Eupen-Malmedy

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Eupen-Malmedy is a historically contested, predominantly German-speaking border region that was transferred from Germany to Belgium after World War I and remains part of eastern Belgium today.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Eupen-Malmedy area 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region
historical region
administrativeRegion Liège Province NERFINISHED
annexationPeriod World War II NERFINISHED
annexedBy Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
belongsTo European Union territory
borderWith Belgian Walloon region NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Luxembourg NERFINISHED
country Belgium
currentStatus integral part of Belgium
ethnicMajority ethnic Germans
europeanRegion Western Europe NERFINISHED
governedBy Kingdom of Belgium NERFINISHED
hasAutonomy cultural autonomy within Belgium
hasHistoricalDispute German irredentist claims in the interwar period
hasOfficialLanguage German
hasReligiousCenter Malmedy Abbey NERFINISHED
hasTown Eupen NERFINISHED
Malmedy NERFINISHED
Sankt Vith NERFINISHED
historicalEvent Battle of the Bulge fought partly in the region
historicallyPartOf German Empire NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
historicalStatus contested territory between Germany and Belgium
languageMajority German
locatedIn Wallonia
eastern Belgium NERFINISHED
minorityLanguage French
Walloon NERFINISHED
partOf German-speaking Community of Belgium NERFINISHED
plebisciteHeld yes
plebisciteOrganizedBy Belgian authorities NERFINISHED
plebiscitePeriod 1920
plebisciteSupervisedBy League of Nations NERFINISHED
post1919Change detached from Germany
incorporated into Belgium
pre1919Affiliation Rhine Province of Prussia NERFINISHED
returnedTo Belgium NERFINISHED
returnYear 1945
timeZone Central European Time
transferContext aftermath of World War I
transferredFrom Germany NERFINISHED
transferredTo Belgium NERFINISHED
transferTreaty Treaty of Versailles NERFINISHED
transferYear 1920
usedAs buffer zone between Belgium and Germany

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

East Cantons contains Eupen-Malmedy
this entity surface form: Eupen-Malmedy area
Eifel (Belgium) historicalRegion Eupen-Malmedy
this entity surface form: Eupen-Malmedy area
Malmedy historicalRegion Eupen-Malmedy