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A7 Road (Luxembourg)
The A7 or otherwise known as the North motorway (french: Autoroute du Nord, lb, Nordstroos), is a motorway in Luxembourg. It links the capital city with the North of the country Status The entire A7 opened on the 23 September 2015 at 8 P.M. The complete motorway is 31.468 km long. All of the eight planned sections of the A7 are in service: * 10 November 1989: Ettelbruck - Erpeldange * 29 July 1993: Schieren - Ettelbruck * August 1996: Erpeldange - Fridhaff * 16 November 2001: Schoenfels - Mierscherbierg * 16 November 2001: Mierschbierg - Schieren * 13 September 2002: Grunewald - Waldhof * 24 January 2008: Lorentzweiler - Schoenfels * 23 September 2015: Waldhof - Lorentzweiler Lorentzweiler () is a commune and small town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated on the river Alzette. , the town of Lorentzweiler, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 743. Other towns within ... Route References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirchberg, Luxembourg
Kirchberg ( lb, Kierchbierg, meaning "church hill") is a quarter in north-eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It consists of a plateau overlooking the north-east of the historical city center, Ville Haute, connected to the rest of the elevated city by the Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge, which spans the Pfaffenthal valley. It is often referred to, in reference to the geographical feature it inhabits, as the Kirchberg plateau, or simply Kirchberg by Luxembourgish residents. Kirchberg is the predominant location of the European Union institutions and bodies based within Luxembourg, and is sometimes used as a metonym for the EU's judiciary, which occupies the quarter. It is thus the central business district of Luxembourg. History Although Kirchberg is first mentioned in historical records in 1222, one may assume there was an earlier settlement there, due to its useful location close to the Roman road from Reims to Trier. Little now remains of this ''Kiemwee'' (Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |