1
Middle Rhine Valley	1
Prussian Rhine Province	1
Prussian Rhineland	1
Rheinland region	1
Rhine Province	1
Rhineland region	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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Düsseldorf NERFINISHED ⓘ Koblenz NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 (61)

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

Adolf of Nassau, King of the Romans → associatedWith → Rhineland ⓘ

subject surface form: Adolf of Nassau

Düsseldorf school of painting → associatedWith → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rheinland region

1st Hussars → battleHonour → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Rhineland

Fort Garry Horse → battleHonour → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Rhineland

Regina Rifle Regiment → battleHonour → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Rhineland

Royal Winnipeg Rifles → battleHonour → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Rhineland

Left Bank of the Rhine → containsRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

Treaty of Versailles → demilitarizedRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

North Rhine-Westphalia → formedByMergerOf → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prussian Rhine Province

Palatine lion → geographicallyAssociatedWith → Rhineland ⓘ

Catholic Centre Party → hadStrongSupportIn → Rhineland ⓘ

County of Nassau-Idstein → hasHistoricalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

Barmen → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine Province

Büllingen → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prussian Rhineland

County of Nassau → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

County of Nassau-Beilstein → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

County of Nassau-Dillenburg → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

County of Nassau-Hadamar → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

County of Nassau-Siegen → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

Grand Duke of Berg → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

House of Nassau → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

Prince-elector of Trier → historicalRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

Cologne → isEconomicCenterOf → Rhineland ⓘ

Batavi tribe → livedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

subject surface form: Batavi

this entity surface form: Lower Rhine region

Ahaus → locatedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: western Germany

Bad Münstereifel → locatedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eifel region

Bad Münstereifel → locatedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

Bishopric of Cologne → locatedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

County of Nassau → locatedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

German-speaking Belgium → locatedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eifel region

Hesse → locatedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Germany

Krefeld, Germany → locatedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

subject surface form: Krefeld

this entity surface form: Lower Rhine region

Rhöndorf → locatedIn → Rhineland ⓘ

County of Nassau-Weilburg → locatedInRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

Duchy of Nassau → locatedInRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

Rhin → locatedInRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

Rhine → locatedInRegion → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Rhine Plain

Franco-Dutch War → location → Rhineland ⓘ

French invasion of the Rhineland → location → Rhineland ⓘ

Gallic Wars → location → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western Germany

Operation Veritable → location → Rhineland ⓘ

Rhineland campaign → location → Rhineland ⓘ

War of the Reunions → location → Rhineland ⓘ

Western Allied invasion of Germany → location → Rhineland ⓘ

remilitarization of the Rhineland → location → Rhineland ⓘ

War of the Polish Succession → mainTheater → Rhineland ⓘ

Batavi tribe → modernRegionOverlap → Rhineland ⓘ

subject surface form: Batavi

this entity surface form: Germany (Lower Rhine)

Rhine → notableFeature → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Rhine Valley

County of Nassau-Beilstein → partOf → Rhineland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhineland region

Eifel Mountains → partOf → Rhineland ⓘ