Hollerich ( lb, Hollerech) is a

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in south-western

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...

, in southern

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. , the quarter has a population of 7,132 inhabitants. Hollerich railway station is located on

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Line 70, which connects Luxembourg City to the south-west of the country. Hollerich station is only 600 metres to the south-west of the country's main terminus,

Luxembourg railway station Luxembourg railway station ( lb, Gare Lëtzebuerg, french: Gare de Luxembourg, german: Bahnhof Luxemburg) is the main railway station serving Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-own ...

, and just to the west of a major

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that separates traffic exiting Luxembourg station to the south. The urban park Parc Merl is located on its border with Belair.

Education

The

Campus Geesseknäppchen Campus Geesseknäppchen is a campus in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg, that is shared by a number of academic institutions. The campus is located in the southwest of the city, just to the north of the terminus of the A4 motorway. It is p ...

, the largest educational campus in Luxembourg City, is located within the quarter. Five educational establishments are premised on the site; the

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, the

International School of Luxembourg The International School of Luxembourg (ISL) is a privately owned non-profit international school located in Hollerich, Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. History The school was founded in 1963 under the name DuPont de Nemours Private Sc ...

, Lycée Aline Mayrisch, the

Lycée Michel Rodange Lycée Michel Rodange, abbreviated to LMRL, is a high school in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is located on Campus Geesseknäppchen, along with several other educational institutions, most of which, including Lycée Michel Rodange, ...

, the Lycée Technique École de Commerce et de Gestion) and the Conservatoire de Luxembourg. The campus boasts a number of shared facilities, including an

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Commune

Hollerich was a

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in the canton of

until 26 March 1920, when it was merged into the

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of Luxembourg, along with

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and

Rollingergrund Rollingergrund ( lb, Rollengergronn) is an area of north-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It forms the majority of the quarter of Rollingergrund-North Belair. Rollingergrund was a commune in the canton of Luxembourg between 8 Ma ...

. From 7 April 1914 until the dissolution of the commune, the part of the commune encompassing the urban areas of Hollerich and

Bonnevoie Bonnevoie ( lb, Bouneweg, german: Bonneweg) is an area of south-eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is divided between the quarters of North Bonnevoie-Verlorenkost and South Bonnevoie. It is the biggest neighbourhood in the ci ...

was afforded the title of

. The title was not conferred upon all of the commune; the part that was granted the title was officially styled ' Hollerich-Bonnevoie'. It is also the location of

Den Atelier Den Atelier is an indoor music venue in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is located in Hollerich, and holds up to 1,200 people. The name is an amalgam of Luxembourg's two main languages: 'den' being Luxembourgish for 'the' and 'atel ...

, a music venue.

Footnotes

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* Quarters of Luxembourg City Former communes of Luxembourg {{Luxembourgcanton-geo-stub