Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand)
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The Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) is one of the oldest surviving Jewish burial grounds in Europe, renowned for its medieval gravestones and historical significance to Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jewish Cemetery Heiliger Sand | 1 |
| Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) canonical | 1 |
| Old Jewish Cemetery Frankfurt | 1 |
| Worms Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4778657 — 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: Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) Context triple: [Worms, Germany, hasSite, Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand)]
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A.
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery is a historic Berlin cemetery renowned as the resting place of prominent socialist and communist figures, including Rosa Luxemburg.
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B.
Remuh Cemetery
Remuh Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in Kraków’s Kazimierz district, closely associated with the adjacent Remuh Synagogue and the city’s pre-war Jewish community.
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C.
Jewish Cemetery on Schönhauser Allee
The Jewish Cemetery on Schönhauser Allee is a historic Jewish burial ground in Berlin, Germany, notable as the resting place of prominent 19th-century Jewish scholars and community leaders.
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D.
Ohlsdorf Cemetery
Ohlsdorf Cemetery is a vast, historic cemetery and park in Hamburg, Germany, known as one of the largest rural cemeteries in the world and the resting place of many notable figures.
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E.
Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin
Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin is a historic cemetery renowned as the resting place of prominent German philosophers, writers, and artists, including G. W. F. Hegel.
- 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: Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) Target entity description: The Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) is one of the oldest surviving Jewish burial grounds in Europe, renowned for its medieval gravestones and historical significance to Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.
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A.
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery is a historic Berlin cemetery renowned as the resting place of prominent socialist and communist figures, including Rosa Luxemburg.
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B.
Remuh Cemetery
Remuh Cemetery is a historic Jewish burial ground in Kraków’s Kazimierz district, closely associated with the adjacent Remuh Synagogue and the city’s pre-war Jewish community.
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C.
Jewish Cemetery on Schönhauser Allee
The Jewish Cemetery on Schönhauser Allee is a historic Jewish burial ground in Berlin, Germany, notable as the resting place of prominent 19th-century Jewish scholars and community leaders.
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D.
Ohlsdorf Cemetery
Ohlsdorf Cemetery is a vast, historic cemetery and park in Hamburg, Germany, known as one of the largest rural cemeteries in the world and the resting place of many notable figures.
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E.
Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin
Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof in Berlin is a historic cemetery renowned as the resting place of prominent German philosophers, writers, and artists, including G. W. F. Hegel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish cemetery
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
SchUM communities
ⓘ
linked to:
ShUM cities
medieval Jewish community of Worms ⓘ |
| commemorates | Jewish community of Worms destroyed in the Holocaust ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| earliestGravestonesDateFrom | 11th century ⓘ |
| hasAccess | guided visits ⓘ |
| hasConservationEffortsBy |
Jewish heritage organizations
ⓘ
local heritage authorities ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
densely arranged gravestones
ⓘ
stone slabs with carved inscriptions ⓘ traditional Ashkenazi symbols on gravestones ⓘ |
| hasGravestonesFrom |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfInscriptions |
German (on later stones)
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasLocalName |
Heiliger Sand
ⓘ
Heiliger Sand zu Worms ⓘ |
| hasNearbySite |
Rashi House (Worms)
ⓘ
Worms Synagogue ⓘ |
| hasOwner | Jewish community or its successor organization in Worms ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus |
listed cultural heritage site
ⓘ
protected monument ⓘ |
| heritageOf | Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ |
| inception | 11th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Germany
ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ Worms ⓘ former Jewish quarter of Worms ⓘ
linked to:
Jewish community of Worms
|
| notableFor |
Ashkenazi Jewish funerary art
ⓘ
Hebrew inscriptions ⓘ medieval gravestones ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf | SchUM sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| significance |
important site of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage
ⓘ
major monument of Jewish life in medieval Germany ⓘ one of the oldest surviving Jewish burial grounds in Europe ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
religious heritage tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus | part of SchUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz ⓘ |
| usedFor | Jewish burials ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) Description of subject: The Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand) is one of the oldest surviving Jewish burial grounds in Europe, renowned for its medieval gravestones and historical significance to Ashkenazi Jewish heritage.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand)
linked to: Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand)
linked to: Old Jewish Cemetery (Heiliger Sand)