The parc municipal de Diekirch ( lb, Stadpark vun Dikrech) is a
linear park
A linear park is a type of park that is significantly longer than it is wide. These linear parks are strips of public land running along canals, rivers, streams, defensive walls, electrical lines, or highways and shorelines. Examples of linear p ...
in
Diekirch, in northern
Luxembourg
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.
Description
The park stretches on both sides along the
Sauer
The Sauer (German and Luxembourgish, , ) or Sûre ( French, ) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. A left tributary of the Moselle, its total length is .
Rising near Vaux-sur-Sûre in the Ardennes in southeastern Belgium, the Sauer ...
from the Diekirch municipality border to
Ingeldorf
Ingeldorf ( ) is a small town in the commune of Erpeldange, in central Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand ...
(in the southwest) to the municipality border to
Gilsdorf (Bettendorf) (in the northeast). The park, which is around 100 m wide and around one and a half km long, is freely accessible all year round.
At the entry of the park, at ''Avenue de la Gare'', there is a
water feature
In landscape architecture and garden design, a water feature is one or more items from a range of fountains, jeux d'eau, pools, ponds, rills, artificial waterfalls, and streams. Before the 18th century they were usually powered by gravity, ...
. On the right side of the Sauer is the 11.2 hectare ''Parc découverte de la nature In Bedingen''. The Dikricher Béierfest ("Diekirch Beer Festival") usually takes place every summer in the municipal park.
The park is the location of some monuments and public art:
In 1961,
Charles Kohl and
Edmond Lux created a monument in honor of the Diekirch politician
Paul Eyschen
Paul Eyschen (9 September 1841 – 11 October 1915) was a Luxembourgish politician, statesman, lawyer, and diplomat. He was the eighth Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for twenty-seven years, from 22 September 1888 until his death, on ...
(''Monument Paul Eyschen''). Kohl created the bronze high relief (Eyschen's bust), Lux created the comprehensive sculpture from cubic blocks of Ernzern sandstone.
In 1981,
Wenzel Profant created a memorial for the Luxembourg refugees of the Second World War. The white stele consists of two curved, united basalt bodies that seem to flee and float; they are supposed to materialize the memory of the refugees.
An ''US Memorial'', inaugurated in 1984, to commemorate the
liberation of Luxembourg by the US Army in September 1944, is also located in the park.
References
External links
{{commons category, Parc Municipal (Diekirch)
''Parc Municipal de Diekirch avec aire de jeux.'' Diekirch.lu
''Parc Municipal „Al Schwemm“.''diekirch.lu
Le Parc-découverte de la nature ''In Bedigen''.Diekirch Tourist Office.
Municipal Park postcard collection National Library of Luxembourg.
Municipal Park postcard collection dikrich.lu.
Parks in Luxembourg
Diekirch
Linear parks