Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia

E48208

Landeskirche United Protestant regional church member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany

The Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia is a regional Protestant church body in northeastern Germany that forms part of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz	7
Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia canonical	6
Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg	4
Evangelical Church of Silesian Upper Lusatia	3
Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia	2
Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia	2
Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia	1
Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia synod	1
Evangelische Kirche der schlesischen Oberlausitz	1
Evangelische Kirche in Berlin-Brandenburg	1
Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Berlin	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T335617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
Context triple: [Evangelical Church in Germany, hasRegionalChurches, Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia]

A. Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant regional churches and the largest Protestant body in Germany.
B. Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau
The Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau is a regional Protestant church body in western Germany that forms part of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
C. Evangelical Church of Westphalia
The Evangelical Church of Westphalia is a regional Protestant church body in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
D. Evangelical Church in Central Germany
The Evangelical Church in Central Germany is a regional Protestant church body within the Evangelical Church in Germany, encompassing Lutheran and united congregations across central German states.
E. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a major Protestant regional church in Germany rooted in the Lutheran tradition and serving congregations primarily in the federal state of Bavaria.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
Target entity description: The Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia is a regional Protestant church body in northeastern Germany that forms part of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

A. Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and United Protestant regional churches and the largest Protestant body in Germany.
B. Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau
The Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau is a regional Protestant church body in western Germany that forms part of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
C. Evangelical Church of Westphalia
The Evangelical Church of Westphalia is a regional Protestant church body in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
D. Evangelical Church in Central Germany
The Evangelical Church in Central Germany is a regional Protestant church body within the Evangelical Church in Germany, encompassing Lutheran and united congregations across central German states.
E. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria is a major Protestant regional church in Germany rooted in the Lutheran tradition and serving congregations primarily in the federal state of Bavaria.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Landeskirche ⓘ United Protestant regional church ⓘ member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
abbreviation	EKBO ⓘ
belongsToDenominationalFamily	Protestant churches in Germany ⓘ
churchOrder	Presbyterian-synodal ⓘ
churchPolity	synodal ⓘ
confession	United Protestant ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
currentBishop	Christian Stäblein ⓘ
dateOfFormation	2004 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg ⓘ linked to: Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia Evangelical Church of Silesian Upper Lusatia ⓘ linked to: Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
governingBody	synod ⓘ
hasBishopricSee	Berlin ⓘ
hasCathedral	Berlin Cathedral ⓘ St. Mary’s Church, Berlin ⓘ
hasOfficialNameInGerman	Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz ⓘ linked to: Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
hasParishesIn	Berlin ⓘ Brandenburg ⓘ Saxony ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg ⓘ linked to: Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia Evangelical Church of Silesian Upper Lusatia ⓘ linked to: Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
hasTerritorialJurisdiction	State of Berlin ⓘ State of Brandenburg ⓘ linked to: Brandenburg parts of Saxony ⓘ
isSuccessorOf	Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union (regional parts) ⓘ linked to: Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union
language	German ⓘ
leaderTitle	bishop ⓘ
mainOffice	Georgenkirchstraße 69, Berlin ⓘ
memberOf	Community of Protestant Churches in Europe ⓘ Conference of Churches on the Rhine ⓘ Lutheran World Federation ⓘ Union of Evangelical Churches ⓘ World Council of Churches ⓘ
partOf	Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
regionServed	Berlin ⓘ Brandenburg ⓘ Silesian Upper Lusatia ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
seat	Berlin ⓘ
shortName	Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz ⓘ linked to: Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia
theologicalTradition	Lutheran ⓘ Reformed ⓘ United Protestant ⓘ
usesLiturgicalTradition	Protestant liturgy ⓘ
website	https://www.ekbo.de ⓘ

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Referenced by (29)

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

Evangelical Church in Germany → hasRegionalChurches → Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia ⓘ

Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia → formedByMergerOf → Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg ⓘ