Evangelical Church of Württemberg

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

The Evangelical Church of Württemberg is a regional Protestant church body in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg	22
Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg	7
Evangelical Church in Württemberg	3
Evangelical Church of Württemberg canonical	1
Gebiet der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg	1
Landeskirche in Württemberg	1
Protestant Church in Baden	1
Protestant regional church of Württemberg	1
Württemberg Lutheranism	1
historic Evangelical Church in Württemberg	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T335619 — 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 Württemberg
Context triple: [Evangelical Church in Germany, hasRegionalChurches, Evangelical Church of Württemberg]

A. Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck is a regional Protestant church body in the German states of Hesse and parts of Thuringia, belonging to the umbrella organization of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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 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.
D. 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).
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 Württemberg
Target entity description: The Evangelical Church of Württemberg is a regional Protestant church body in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and a member of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).

A. Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck
The Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck is a regional Protestant church body in the German states of Hesse and parts of Thuringia, belonging to the umbrella organization of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD).
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 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.
D. 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).
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 (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Landeskirche ⓘ Protestant regional church ⓘ member church of the Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
abbreviation	ELKWUE ⓘ
allows	ordination of women ⓘ
belongsTo	Protestant state churches of Germany ⓘ linked to: Evangelical Church in Germany
churchPolity	episcopal-synodal ⓘ
churchTradition	Lutheran ⓘ United Protestant elements ⓘ
cooperatesWith	other EKD member churches ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
denomination	Lutheranism ⓘ
followsConfession	Augsburg Confession ⓘ Book of Concord ⓘ
followsLiturgicalTradition	Protestant liturgy ⓘ
followsTheologyOf	Martin Luther ⓘ
governedBy	synod ⓘ
hasCathedral	Stiftskirche Stuttgart ⓘ
hasClergyType	pastors ⓘ
hasHeadquartersIn	Stuttgart ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	Landesbischof ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	Landeskirche under German public law ⓘ
hasMainCity	Stuttgart ⓘ
hasOrganizationalStructure	bishopric ⓘ church districts ⓘ parishes ⓘ synod ⓘ
hasParishesIn	Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
hasTerritorialJurisdiction	eastern part of Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.elk-wue.de/ ⓘ
isMemberOf	Community of Protestant Churches in Europe ⓘ Conference of Churches on the Rhine ⓘ Lutheran World Federation ⓘ World Council of Churches ⓘ
isPartOf	Lutheranism in Germany ⓘ Protestantism in Germany ⓘ
languageOfWorship	German ⓘ
locatedIn	Baden-Württemberg ⓘ
memberOf	Evangelical Church in Germany ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
nativeName	Evangelische Landeskirche in Württemberg ⓘ linked to: Evangelical Church of Württemberg
regionServed	Württemberg ⓘ linked to: Duchy of Württemberg
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
seatOfBishop	Stuttgart ⓘ
separatedFrom	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
typeOfOrganization	public-law religious body ⓘ
usesChurchOrder	Kirchenordnung der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg ⓘ
usesScripture	Bible ⓘ

How these facts were elicited