Lissa

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Lissa is a historic town in western Poland, known today as Leszno, that was once part of Germany and is notable as the birthplace of several prominent Jewish and intellectual figures.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lissa canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former German town ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
GermanNameOf Leszno ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Leszno ⓘ
Lissa (German) ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation Leszno, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland ⓘ
linked to: Leszno
hasHeritage German ⓘ
Jewish ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguageHistorically German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
hasPresentDayPopulationCenter Leszno ⓘ
historicalRegion Greater Poland ⓘ
Posen ⓘ
linked to: Poznań
knownFor Jewish community ⓘ
birthplace of intellectuals ⓘ
birthplace of notable Jewish figures ⓘ
intellectual life ⓘ
religious tolerance (historically) ⓘ
locatedIn western Poland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Greater Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
partOf German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Province of Posen ⓘ
Province of Posen-West Prussia ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
presentDayName Leszno ⓘ
timePeriod reintegrated into Poland after World War II ⓘ
returned to German control during World War II ⓘ
was part of Germany until 1919–1920 (Treaty of Versailles) ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy Germany ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
wasIncorporatedInto Poland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Leo Baeck → placeOfBirth → Lissa ⓘ
Melissa → hasShortForm → Lissa ⓘ
Johann Heermann → residence → Lissa ⓘ