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9 unusual facts about Alzette


County of Luxembourg

By 1083 this lower town contained two churches, and two bridges over the Alzette and Petruss rivers.

Ernie Hammes

He studied at the Conservatories of Esch-sur-Alzette and Metz (:fr:) and later at the Manhattan School of Music and the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Kinneksbond

Designed by the architect Jim Clemes from Esch-sur-Alzette, the ultra-modern facility also contains dress rooms, a room for band rehearsals and a number of smaller rooms for music teaching.

Marcel Wengler

Born in Esch-sur-Alzette, Wengler studied at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique in Brussels and at the Musikhochschule in Cologne.

Postal codes in Luxembourg

Postal codes starting with a 4 are located in the city of Esch-sur-Alzette.

Raschpëtzer Qanat

The qanat appears to have provided water for a large Roman villa on the slopes of the Alzette valley.

Rendolepsis

The film premiered on September 19 or September 20, 2003, at the Kinosch cinema in Esch-sur-Alzette.

René Deltgen

Renatus Heinrich Deltgen born 30 April 1909 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; died 29 January 1979 in Cologne, Germany) was a Luxemburgish stage and film actor, who spent most of his career in Germany.

The Fading

In December 2010, the band went on another short European tour, playing mainly UK dates supporting The Rotted and Desecration, and the Bang Your Head Festival in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.


A Curious Thing

It was recorded live for Universal Music and SR1 in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg), performed with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Orchestra, conducted by Gast Waltzing.

CFL Line 70

It is designated, and predominantly operated, by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois During the 2010 decade, the former line 80 have been merged with this line in order to give the newly created line between Thionville and Longwy via Esch-sur-Alzette.

Esch-sur-Alzette railway station

After Esch-sur-Alzette, the main line continues towards Niederkorn, whilst a minor line branches off to Audun-le-Tiche, in France.

François Biltgen

In 1987 he was elected to the communal council of Esch-sur-Alzette, and in 1994 he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a Christian Social People's Party (CSV) candidate.

Harry Rabinger

But he also painted the quieter villages and valleys of the Moselle and the Alzette and the mountains up in the Oesling.

Jean Le Moal

Several retrospectives have been dedicated to Le Moal’s work, including at Musée de Lubeck and Musée de Wuppertal (1961), Musée de Metz and Musée de la Ville de Luxembourg (1963), Musées de Rennes, Chartres, Rouen, Dijon, Lille and Caen (1970–1971), "Espace lyonnais d'art contemporain" and Musées de Besançon, Esch-sur-Alzette, Dunkerque and Nantes (1990–1992).

Judiciary City

The City sits on the Saint-Esprit plateau, sandwiched between the Alzette and the Pétrusse, in the southern part of the central Ville Haute quarter.

Lameschmillen

Lameschmillen, also known as the Bergemer Mühle, is located halfway between Bergem and Noertzange (Commune of Mondercange), at the confluence of the rivers Alzette and Mess.

Pol Sax

Born on 29 January 1960 at Schifflange in south-eastern Luxembourg, Sax attended primary school in Mondercange, the École professionelle in Esch-sur-Alzette, the Ecole des arts et métiers in Luxembourg City and the Lycée des garçons in Esch-sur-Alzette.

Sosthène Weis

In Luxembourg City, he would often go down to the Pétrusse or the Alzette valleys, or out into the suburbs to find interesting scenes to paint.


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