Left Bank of the Rhine

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geographical region historical region

The Left Bank of the Rhine is the western riverside region of the Rhine in Europe, historically significant as a strategic and contested territory among major continental powers.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Left Bank of the Rhine (annexed territories) 1
Rhine frontier 1
Rhine valley 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
containsCity Basel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bonn ⓘ
Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Düsseldorf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Koblenz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mainz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
containsRegion Alsace ⓘ
Dutch Limburg ⓘ
northern Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: Northern Switzerland

Rhineland ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity river transport ⓘ
trade ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance frequently contested territory among European powers ⓘ
strategic frontier region ⓘ
hasRelativePosition west of the Rhine ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance buffer zone between France and German states ⓘ
control of Rhine crossings ⓘ
locatedInContinent Europe ⓘ
locatedInCountry France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
locatedInRegion Western Europe ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Rhine ⓘ
partlyFormedTerritory Alsace ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
Prussian Rhine Province ⓘ
Pfalz ⓘ
surface form: Rhenish Palatinate
wasAnnexedBy France ⓘ
wasAnnexedInYear 1797 ⓘ
1801 ⓘ
wasAnnexedUnderTreaty Treaty of Campo Formio ⓘ
Treaty of Lunéville ⓘ
wasContestedBy Austria ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ
surface form: Napoleonic France

Prussia ⓘ
wasDemilitarizedAfterWar World War I ⓘ
wasDemilitarizedByTreaty Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
wasOccupiedBy France ⓘ
wasOccupiedDuringConflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
wasRemilitarizedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
wasRemilitarizedInYear 1936 ⓘ
wasReorganizedBy Congress of Vienna ⓘ
wasReorganizedInYear 1815 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Taunus region → contains → Left Bank of the Rhine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine valley slopes
Gaul → hasPart → Left Bank of the Rhine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine frontier
Rhine Railway → regionServed → Left Bank of the Rhine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rhine valley
French First Republic → territoryIncludes → Left Bank of the Rhine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Left Bank of the Rhine (annexed territories)