Lommel German war cemetery

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World War II cemetery military cemetery

Lommel German war cemetery is a large World War II military burial ground in Lommel, Belgium, where tens of thousands of German soldiers are commemorated.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lommel German war cemetery canonical	2
Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Lommel	1
German war cemetery Lommel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9909999 — 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: Lommel German war cemetery
Context triple: [Lommel, hasAttraction, Lommel German war cemetery]

A. Vladslo German War Cemetery
Vladslo German War Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in Belgium where thousands of German soldiers are interred, noted for its somber atmosphere and the poignant sculpture "The Grieving Parents" by Käthe Kollwitz.
B. German War Cemetery
The German War Cemetery at El Alamein is a military burial ground in Egypt commemorating German soldiers who died in the North African campaign of World War II.
C. La Cambe German war cemetery
La Cambe German war cemetery is a major World War II military burial ground in Normandy, France, where thousands of German soldiers, including notable tank commander Michael Wittmann, are interred.
D. Heverlee War Cemetery
Heverlee War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission military cemetery in Heverlee, Belgium, where many Allied soldiers who died in World War II are buried.
E. Overloon War Cemetery
Overloon War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in the Netherlands commemorating soldiers who died in the fighting around Overloon during World War II.
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: Lommel German war cemetery
Target entity description: Lommel German war cemetery is a large World War II military burial ground in Lommel, Belgium, where tens of thousands of German soldiers are commemorated.

A. Vladslo German War Cemetery
Vladslo German War Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in Belgium where thousands of German soldiers are interred, noted for its somber atmosphere and the poignant sculpture "The Grieving Parents" by Käthe Kollwitz.
B. German War Cemetery
The German War Cemetery at El Alamein is a military burial ground in Egypt commemorating German soldiers who died in the North African campaign of World War II.
C. La Cambe German war cemetery
La Cambe German war cemetery is a major World War II military burial ground in Normandy, France, where thousands of German soldiers, including notable tank commander Michael Wittmann, are interred.
D. Heverlee War Cemetery
Heverlee War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission military cemetery in Heverlee, Belgium, where many Allied soldiers who died in World War II are buried.
E. Overloon War Cemetery
Overloon War Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in the Netherlands commemorating soldiers who died in the fighting around Overloon during World War II.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II cemetery ⓘ military cemetery ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Lommel ⓘ linked to: Lommel German war cemetery German war cemetery Lommel ⓘ linked to: Lommel German war cemetery
burialPopulation	Kriegsmarine personnel ⓘ Luftwaffe personnel ⓘ linked to: Luftwaffe pilots primarily Wehrmacht soldiers ⓘ some unknown soldiers ⓘ
completedIn	1953 ⓘ
conflictCommemorated	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
coordinateLocation	51.216°N 5.320°E ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
hasEducationalProgram	youth peace and remembrance projects ⓘ
hasFeature	chapel ⓘ individual headstones ⓘ mass graves ⓘ rows of basalt lava crosses ⓘ visitor information center ⓘ youth meeting center ⓘ
hasGraveOf	German soldiers killed in Belgium ⓘ German soldiers killed in World War I ⓘ German soldiers killed in World War II ⓘ German soldiers killed in the Netherlands ⓘ
hasMemorial	central memorial mound ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.volksbund.de/kriegsgraeberstaette/lommel ⓘ
heritageDesignation	protected military cemetery in Belgium ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
locatedIn	Lommel ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Flemish Region ⓘ Kingdom of Belgium ⓘ linked to: Belgium Limburg (Belgium) ⓘ
maintainedBy	Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge ⓘ
near	Lommel town center ⓘ
numberOfBurials	approximately 39000 ⓘ over 38000 German soldiers ⓘ
openedToPublic	1953 ⓘ
operatedBy	Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge ⓘ
originalUse	concentration cemetery for scattered German graves in Belgium ⓘ
ownedBy	Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ linked to: Germany
significantFor	German–Belgian reconciliation ⓘ remembrance of German war dead in Belgium ⓘ
theme	peace education ⓘ war remembrance ⓘ
usedFor	burial of German war dead ⓘ commemoration of German soldiers ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Lommel → hasAttraction → Lommel German war cemetery ⓘ

Lommel → hasCemetery → Lommel German war cemetery ⓘ

Lommel German war cemetery → alsoKnownAs → Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Lommel ⓘ

linked to: Lommel German war cemetery

Lommel German war cemetery → alsoKnownAs → German war cemetery Lommel ⓘ