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Boulaide
Boulaide (; lb, Bauschelt ; german: Bauschleiden) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz (canton), Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch (district), Diekirch. As of 2009, it has a total population of 926. The commune is composed of three villages: Boulaide, Baschleiden, and Surré. In 1976 the township has erected a monument in honor of the 35th Infantry Division (United States), 35th Infantry Division, who liberated the town during World War II. Boulaide is also a part of the European Road of Freedom. This project was initiated by the Jewish Painter and Sculptor Otto Freundlich, who was killed in a German concentration camp during World War II. Together with his friend Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss he had planned to create two sculpture roads. The first one was supposed to go from North to South and they had called it "The road of human fraternity". The second one was supposed to go from West to East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulaide
Boulaide (; lb, Bauschelt ; german: Bauschleiden) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz (canton), Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch (district), Diekirch. As of 2009, it has a total population of 926. The commune is composed of three villages: Boulaide, Baschleiden, and Surré. In 1976 the township has erected a monument in honor of the 35th Infantry Division (United States), 35th Infantry Division, who liberated the town during World War II. Boulaide is also a part of the European Road of Freedom. This project was initiated by the Jewish Painter and Sculptor Otto Freundlich, who was killed in a German concentration camp during World War II. Together with his friend Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss he had planned to create two sculpture roads. The first one was supposed to go from North to South and they had called it "The road of human fraternity". The second one was supposed to go from West to East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th Infantry Division (United States)
The 35th Infantry Division, formerly known as the 35th Division, is an infantry formation of the Army National Guard at Fort Leavenworth. The 35th Division was organized August 25, 1917, at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma, as a unit of the National Guard, with troops from Missouri and Kansas.Clark, pp. 9-22. It was inactivated in 1919, but the division headquarters was reconstituted in 1935 and it served with a brief interruption until it was inactivated again in 1963. The division was reactivated and the headquarters and headquarters company federally recognized on August 25, 1984, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Shoulder sleeve insignia The division's shoulder patch, a Santa Fe cross in a circle, was conceived as a marking for division vehicles and baggage in 1918, and was first promulgated by 35th Division General Orders Number 25, issued on 27 March 1918. It was officially approved for the 35th Division on 29 October 1918 by the adjutant general of the American Expeditionary Force. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baschleiden
Baschleiden () is a village in the commune of Boulaide, in north-western Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan .... , the village had a population of 176. It was the birthplace of Charles-Gérard Eyschen (1800–1859), who became Director-General for Justice.Mersch (1953), p. 78, and of Hieronymus Busleyden (1470?-1517), archdean of Cambrais, member of the High Council of Mechlin for the Burgundy lands, and co-founder (with Erasmus) of Leuven's Collegium Trilingue, a.k.a. Collegium Buslidium. His city mansion in Mechlin, Hof van Busleyden, is now a museum. In Leuven, the Busleydengang (Busleyden Alley) leads to what's left of Trilingue. Footnotes References * Boulaide Villages in Luxembourg {{Wiltz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiltz (canton)
Wiltz is a canton in northwestern Luxembourg. Its capital is the city of Wiltz. It covers an area of 264.55 km2, and it has a population of 16,735. Administrative divisions Wiltz Canton consists of the following seven communes: * Boulaide * Esch-sur-Sûre * Goesdorf * Kiischpelt * Lac de la Haute-Sûre * Wiltz * Winseler Mergers * On 1 January 1979 the former communes of Harlange and Mecher (both from Wiltz Canton) were merged to create the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre. The law creating Lac de la Haute-Sûre was passed on 23 December 1978. * On 1 January 2006 the former communes of Kautenbach and Wilwerwiltz (both from Wiltz Canton) were merged to create the commune of Kiischpelt. The law creating Kiischpelt was passed on 14 July 2005. * On 1 January 2012 the former communes of Heiderscheid and Neunhausen (both from Wiltz Canton) were absorbed into the commune of Esch-sur-Sûre. The law expanding Esch-sur-Sûre was passed on 31 May 2011. * On 1 January 2015 the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surré
Surré (, ) is a village in the commune of Boulaide, in north-western Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan .... , the village has a population of 180. Boulaide Villages in Luxembourg {{Wiltz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastogne
