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Mersch
Mersch (, ; ) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, situated in the canton of the same name. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Alzette, Mamer and Eisch. , the town of Mersch, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 5,093. Other towns within the commune include Beringen, Berschbach, Moesdorf, Pettingen, Reckange, Rollingen, and Schoenfels. Mersch is the home of the National Literature Centre, Luxembourg's national literary archive. The town is the site of one of the six regional headquarters of the Grand Ducal Police. Mersch Castle is one of the castles belonging to the Valley of the Seven Castles. Located in the centre of the town, its history goes back to the 13th century. Today the castle houses the administrative offices of the local commune."Le château ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Servais
Lambert Joseph Emmanuel Servais (; 11 April 1811 – 17 June 1890) was a Luxembourgish politician. He held numerous offices of national importance, foremost amongst which was in serving as prime minister of Luxembourg for seven years, from 3 December 1867 until 26 December 1874. After being Prime Minister, he was a long-serving Mayor of Luxembourg City, holding office from soon after his departure from the premiership, in 1875, until his death, in 1890. Servais was also successively President of the Council of State (1874–1887) and President of the Chamber of Deputies (1887–1890). No other person has held even three of these four positions. Education Servais was educated at the Athénée de Luxembourg, where he excelled academically, finishing top of his class in both of his final years at the school.Mersch (1972), p. 473 After leaving the Athénée, in 1828, he studied law at the University of Ghent. However, he was forced to leave in after one year, in 1830, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Mersch (, ; ) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, situated in the canton of the same name. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Alzette, Mamer and Eisch. , the town of Mersch, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 5,093. Other towns within the commune include Beringen, Berschbach, Moesdorf, Pettingen, Reckange, Rollingen, and Schoenfels. Mersch is the home of the National Literature Centre, Luxembourg's national literary archive. The town is the site of one of the six regional headquarters of the Grand Ducal Police. Mersch Castle is one of the castles belonging to the Valley of the Seven Castles. Located in the centre of the town, its history goes back to the 13th century. Today the castle houses the administrative offices of the local commune. was a Luxembourgish writer, playwright, poet, professor, literary critic (Germanic and Romance languages), and statesman. He wrote predominantly in German. He also ... (1871–1951), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communes Of Luxembourg
This is a list of the 100 communes of Luxembourg, a basic administrative division in Luxembourg, of which each Cantons of Luxembourg, canton is required to contain at least one. Communes with List of towns in Luxembourg, town status are listed in italics. List See also * List of communes of Luxembourg by elevation Notes References External links Geodata for the Communes of Luxembourg, extracted from OpenStreetMap {{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] |
Mersch (canton)
Mersch () is a canton in the centre of Luxembourg. It is the only canton, other than Luxembourg, to be entirely surrounded by other cantons, and therefore not to have an international boundary. Administrative divisions Mersch Canton consists of the following ten communes: * Bissen * Colmar-Berg * Fischbach * Heffingen * Helperknapp * Larochette * Lintgen * Lorentzweiler * Mersch * Nommern Mergers * On 1 January 2018 the former communes of Boevange-sur-Attert Boevange-sur-Attert (, ; ; ) is a small town in central Luxembourg, in the Mersch (canton), canton of Mersch. It is situated on the river Attert River, Attert. It had a population of 989 as of 2024. Until 31 December 2017, it was a commune. On 1 J ... and Tuntange were merged to create the commune of Helperknapp. The name "Helperknapp" derives from the name of a hill of the same name located within the commune. Population References Cantons of Luxembourg {{Mersch-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mersch Castle
Mersch Castle (Luxembourgish: ''Schlass Miersch''; ) in central Luxembourg is one of the castles belonging to the Valley of the Seven Castles. Located in the centre of Mersch, its history goes back to the 13th century. Today the castle houses the administrative offices of the local commune."Le château de Mersch" ''Association des Châteaux luxembourgeois''. Retrieved 15 March 2010. History The castle was built in the 13th century by Theodoric, a knight in the service of Countess Ermesinde of Luxembourg. It was captured and burnt down by the |
National Literature Centre
The National Literature Centre (, ), abbreviated CNL, is the national literary archive of Luxembourg. It is based in the town of Mersch, about 15 kilometers to the north of Luxembourg City. Created as a research library in 1995, the CNL's collections include more than 40,000 volumes, a majority of them written by authors of Luxembourgish descent or residing in Luxembourg, as well as an ever-growing collection of manuscripts, letters and personal items. The library also collects newspaper clippings relating to Luxembourgish literature and literary journals and serials. As one of Luxembourg's legal deposit libraries, it receives copies of nearly all books produced in Luxembourg and actively purchases monographs by Luxembourgish authors printed abroad. Historical background In 1995, the CNL was created as a part of the Luxembourg national archives. The idea was to assemble all documents relating to the literary life in Luxembourg, both contemporary and historical, in a single place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of Luxembourg
