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