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Krautrock

genre of music that originated in Germany in the late 1960s
Intangible music_genre Q320592
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Summary

Krautrock is a music genre[1]. Krautrock ranks in the top 3% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,871 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: experimental rock[3]
  • Commons category: Krautrock[4]
  • Country of origin: Germany[5]
  • Inception: 1967[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Krautrock[7]
  • Native label: Krautrock[8]

Why It Matters

Krautrock has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] Krautrock is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Krautrock has been cited as an influence by post-rock[11], a music genre[12], founded in 1995[13] and electronic body music[14], a music genre[15], founded in 1982[16].

FAQs

Who did Krautrock influence?

Krautrock has been cited as an influence by post-rock[11] and electronic body music[14].

Related Entities

Florian Schneider Germany Kraftwerk

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [16] ↑ . 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. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Has characteristic → Q107975727
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  2. 23w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Instance of → music genre
    Subclass of → experimental rock
    Inception → +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: rock genre"
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