village of Blindheim (Blenheim) on the Danube

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The village of Blindheim, known in English as Blenheim, is a small Bavarian settlement on the Danube River in Germany, historically renowned as the site of the pivotal 1704 Battle of Blenheim during the War of the Spanish Succession.

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village of Blindheim (Blenheim) on the Danube canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
village
battleDateAtLocation 13 August 1704
continent Europe
country Germany
eventLocation Battle of Blenheim
hasAssociatedStructureAbroad Blenheim Palace
hasClimateZone temperate climate
hasCoordinateRegion southern Germany
hasCountrySubdivisionType municipality in Bavaria
hasCulturalReference name used for Blenheim Palace in England
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
local tourism related to Battle of Blenheim
hasEnglishName Blenheim
hasGeopoliticalContext located in the former Electorate of Bavaria at time of 1704 battle
hasGermanName Blindheim
hasHeritage European military history site
hasHistoricalEvent defeat of Franco-Bavarian forces in 1704
hasHistoricalSignificance site of major battle in the War of the Spanish Succession
hasMilitaryHistoryCategory battlefield of the War of the Spanish Succession
hasModernPoliticalStatus municipality within the district of Dillingen an der Donau
hasNameEtymology anglicised as Blenheim from Blindheim
hasNearbyCity Augsburg
Dillingen an der Donau
Donauwörth
hasNearbyWaterBody Danube River
linked to: Danube
hasNotableWar War of the Spanish Succession
hasOfficialLanguage German
hasPostalCountry Germany
hasRegionCode DE-BY
hasReligiousTradition predominantly Christian
hasSettlementType rural settlement
hasTopographicalFeature Danube river plain
linked to: Pannonian Plain
hasTransportConnection regional roads in Dillingen district
historicalNameInEnglish Blenheim on the Danube
knownFor Battle of Blenheim
locatedIn Bavaria
Swabia
linked to: Swabia (Bavaria)
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Dillingen an der Donau district
linked to: Dillingen district
locatedInRegion Upper Swabia
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedOnRiver Danube
partOf Federal Republic of Germany
linked to: Germany

Free State of Bavaria
linked to: Bavaria
riverBasin Danube basin
linked to: Danube River basin

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Battle of Blenheim namedAfter village of Blindheim (Blenheim) on the Danube
subject linked to: Blenheim