Groningen

E8905

province of the Netherlands

Groningen is a historic province in the northern Netherlands, known for its university city of the same name, flat landscapes, and rich maritime and agricultural heritage.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Groningen canonical	198
city of Groningen	7
City of Groningen	2
Groningen (city)	2
City of Groningen and Ommelanden	1
Groningen mainland	1
Groningen metropolitan area	1
Province of Groningen	1
Stad en Lande (Groningen)	1
arms of the city of Groningen	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of the Netherlands ⓘ
borders	Drenthe, Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Drenthe Friesland ⓘ Lower Saxony ⓘ North Sea ⓘ
capital	Groningen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Groningen (city)
coastFeature	Wadden Sea ⓘ
contains	Eemsdelta ⓘ Het Hogeland ⓘ Oldambt ⓘ Pekela ⓘ Stadskanaal ⓘ Veendam ⓘ Westerkwartier ⓘ Westerwolde ⓘ
containsCity	Delfzijl ⓘ Groningen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Groningen (city)
containsTown	Winschoten ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ logistics ⓘ natural gas production ⓘ
executiveBody	Provincial Council of Groningen ⓘ surface form: Provincial Executive of Groningen
governedBy	Provincial Council of Groningen ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms	Coat of arms of Groningen (province) ⓘ
hasFlag	Flag of Groningen (province) ⓘ
hasGovernorTitle	King's Commissioner ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
hasRegionalLanguage	Gronings ⓘ
hasUniversity	University of Groningen ⓘ
highestPoint	Tankenberg-like low elevation (under 20 metres) ⓘ
historicallyPartOf	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion	Groningen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: City of Groningen and Ommelanden Ommelanden ⓘ
joined	Dutch Republic ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
knownFor	University of Groningen ⓘ agricultural heritage ⓘ flat landscapes ⓘ maritime heritage ⓘ natural gas extraction ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Netherlands ⓘ
majorCanal	Eemskanaal ⓘ Van Starkenborghkanaal ⓘ
majorRiver	Ems ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
terrainFeature	clay soils ⓘ peat areas ⓘ polders ⓘ
timeZone	CET ⓘ
timeZoneDST	CEST ⓘ

Referenced by (215)

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

Dutch Republic → province → Groningen ⓘ

States General of the Netherlands → hasMember → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Groningen

Groningen → capital → Groningen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Groningen (city)

Groningen → historicalRegion → Groningen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: City of Groningen and Ommelanden

Groningen → containsCity → Groningen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Groningen (city)

Low German → isSpokenIn → Groningen ⓘ

Habsburg Netherlands → includedTerritory → Groningen ⓘ

House of Nassau-Dietz → hasMainTerritory → Groningen ⓘ

Friesland → borders → Groningen ⓘ

University of Groningen → locatedIn → Groningen ⓘ

University of Groningen → city → Groningen ⓘ

Newcastle upon Tyne → hasTwinTown → Groningen ⓘ

Abel Tasman → placeOfBirth → Groningen ⓘ

Act of Abjuration → appliesToJurisdiction → Groningen ⓘ

Drenthe, Netherlands → borderedBy → Groningen ⓘ

subject surface form: Drenthe

Oświęcim → twinTown → Groningen ⓘ

Białystok → twinCity → Groningen ⓘ

United Provinces → includedSubdivision → Groningen ⓘ

Katowice → twinCity → Groningen ⓘ

Coat of arms of Groningen (province) → represents → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Groningen

Coat of arms of Groningen (province) → hasDesignOrigin → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: arms of the city of Groningen

Provincial Council of Groningen → appliesToAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Groningen ⓘ

Provincial Council of Groningen → seat → Groningen ⓘ

Provincial Council of Groningen → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Groningen ⓘ

Provincial Council of Groningen → meetsIn → Groningen ⓘ

Pekela → partOf → Groningen ⓘ

Ommelanden → surrounds → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Groningen

Ommelanden → traditionalContrastWith → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Groningen

Van Starkenborghkanaal → crosses → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Groningen

Lordship of Groningen → capital → Groningen ⓘ

Lordship of Groningen → namedAfter → Groningen ⓘ

Lordship of Groningen → includedCity → Groningen ⓘ

Het Hogeland → partOfRegion → Groningen ⓘ

Eemskanaal → connects → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Groningen

Eemskanaal → hasTerminusIn → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Groningen

Flag of Groningen (province) → region → Groningen ⓘ

Utrecht Centraal → connectsTo → Groningen ⓘ

Stad en Lande (Groningen) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company → appliesToJurisdiction → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stad en Lande (Groningen)

Stad en Lande (Groningen) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company → location → Groningen ⓘ

Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands → territoryIncluded → Groningen ⓘ

Northern Netherlands → majorCity → Groningen ⓘ

Siege of Groningen (1594) → location → Groningen ⓘ

Siege of Groningen (1672) → location → Groningen ⓘ

Siege of Groningen (1672) → defender → Groningen ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Groningen

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes → placeOfBirth → Groningen ⓘ

Veendam → hasRailConnectionTo → Groningen ⓘ

François Hemony → workLocation → Groningen ⓘ

Oldenburg → hasTwinTown → Groningen ⓘ

Dutch railway network → hasMajorHubStation → Groningen ⓘ

Dutch railway network → connectsCity → Groningen ⓘ