The 12 canton (administrative division), cantons ( ; ; ) of the Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are subdivisions at the first level of local administrative unit (LAU-1) in the European Union's Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics for Eurostat purposes. They were subdivisions of the three districts of Luxembourg until 2015, when the district level of government was abolished. The cantons are in turn subdivided into 100 communes of Luxembourg, communes (i.e. municipalities). Function Unlike Cantons of Switzerland, in Switzerland and similarly to Cantons of France, France, Luxembourgish cantons have no administrative structure of their own—rather, they are used to delimitate Constituencies of Luxembourg, electoral constituencies and judicial districts. Until 2015, they also served to delimitate Luxembourg's three Districts of Luxembourg, districts. History The origins of the cantons of Luxembourg lie in the decree of 31 August 1795 by the Committee of Public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mersch Railway Station
Mersch railway station (, , ) is a railway station serving Mersch, in central Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to ... railway company. The station is situated on Line 10, which connects Luxembourg City to the centre and north of the country. External links Official CFL page on Mersch station Mersch Railway stations in Luxembourg Railway stations on CFL Line 10 {{Luxembourg-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pettingen
Pettingen () is a village in the Communes of Luxembourg, commune of Mersch, in central Luxembourg. In 2024, the village had a population of 248. Pettingen Castle in the center of the village is one of the best-preserved fortified castles in the country. ''Administration communale de Mersch''. Retrieved 25 March 2011. See also * List of villages in LuxembourgReferences Mersch Villages in Luxembourg {{Mersch-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pettingen Castle
Pettingen Castle (Luxembourgish: ''Waasserbuerg Pëtten''; ) is located in the village of Pettingen some 4 km north of Mersch in central Luxembourg. It is one of the best preserved fortified castles in the country. History In the 10th century the fortress was known as Pittigero Mazini but received the name of Pettingen in the 13th century. Towards the end of the Middle Ages, the Lords of Pettingen were important members of Luxembourg society. They were present at Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg, Ermesinde's wedding, at the coronation of Henri IV of France, Henri IV and at the signing of John of Bohemia, John the Blind's marriage contract."La seigneurie de Pettingen" ''Association des châteaux luxembourgeois''. Retrieved 25 March 2011. At the beginning of the 14th century Arnold of Petti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley Of The Seven Castles
The Valley of the Seven Castles (; ) is an informal name given to the Äischdall, the valley of the Eisch river, in central Luxembourg. The valley stretches from the confluence with the Alzette upstream to Steinfort, on the border with Belgium. The entire route can be traversed in about an hour by car, starting near the town of Arlon on the Belgian/Luxembourg border. There is also a 37-kilometre footpath that takes hikers along the valley and past the castles. It is named after the group of seven castles that line its route. Those seven castles are (in order, heading upstream): * Mersch * Schoenfels * Hollenfels * Ansembourg Castle * New Castle of Ansembourg * Septfontaines Septfontaines (, ) is a small town in western Luxembourg. It is part of the commune of Habscht, in the canton of Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg. It had a population of 378 as of 2024. Septfontaines Castle is one of the cas ... * Koerich Castle File:Mersch castle 1.jpg, Mersch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Ducal Police
The Grand Ducal Police (, , ) is the national police force of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The police is under the control of the Minister for the Interior of Luxembourg, although they operate in the name, and under the ultimate control, of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Day-to-day executive control is exercised by the Director-General of the Grand Ducal Police. The Grand Ducal Police has existed in its current form since 1 January 2000, when the Grand Ducal Gendarmerie was merged with the police service. The Grand Ducal Police is responsible for ensuring the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg's internal security, maintaining law and order, border control and enforcing all laws and Grand Ducal decrees. It is also responsible for assisting the Military of Luxembourg in its internal operations, as prescribed by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Organization The Grand Ducal Police's operations are divided into six regions (), which are under the command of a regional director. The dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
