Braunsberg

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Braunsberg is a locality in former East Prussia (now in Poland) known for its proximity to the World War II Heiligenbeil pocket battlefield.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Braunsberg canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality ⓘ
town ⓘ
country Germany (historical) ⓘ
linked to: German Empire
culturalRegion Warmia (Ermland) ⓘ
linked to: Warmia
hasGermanName Braunsberg ⓘ
hasLatinName Brunsberga ⓘ
hasPolishName Braniewo ⓘ
historicalEvent Evacuation of East Prussia ⓘ
World War II Eastern Front fighting ⓘ
historicalLanguage German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
Prussian (Old Prussian, earlier period) ⓘ
historicalPopulationChange expulsion of German population after World War II ⓘ
historicalSovereign German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
Republic of Poland (post-1945) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Poland

Teutonic Order State ⓘ
locatedIn East Prussia ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia

Nazi Germany ⓘ
Province of East Prussia ⓘ
linked to: East Prussia

Weimar Republic ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Poland ⓘ
locatedInRegion Warmia ⓘ
locatedNear Heiligenbeil (Mamonovo) ⓘ
Heiligenbeil pocket battlefield ⓘ
Vistula Lagoon ⓘ
locatedOn Pasłęka River ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Baltic Sea (indirectly via Vistula Lagoon) ⓘ
linked to: Baltic Sea
notableNearbyBattle Battle of Heiligenbeil pocket (1945) ⓘ
partOf Bishopric of Warmia (historical) ⓘ
Province of Prussia ⓘ
Regierungsbezirk Königsberg ⓘ
postWarAdministration placed under Polish administration after 1945 ⓘ
presentDayCountry Poland ⓘ
presentDayName Braniewo ⓘ
presentDayVoivodeship Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship ⓘ
reconstruction rebuilt under Polish administration after World War II ⓘ
regionType borderland between Prussia and Poland ⓘ
religiousHistory historically Catholic center in Warmia ⓘ
strategicImportance transport and access point near Vistula Lagoon ⓘ
timeZonePresentDay Central European Time ⓘ
warDamage heavily damaged during World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

August Willich → placeOfBirth → Braunsberg ⓘ
Braniewo → formerName → Braunsberg ⓘ
Braunsberg → hasGermanName → Braunsberg ⓘ
Isenburg-Braunsberg → capital → Braunsberg ⓘ
Isenburg-Braunsberg → namedAfter → Braunsberg ⓘ