Oudewater, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands
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Oudewater, in the historical County of Holland within the Habsburg Netherlands, is a small Dutch town known for its medieval heritage and role in the region’s early modern religious and political history.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oudewater, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7069038 — 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: Oudewater, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands Context triple: [Jakob Hermanszoon, birthPlace, Oudewater, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands]
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A.
South Holland, Netherlands
South Holland, Netherlands is a province in the western Netherlands known for its major cities like Rotterdam and The Hague, dense population, and significant economic and political importance.
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B.
Waalwijk, Netherlands
Waalwijk, Netherlands is a town in the province of North Brabant known for its historical leather and shoe industry and its location between Tilburg and the River Maas.
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C.
Zeewolde, Netherlands
Zeewolde, Netherlands is a small municipality in the province of Flevoland known for its modern planned layout and role as a business location for companies such as sports car manufacturer Spyker.
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D.
Wieringen, Netherlands
Wieringen, Netherlands is a former island and rural area in the province of North Holland, historically notable as the place where German Crown Prince Wilhelm lived in exile after World War I.
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E.
Zundert, Netherlands
Zundert, Netherlands is a small Dutch town in North Brabant best known as the birthplace of painter Vincent van Gogh.
- 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: Oudewater, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands Target entity description: Oudewater, in the historical County of Holland within the Habsburg Netherlands, is a small Dutch town known for its medieval heritage and role in the region’s early modern religious and political history.
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A.
South Holland, Netherlands
South Holland, Netherlands is a province in the western Netherlands known for its major cities like Rotterdam and The Hague, dense population, and significant economic and political importance.
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B.
Waalwijk, Netherlands
Waalwijk, Netherlands is a town in the province of North Brabant known for its historical leather and shoe industry and its location between Tilburg and the River Maas.
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C.
Zeewolde, Netherlands
Zeewolde, Netherlands is a small municipality in the province of Flevoland known for its modern planned layout and role as a business location for companies such as sports car manufacturer Spyker.
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D.
Wieringen, Netherlands
Wieringen, Netherlands is a former island and rural area in the province of North Holland, historically notable as the place where German Crown Prince Wilhelm lived in exile after World War I.
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E.
Zundert, Netherlands
Zundert, Netherlands is a small Dutch town in North Brabant best known as the birthplace of painter Vincent van Gogh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | town ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| destroyedDuring | Eighty Years War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | 1575 ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
local services
ⓘ
regional tourism ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
early modern political history
ⓘ
early modern religious history ⓘ historic town center ⓘ medieval urban fabric ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
St Michael’s Church, Oudewater
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Witches’ Weigh House, Oudewater NERFINISHED ⓘ historic town hall of Oudewater ⓘ |
| hasMunicipalStatusSince | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableEvent | Siege of Oudewater (1575) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasUrbanFeature |
canal network
ⓘ
historic market square ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
Middle Ages ⓘ |
| historicallyGovernedBy |
Counts of Holland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Habsburg monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Witches’ Weigh House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
well-preserved medieval center ⓘ witch-trial related history ⓘ |
| locatedAtConfluenceOf |
Hollandse IJssel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Linschoten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County of Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Utrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ Randstad NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Gouda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Utrecht (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Hollandse IJssel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
County of Holland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of the Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalHistory |
Dutch Revolt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Habsburg rule in the Low Countries ⓘ |
| reconstructedAfter | 1575 ⓘ |
| religiousHistory |
Dutch Revolt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oudewater, County of Holland, Habsburg Netherlands Description of subject: Oudewater, in the historical County of Holland within the Habsburg Netherlands, is a small Dutch town known for its medieval heritage and role in the region’s early modern religious and political history.
Referenced by (1)
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