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Malmedy

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Malmedy (Malmedy, historically also label; Måmdiy) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Malmedy had a total population of 12,654. The total area is 99.96 km2 which gives a population density of 127 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bellevaux-Ligneuville, Bévercé (including the hamlets of Baugnez and Xhoffraix), and Malmedy. [1]

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  1. 80 relations: Amel, Annexation, Arrondissement of Verviers, Ballot, Battle of the Bulge, Baugnez, Belgium, Bernd Rauw, Chancellor of Germany, Christian Brüls, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Clergy, Communities, regions, and language areas of Belgium, Congress of Vienna, Cwarmê, Deelgemeente, Eupen, First language, Franco-Prussian War, Freezing air temperature, French Community of Belgium, French language, French Revolution, Friendly fire, German Empire, German language, Germany, Guido Maus, Hainaut Province, Henri Pousseur, High Fens – Eifel Nature Park, Humanist Democratic Centre, Jalhay, Joachim Peiper, Joseph Doutrelepont, Liège Province, Liège Revolution, Limburg (Belgium), List of cities in Wallonia, List of protected heritage sites in Malmedy, Malmedy, Malmedy massacre, Marie-Anne Libert, Microstate, Moselle Franconian language, Municipalities of Belgium, Municipalities with language facilities, Nazi Germany, Oceanic climate, Olivier Werner, ... Expand index (30 more) »

Amel

Amel (Amblève) is a Belgian municipality in the Walloon province of Liège, and is part of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens). Malmedy and Amel are municipalities of Liège Province.

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Annexation

Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory.

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Arrondissement of Verviers

The Arrondissement of Verviers (Arrondissement de Verviers; Verwaltungsbezirk Verviers; Arrondissement Verviers) is one of the four administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Liège, Belgium.

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Ballot

A ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in voting.

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Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945.

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Baugnez

Baugnez is a hamlet of Wallonia in the municipality of Malmedy, district of Bévercé, located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Bernd Rauw

Bernd Gerd Rauw (born 8 January 1980) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

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Chancellor of Germany

The chancellor of Germany, officially the federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, is the head of the federal government of Germany, and the commander-in-chief of the German Armed Forces during wartime.

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Christian Brüls

Christian Brüls (born 30 September 1988) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Zulte Waregem.

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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, informally referred to as Spa, is a motor-racing circuit located in Francorchamps, Stavelot, Wallonia, Belgium, about southeast of Spa.

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Clergy

Clergy are formal leaders within established religions.

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Communities, regions, and language areas of Belgium

Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities and three regions that are based on four language areas.

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Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Cwarmê

The Cwarmê is a carnival which takes place in the city of Malmedy, Belgium.

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Deelgemeente

A (literally sub-municipality), or section, is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well.

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Eupen

Eupen (Ripuarian;; former) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border (Maastricht) and from the "High Fens" nature reserve (Ardennes). Malmedy and Eupen are cities in Wallonia and municipalities of Liège Province.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.

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Freezing air temperature

Freezing, available online or frost occurs when the air temperature falls below the freezing point of water (0 °C, 32 °F, 273 K).

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French Community of Belgium

In Belgium, the French Community (Communauté française) refers to one of the three constituent constitutional linguistic communities.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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Friendly fire

In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy or hostile targets.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Guido Maus

Guido Maus (born 5 November 1964, Malmedy) is a Belgian-born gallery owner, gallerist, curator, and long-time collector of contemporary art.

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Hainaut Province

Hainaut (also,,; Henegouwen; Hinnot; Hénau), historically also known as Heynault in English, is a province of Wallonia and Belgium.

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Henri Pousseur

Henri Léon Marie-Thérèse Pousseur (23 June 1929 – 6 March 2009) was a Belgian classical composer, teacher, and music theorist.

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High Fens – Eifel Nature Park

The German-Belgian High Fens – Eifel Nature Park (Naturpark Hohes Venn – Eifel), often called the North Eifel Nature Park (Naturpark Nord Eifel), is a cross-border nature park with elements in the German federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate as well as the Belgian province of Liège.

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Humanist Democratic Centre

Humanist Democratic Centre (Centre Démocrate Humaniste, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French-speaking political party in Belgium.

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Jalhay

Jalhay (Djalhé) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Malmedy and Jalhay are municipalities of Liège Province.

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Joachim Peiper

Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and war criminal.

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Joseph Doutrelepont

Louis Guillaume Joseph Doutrelepont (3 June 1834, Malmedy – 30 April 1918, Bonn) was a German surgeon and dermatologist.

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Liège Province

Liège (Lîdje; Luik; Lüttich) is the easternmost province of the Wallonia region of Belgium.

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Liège Revolution

The Liège Revolution, sometimes known as the Happy Revolution (Heureuse Révolution; Binamêye revolucion), against the reigning prince-bishop of Liège, started on 18 August 1789 and lasted until the destruction of the Republic of Liège and re-establishment of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège by Austrian forces in 1791.

