flag of North Rhine-Westphalia

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civil flag state flag tricolour

The flag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the tricolour banner of Germany’s most populous state, combining regional symbols—including the rose of Lippe—to represent its historic constituent regions of Westphalia, the Rhineland, and Lippe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Landesflagge Nordrhein-Westfalen	1
flag of North Rhine-Westphalia canonical	1
state flag of North Rhine-Westphalia with coat of arms	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9123481 — 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: flag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Context triple: [rose of Lippe, usedIn, flag of North Rhine-Westphalia]

A. flag of Baden-Württemberg
The flag of Baden-Württemberg is a horizontal black-over-gold bicolor featuring the state’s coat of arms, symbolizing the German state formed from the historic regions of Baden, Württemberg, and Hohenzollern.
B. flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the official state flag of the northeastern German federal state, featuring horizontal stripes and regional heraldic symbols that represent its historical territories.
C. Flag of Bavaria
The Flag of Bavaria is the official state flag of the German state of Bavaria, typically featuring blue and white lozenges or horizontal stripes that symbolize Bavarian identity and heritage.
D. flag of Germany
The flag of Germany is a horizontal tricolor of black, red, and gold that symbolizes German unity, democracy, and national identity.
E. Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia is the official heraldic emblem of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, symbolizing its historical regions and political identity.
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: flag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Target entity description: The flag of North Rhine-Westphalia is the tricolour banner of Germany’s most populous state, combining regional symbols—including the rose of Lippe—to represent its historic constituent regions of Westphalia, the Rhineland, and Lippe.

A. flag of Baden-Württemberg
The flag of Baden-Württemberg is a horizontal black-over-gold bicolor featuring the state’s coat of arms, symbolizing the German state formed from the historic regions of Baden, Württemberg, and Hohenzollern.
B. flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The flag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is the official state flag of the northeastern German federal state, featuring horizontal stripes and regional heraldic symbols that represent its historical territories.
C. Flag of Bavaria
The Flag of Bavaria is the official state flag of the German state of Bavaria, typically featuring blue and white lozenges or horizontal stripes that symbolize Bavarian identity and heritage.
D. flag of Germany
The flag of Germany is a horizontal tricolor of black, red, and gold that symbolizes German unity, democracy, and national identity.
E. Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia is the official heraldic emblem of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, symbolizing its historical regions and political identity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ tricolour ⓘ
adoptionDate	1948 ⓘ
category	Flags introduced in 1948 ⓘ Flags of states of Germany ⓘ
colour	green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
colourOrder	green-white-red ⓘ
contains	coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ linked to: Coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia
country	Germany ⓘ
design	horizontal tricolour ⓘ
hasVariant	civil flag of North Rhine-Westphalia without coat of arms ⓘ state flag of North Rhine-Westphalia with coat of arms ⓘ linked to: flag of North Rhine-Westphalia
inspiredBy	flag of Italy ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	German ⓘ
legalStatus	official flag of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
officialName	Landesflagge Nordrhein-Westfalen ⓘ linked to: flag of North Rhine-Westphalia
proportion	3:5 ⓘ
regulatesUse	state law of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
represents	North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
representsRegion	Lippe ⓘ Rhineland ⓘ Westphalia ⓘ
subnationalEntity	state of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ linked to: North Rhine-Westphalia
symbolizes	unity of Rhineland, Westphalia, and Lippe ⓘ
symbolOf	identity of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
symbolType	regional symbol ⓘ
usedBy	citizens of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ government of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ linked to: Government of North Rhine-Westphalia
usedIn	North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
usesSymbol	Rhenish bend ⓘ Westphalian horse ⓘ rose of Lippe ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

rose of Lippe → usedIn → flag of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ

flag of North Rhine-Westphalia → hasVariant → state flag of North Rhine-Westphalia with coat of arms ⓘ

linked to: flag of North Rhine-Westphalia

flag of North Rhine-Westphalia → officialName → Landesflagge Nordrhein-Westfalen ⓘ