German War Graves Commission

organisation responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of German war graves
Organization voluntary_association Q708567
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German War Graves Commission

Summary

German War Graves Commission is a voluntary association[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of voluntary_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (292 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • German War Graves Commission received the German National Prize[3].
  • German War Graves Commission was a member of European Movement Germany[4].
  • German War Graves Commission was a member of Arbeitskreis Deutscher Bildungsstätten[5].
  • German War Graves Commission was a member of Q1005395[6].
  • German War Graves Commission was a member of Association of German Foundations[7].
  • German War Graves Commission was a member of German Youth Hostel Association[8].
  • German War Graves Commission was a member of German-Russian Forum[9].
  • German War Graves Commission is located in Kassel[10].
  • German War Graves Commission is in the country of Germany[11].
  • German War Graves Commission's instance of is recorded as voluntary association[12].
  • German War Graves Commission's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[13].
  • German War Graves Commission's instance of is recorded as database[14].
  • German War Graves Commission's headquarters location is recorded as Kassel[15].
  • German War Graves Commission's headquarters location is recorded as Niestetal[16].
  • German War Graves Commission's Commons category is recorded as German War Graves Commission[17].
  • German War Graves Commission's chairperson is recorded as Wolfgang Schneiderhan[18].
  • December 16, 1919 marks the founding of German War Graves Commission[19].
  • German War Graves Commission's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.31509007495508, 'lon': 9.538577274868764}[20].
  • German War Graves Commission's official website is recorded as https://www.volksbund.de[21].
  • German War Graves Commission's topic's main category is recorded as Category:German War Graves Commission[22].
  • German War Graves Commission's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected][23].
  • German War Graves Commission's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+567'}[24].
  • German War Graves Commission's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+540'}[25].
  • German War Graves Commission's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+529'}[26].
  • German War Graves Commission's legal form is recorded as Registered association (eingetragener Verein)[27].

Product Details

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  • Country: DE[28]

  • Began / founded: 1919-12-16[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7b5d5236-1dae-4a2e-bf91-5c2a67a78ea7[30]

Body

Founding

December 16, 1919 marks the founding of German War Graves Commission[19].

Leadership

German War Graves Commission's chairperson is recorded as Wolfgang Schneiderhan[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Kassel[15], a big city[31], in Germany[32], founded in 1330[33] and Niestetal[16], a municipality without town privileges in Germany[34], in Germany[35], founded in 1972[36].

Recognition

German War Graves Commission received the German National Prize[3].

Why It Matters

German War Graves Commission ranks in the top 6% of voluntary_association entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (292 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

What awards did German War Graves Commission receive?

Honors received include German National Prize[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [11] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . dzi.de. Retrieved . dzi.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [14] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] . wikidata.org.
  7. [16] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  13. [7] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . dzi.de. Retrieved . dzi.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . volksbund.de. volksbund.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . volksbund.de. Retrieved . volksbund.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . volksbund.de. Retrieved . volksbund.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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