K+S

joint-stock company
Organization business Q658173
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K+S

Summary

K+S is a business[1]. K+S ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • K+S was a member of Verband der Kali- und Salzindustrie[3].
  • K+S was a member of Verband der Industriellen Energie- und Kraftwirtschaft[4].
  • K+S was a member of Q131898524[5].
  • K+S is in the country of Germany[6].
  • K+S's image is recorded as Wintershall Heringen 01.jpg[7].
  • K+S's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • K+S's instance of is recorded as mining[9].
  • K+S's instance of is recorded as railway infrastructure owner[10].
  • K+S's logo image is recorded as Ks logo.svg[11].
  • K+S's logo image is recorded as Kpluss-logo.svg[12].
  • K+S's headquarters location is recorded as Kassel[13].
  • K+S's headquarters location is recorded as Baden[14].
  • K+S's chief executive officer is recorded as Burkhard Lohr[15].
  • K+S's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404768586[16].
  • K+S's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132264078[17].
  • K+S's GND ID is recorded as 10003186-9[18].
  • K+S's part of is recorded as MDAX[19].
  • K+S's part of is recorded as CDAX[20].
  • K+S's Commons category is recorded as K+S AG[21].
  • K+S's stock exchange is recorded as Frankfurt Stock Exchange[22].
  • K+S's industry is recorded as chemical industry[23].
  • K+S's industry is recorded as mining[24].
  • +1889-10-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of K+S[25].
  • K+S's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ns8v3[26].
  • K+S's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20120925005[27].

Body

Founding

+1889-10-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of K+S[25].

Identity

Part of include MDAX[19], a stock market index[28], in Germany[29] and CDAX[20], a stock market index[30], in Germany[31], founded in 1993[32]. K+S's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'K+S AG'}[33].

Leadership

K+S's chief executive officer is recorded as Burkhard Lohr[15].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Kassel[13], a big city[34], in Germany[35], founded in 1330[36] and Baden[14], a Municipality of Switzerland[37], in Switzerland[38].

Industry

Industries include chemical industry[23] and mining[24].

Ownership

K+S's stock exchange is recorded as Frankfurt Stock Exchange[22]. K+S's product or material produced is recorded as fertilizer[39].

Why It Matters

K+S ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2] K+S has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] K+S is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . lobbyfacts.eu. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . vks-kalisalz.de. Retrieved . vks-kalisalz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . Q132230989. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . boerse-frankfurt.de. boerse-frankfurt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . Open ISNI for Organizations. wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . vks-kalisalz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [4] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [5] . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . boerse-frankfurt.de. boerse-frankfurt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [39] . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [32] . 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. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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