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Limburg (Belgium)

Limburg (Limburg,; Limburg or Wes-Limburg; Limbourg), also known as Belgian Limburg, is a province in Belgium.

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List of cities in Wallonia

This is a list of cities in Wallonia, the southern part of Belgium. Malmedy and list of cities in Wallonia are cities in Wallonia.

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List of protected heritage sites in Malmedy

This table shows an overview of the protected heritage sites in the Walloon town Malmedy.

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Malmedy

Malmedy (Malmedy, historically also label; Måmdiy) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Malmedy had a total population of 12,654. The total area is 99.96 km2 which gives a population density of 127 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bellevaux-Ligneuville, Bévercé (including the hamlets of Baugnez and Xhoffraix), and Malmedy. Malmedy and Malmedy are cities in Wallonia and municipalities of Liège Province.

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Malmedy massacre

The Malmedy massacre was a German war crime committed by soldiers of the Waffen-SS on 17 December 1944 at the Baugnez crossroads near the city of Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945).

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Marie-Anne Libert

Marie-Anne Libert (born 7 April 1782 in Malmedy, province of Liège, died 14 January 1865 in Malmedy) was a Belgian botanist and mycologist.

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Microstate

A microstate or ministate is a sovereign state having a very small population or land area, usually both.

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Moselle Franconian language

Moselle Franconian (Moselfränkisch, Muselfränkesch) is a West Central German language, part of the Central Franconian languages area, that includes Luxembourgish.

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Municipalities of Belgium

Belgium comprises 581 municipalities (gemeenten; communes; Gemeinden), 300 of them grouped into five provinces in Flanders and 262 others in five provinces in Wallonia, while the remaining 19 are in the Brussels Capital Region, which is not divided in provinces.

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Municipalities with language facilities

In Belgium, there are 27 municipalities with language facilities (faciliteitengemeenten; communes à facilités; Fazilitäten-Gemeinden), which must offer linguistic services to residents in Dutch, French, or German in addition to their single official languages.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Olivier Werner

Olivier Werner (born 16 April 1985) is a Belgian former professional football goalkeeper.

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Otto Skorzeny

Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny (12 June 1908 – 5 July 1975) was an Austrian-born German SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) in the Waffen-SS during World War II.

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Otto von Bismarck

Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898; born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck) was a Prussian statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Prince-abbot

In the Holy Roman Empire, a prince-abbot (Fürstabt) was the cleric who headed a princely abbey.

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Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy

The Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, also Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, sometimes known with its German name Stablo, was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

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Raoul Ubac

Raoul Ubac (31 August 1910, Cologne – 22 March 1985, Dieudonne, Oise) was a French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver.

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Referendum

A referendum (referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.

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Remaclus

Remaclus (Remaculus, Remacle, Rimagilus, also called Remaclus von Stablo; died 673) was a Benedictine missionary bishop who is venerated as a saint.

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Royal Meteorological Institute

The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (French: Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique or IRM; Dutch: Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut van België or KMI) is a Belgian federal institute engaged in scientific research in the field of meteorology.

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Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

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Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday (also known as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake Day) is the final day of Shrovetide, marking the end of pre-Lent.

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Shrovetide

Shrovetide is the Christian liturgical period prior to the start of Lent that begins on Shrove Saturday and ends at the close of Shrove Tuesday.

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Socialist Party (Belgium)

The Socialist Party (Parti socialiste,, PS) is a social democratic French-speaking political party in Belgium.

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Solignac Abbey

Solignac Abbey, or the Abbey of Saint-Peter and Saint Paul of Solignac, is an abbey in Solignac, near Limoges, in Haute-Vienne.

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St. Vith

St. Malmedy and St. Vith are cities in Wallonia and municipalities of Liège Province.

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Stavelot

Stavelot (Stablo; Ståvleu) is a town and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Malmedy and Stavelot are cities in Wallonia and municipalities of Liège Province.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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Voting

Voting is a method by which a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, convenes together for the purpose of making a collective decision or expressing an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns.

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Waimes

Waimes (Weismes,; Waime) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Malmedy and Waimes are municipalities of Liège Province.

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Wallonia

Wallonia (Wallonie), officially the Walloon Region (Région wallonne), is one of the three regions of Belgium—along with Flanders and Brussels.

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Walloon language

Walloon (natively walon; wallon) is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and, to a very small extent, in Brussels, Belgium; some villages near Givet, northern France; and a clutch of communities in northeastern Wisconsin, United States.

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Walloons

Walloons (Wallons; Walons) are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of Flanders, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

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Warche

The Warche is a river in eastern Belgium (province of Liège).

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Xhoffraix

Xhoffraix (Xhofrai) is a village of Wallonia in the municipality of Malmedy, district of Bévercé, located in the province of Liège, Belgium.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmedy

Also known as Bévercé, Malmedey, Malmünd.

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