St. Vith

E8397
municipality town

St. Vith is a town in eastern Belgium that became a strategically important battleground during World War II, particularly noted for its role in the Battle of the Bulge.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sankt Vith 17
St. Vith canonical 8
Sankt-Vith 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
belongsTo arrondissement of Verviers ⓘ
changedSovereignty Belgium after World War I ⓘ
Germany until World War I ⓘ
Prussia in the 19th century ⓘ
coordinateLocation 50.283°N 6.133°E ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture in surrounding area ⓘ
local services and small industry ⓘ
hasHeritage mixed German and Belgian cultural influences ⓘ
hasMunicipalSections Crombach ⓘ
Lommersweiler ⓘ
Recht ⓘ
Schönberg ⓘ
hasPostalCode 4780 ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding parish church dedicated to Saint Vitus ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
historicalRegion Ardennes Forest ⓘ
surface form: Ardennes
isTouristDestinationFor Ardennes nature and hiking ⓘ
military history tourism ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Belgium ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory German-speaking Belgium ⓘ
surface form: German-speaking Community of Belgium

Province of Liège ⓘ
Wallonia ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Vitus ⓘ
near German border ⓘ
Luxembourg border ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
German ⓘ
partOf Eupen-Malmedy region ⓘ
population approximately 9,000–10,000 inhabitants ⓘ
postWorldWarIIStatus rebuilt town center ⓘ
railwayJunctionOf Vennbahn railway ⓘ
roadNetworkRole junction of several regional roads in the Ardennes ⓘ
strategicImportance road and rail junction in the Ardennes ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode B ⓘ
warMemorialType memorials to Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wasDefendedBy United States Army units in December 1944 ⓘ
wasHeavilyBombedBy Allied air forces ⓘ
wasHeavilyDamagedDuring World War II ⓘ
wasOccupiedBy German forces during the Battle of the Bulge ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Battle of the Bulge → involvesPlace → St. Vith ⓘ
German-speaking Community → contains → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
German-speaking Belgium → containsSettlement → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Crombach → hasMunicipalAuthority → St. Vith ⓘ
Büllingen → borderedBy → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Lommersweiler → locatedIn → St. Vith ⓘ
Lommersweiler → hasMunicipalSectionOf → St. Vith ⓘ
Vennbahn railway → passesThrough → St. Vith ⓘ
Schönberg → partOf → St. Vith ⓘ
Schönberg → hasMunicipality → St. Vith ⓘ
Recht → locatedIn → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Recht → hasMunicipality → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Eupen-Malmedy region → hasTown → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Eupen-Malmedy region → hasMunicipality → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
East Belgium → containsMunicipality → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Kerpen → hasTwinTown → St. Vith ⓘ
Arlon → hasTwinTown → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt-Vith
Sankt Vith canton → contains → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Sankt Vith canton → hasAdministrativeCenter → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Burg-Reuland → hasNeighboringMunicipality → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
DG → hasMunicipality → St. Vith ⓘ
subject surface form: German-speaking Community of Belgium
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
East Cantons → contains → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Municipal council of Sankt Vith → locatedIn → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
municipality of St. Vith → hasAdministrativeCenter → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: town of St. Vith
Gouvy → hasBorderWith → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Eifel (Belgium) → hasSettlement → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith
Eupen → twinnedWith → St. Vith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sankt Vith