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Ampelmännchen

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Ampelmännchen

Summary

Ampelmännchen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (441 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Ampelmännchen is credited with the discovery of Karl Peglau[2].
  • Ampelmännchen is in the country of German Democratic Republic[3].
  • Ampelmännchen is in the country of Germany[4].
  • Ampelmännchen's image is recorded as Ampelmaenner.jpg[5].
  • Ampelmännchen's subclass of is recorded as pedestrian signal[6].
  • Ampelmännchen's Commons category is recorded as Ampelmännchen[7].
  • Ampelmännchen's opposite of is recorded as Ampelfrau[8].
  • +1961-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ampelmännchen[9].
  • Ampelmännchen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07270g[10].
  • Ampelmännchen's Google Doodle is recorded as 56th-anniversary-of-the-traffic-light-man[11].
  • Ampelmännchen's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-263692[12].
  • Ampelmännchen's WikiKids ID is recorded as Ampelmännchen[13].
  • Ampelmännchen's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 33293[14].

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Works and Contributions

Ampelmännchen is credited with the discovery of Karl Peglau[2].

Why It Matters

Ampelmännchen ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (441 views/month).[1] Ampelmännchen has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Ampelmännchen is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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