Eupen-Malmedy

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Eupen-Malmedy is a historically contested, predominantly German-speaking border region that was transferred from Germany to Belgium after World War I and remains part of eastern Belgium today.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Eupen-Malmedy canonical 4
Eupen-Malmedy area 3
Eupen‑Malmedy 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeRegion Liège Province ⓘ
linked to: Province of Liège
annexationPeriod World War II ⓘ
annexedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
belongsTo European Union territory ⓘ
borderWith Belgian Walloon region ⓘ
linked to: Wallonia

Germany ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
currentStatus integral part of Belgium ⓘ
ethnicMajority ethnic Germans ⓘ
europeanRegion Western Europe ⓘ
governedBy Kingdom of Belgium ⓘ
linked to: Belgium
hasAutonomy cultural autonomy within Belgium ⓘ
hasHistoricalDispute German irredentist claims in the interwar period ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage German ⓘ
hasReligiousCenter Malmedy Abbey ⓘ
hasTown Eupen ⓘ
Malmedy ⓘ
Sankt Vith ⓘ
linked to: St. Vith
historicalEvent Battle of the Bulge fought partly in the region ⓘ
historicallyPartOf German Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
historicalStatus contested territory between Germany and Belgium ⓘ
languageMajority German ⓘ
locatedIn Wallonia ⓘ
eastern Belgium ⓘ
minorityLanguage French ⓘ
Walloon ⓘ
linked to: Walloon language
partOf German-speaking Community of Belgium ⓘ
plebisciteHeld yes ⓘ
plebisciteOrganizedBy Belgian authorities ⓘ
plebiscitePeriod 1920 ⓘ
plebisciteSupervisedBy League of Nations ⓘ
post1919Change detached from Germany ⓘ
incorporated into Belgium ⓘ
pre1919Affiliation Rhine Province of Prussia ⓘ
returnedTo Belgium ⓘ
returnYear 1945 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
transferContext aftermath of World War I ⓘ
transferredFrom Germany ⓘ
linked to: West Germany
transferredTo Belgium ⓘ
transferTreaty Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
transferYear 1920 ⓘ
usedAs buffer zone between Belgium and Germany ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Malmedy → historicalRegion → Eupen-Malmedy ⓘ
East Cantons → contains → Eupen-Malmedy area ⓘ
linked to: Eupen-Malmedy
Eifel (Belgium) → historicalRegion → Eupen-Malmedy area ⓘ
linked to: Eupen-Malmedy
Möderscheid → region → Eupen-Malmedy area ⓘ
linked to: Eupen-Malmedy
Canton of Eupen → historicalRegion → Eupen-Malmedy ⓘ
Großdeutsches Reich → annexedTerritory → Eupen‑Malmedy ⓘ
linked to: Eupen-Malmedy
Altreich → distinguishedFrom → Eupen-Malmedy ⓘ