Nördlingen
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Nördlingen is a historic Bavarian town in southern Germany, notable for its well-preserved medieval walls and location within a large meteorite impact crater.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nördlingen canonical | 6 |
| Imperial City of Nördlingen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5544842 — 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: Nördlingen Context triple: [Gerd Müller, placeOfBirth, Nördlingen]
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A.
Burghausen
Burghausen is a historic Bavarian town in southeastern Germany, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved medieval old town and one of the longest castle complexes in the world.
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B.
Kempten
Kempten is a historic town in Bavaria, Germany, considered one of the country’s oldest urban settlements and known for its location in the Allgäu region.
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C.
Kaufbeuren
Kaufbeuren is a historic Bavarian town in southern Germany known for its well-preserved medieval old town and traditional Swabian culture.
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D.
Günzburg
Günzburg is a small Bavarian town in southern Germany, historically notable as the birthplace of Nazi physician Josef Mengele.
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E.
Traunstein
Traunstein is a town in southeastern Bavaria, Germany, known as a regional administrative and cultural center near the Chiemsee and the Alps.
- 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: Nördlingen Target entity description: Nördlingen is a historic Bavarian town in southern Germany, notable for its well-preserved medieval walls and location within a large meteorite impact crater.
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A.
Burghausen
Burghausen is a historic Bavarian town in southeastern Germany, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved medieval old town and one of the longest castle complexes in the world.
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B.
Kempten
Kempten is a historic town in Bavaria, Germany, considered one of the country’s oldest urban settlements and known for its location in the Allgäu region.
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C.
Kaufbeuren
Kaufbeuren is a historic Bavarian town in southern Germany known for its well-preserved medieval old town and traditional Swabian culture.
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D.
Günzburg
Günzburg is a small Bavarian town in southern Germany, historically notable as the birthplace of Nazi physician Josef Mengele.
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E.
Traunstein
Traunstein is a town in southeastern Bavaria, Germany, known as a regional administrative and cultural center near the Chiemsee and the Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
impact crater town
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dialingCode | +49 9081 ⓘ |
| economyIncludes |
light industry
ⓘ
services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasArea | approximately 68 square kilometres ⓘ |
| hasCityRightsSince | 1215 ⓘ |
| hasCityWallFrom | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Daniel church tower
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St. George’s Church NERFINISHED ⓘ city wall towers and gates ⓘ medieval town hall ⓘ |
| hasMuseum |
Bavarian Railway Museum
NERFINISHED
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Ries Crater Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.noerdlingen.de/ ⓘ |
| hasPopulation | approximately 20000 ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Nördlingen station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTwinTown |
Markham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olomouc NERFINISHED ⓘ Riom NERFINISHED ⓘ Wagga Wagga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyPartOf | Free Imperial Cities of the Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | German ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Donau-Ries district NERFINISHED ⓘ Swabia NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Germany ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeRegion | Regierungsbezirk Schwaben NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCrater | Nördlinger Ries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Eger River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mayorTitle | Oberbürgermeister ⓘ |
| memberOf | Romantic Road tourist route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
completely walkable town wall
ⓘ
well-preserved medieval city walls ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postalCode | 86720 ⓘ |
| primaryReligionHistorically | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siteOf |
Battle of Nördlingen (1634)
NERFINISHED
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Battle of Nördlingen (1645) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
| usesBuildingMaterial | suevite from Ries crater ⓘ |
| vehicleRegistrationCode | DON NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nördlingen Description of subject: Nördlingen is a historic Bavarian town in southern Germany, notable for its well-preserved medieval walls and location within a large meteorite impact crater.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Imperial City of Nördlingen