Bastogne (; nl, Bastenaken, ; german: Bastnach/Bastenach; lb, Baaschtnech) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bastogne, Longvilly, Noville, Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, and Wardin. The town is situated on a ridge in the Ardennes at an elevation of . History At the time of the Roman conquest the region of Bastogne was inhabited by the Treveri, a tribe of Gauls. A form of the name Bastogne was first mentioned only much later, in 634, when the local lord ceded these territories to the St Maximin's Abbey, near Trier. A century later, the Bastogne area went to the nearby Prüm Abbey. The town of Bastogne and its marketplace are again mentioned in an 887 document. By the 13th century, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor and count of Luxemburg, was minting coins in Bastogne. In 1332, John the Blind, his son, granted the city its charter and had it encircled by defensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauvillers
Fauvillers (; german: Feitweiler; lb, Fäteler; wa, Faiviè) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Luxembourg (Belgium), province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 74.11 km², had 2,071 inhabitants, giving a population density of 27.9 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following deelgemeente, districts: Fauvillers, Hollange, and Tintange. Other population centers include: * Bodange * Burnon * Honville * Hotte * Malmaison * Menufontaine * Sainlez * Strainchamps * Warnach * Wisembach References External links * Fauvillers, Municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium) {{LuxembourgBE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rambrouch
Rambrouch ( lb, Rammerech or (locally) ; german: Rambruch) is a commune and small town in western Luxembourg, in the canton of Redange. It lies close to the border with Belgium. Rambrouch was formed on 1 January 1979 from the former communes of Arsdorf, Bigonville, Folschette, and Perlé, all in Redange canton. The law creating Rambrouch was passed on 27 July 1978. , the town of Rambrouch, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 379. Populated places The commune consists of the following villages: * Arsdorf Section: ** Arsdorf ** Bilsdorf * Bigonville Section: ** Bigonville ** Flatzbour ** Bungeref-Poteau ** Martelinville (lieu-dit) * Folschette Section: ** Eschette ** Folschette ** Hostert ** Rambrouch ** Koetschette ** Schwiedelbrouch ** Napoléonsgaard (lieu-dit) * Perlé Section: ** Holtz ** Perlé ** Rombach-Martelange ** Haut-Martelange ** Wolwelange Population See also * Napoléonsgaard Napoléonsgaard is a hill in the commune of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch-sur-Sûre
Esch-sur-Sûre ( lb, Esch-Sauer, , german: Esch-Sauer ) is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch. At one point it was the second smallest commune by area in Luxembourg (after Remich), until Neunhausen and Heiderscheid were merged into it in 2011. , the town of Esch-sur-Sûre, which lies in the north of the commune, has a population of 314. Esch-sur-Sûre is situated by the river Sauer, just east and downstream of the artificial '' Upper Sauer Lake''. The town's prominent AD 927 castle, and the main part of the town below, sit on a spur of a land within a sharp meander of the river. The suffix to its name distinguishes Esch-sur-Sûre from the city of Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac De La Haute-Sûre
Lac de la Haute-Sûre ( lb, Stauséigemeng), (german: Stauseegemeinde) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune, in the Wiltz (canton), canton of Wiltz in north-western Luxembourg. The commune is named after the Upper Sûre Lake, a reservoir (water), reservoir on the upper Sauer river. The commune's administrative centre is Bavigne. Lac de la Haute-Sûre was formed on 1 January 1979 from the former communes of Harlange and Mecher, both in Wiltz canton. The law creating Lac de la Haute-Sûre was passed on 23 December 1978. Populated places The commune consists of the following villages: * Harlange Section: ** Harlange ** Tarchamps ** Watrange * Mecher Section: ** Bavigne ** Kaundorf ** Liefrange ** Mecher ** Nothum ** Dénkert (Dünkrodt) (lieu-dit) ** Schumannseck (lieu-dit) Population References External links * Lac de la Haute-Sûre, Towns in Luxembourg Communes in Wiltz (canton) {{Wiltz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communes Of Luxembourg
This is a list of the 102 communes of Luxembourg, a basic administrative division in Luxembourg,Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette are further subdivided into Quarters of Luxembourg City, 24 and Quarters of Esch-sur-Alzette, 16 municipal quarters respectively. of which each Cantons of Luxembourg, canton is required to contain at least one. List of municipalities The number, location, and size of municipalities has varied greatly over time. See also Geodata for the Communes of Luxembourg, extracted from OpenStreetMap Footnotes {{Europe topic, List of places in, LU=List of communes of Luxembourg Lists of communes of Luxembourg, Lists of subdivisions of Luxembourg, Communes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diekirch (district)
The District of Diekirch was one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Immediately prior to its abolition on 3 October 2015, it contained five cantons divided into 43 communes: #Clervaux #*Clervaux #*Consthum #*Heinerscheid #*Hosingen #*Munshausen #*Troisvierges #*Weiswampach #*Wincrange # Diekirch #* Bettendorf #* Bourscheid #* Diekirch #*Ermsdorf #*Erpeldange #*Ettelbruck #*Feulen #*Hoscheid #*Medernach #*Mertzig #*Reisdorf #*Schieren #Redange #*Beckerich #* Ell #*Grosbous #*Préizerdaul #*Rambrouch #*Redange #*Saeul #*Useldange #*Vichten #* Wahl #Vianden #*Putscheid #*Tandel #*Vianden #Wiltz #* Boulaide #*Esch-sur-Sûre #*Eschweiler #*Goesdorf #* Heiderscheid #* Kiischpelt #* Lac de la Haute-Sûre #* Neunhausen #*Wiltz #*Winseler To its west, the district of Diekirch bordered the Belgian province of Luxembourg in the region of Wallonia, whilst to its north was the Belgian providence of Liège. To its south could be found the district of Luxembourg with the dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
