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unusual facts about Luxembourg City



1972 in Luxembourg

22 October – The Luxembourg national football team beats Turkey 2-0 in Luxembourg City, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1969.

1974 in Luxembourg

January – Cargolux takes over Loftleiðir's maintenance and engineering departments, which were subsequently transferred from New York City to Luxembourg City.

Adrien Ries

He was also responsible for coining the idea of 'Nordstad', a unified urban area in northern Luxembourg to decentralise economic activity from Luxembourg City and the Red Lands.

Anise Koltz

Born on 12 June 1928 in the Eich district of Luxembourg City, Koltz began to write fairy stories in the 1950s mainly in German and Luxembourgish.

ARBED building

The ARBED building is the generally used name for the former headquarters building of the ARBED steel manufacturing company, which was completed in 1922 on the Avenue de la Liberté, opposite the Rose Garden in Luxembourg City.

Arlette Schneiders

The selection committee awarded her first prize with a commission to carry out renovation work at the Fish Market in Luxembourg City.

Bascharage-Sanem railway station

The station is situated on Line 70, which connects the south-west of the country to Luxembourg City.

Casino Luxembourg

With a view to using the building for art exhibitions during Luxembourg City's year as European Cultural Capital in 1995, the Swiss artist Urs Raussmüller of Schaffhausen's Hallen für Neue Kunst was charged with adapting the casino into an exhibition space for a limited period by creating substantially more hanging space than could be provided by the walls in the various rooms.

François Altwies

They lived together on the maison de maître of Luxembourg City's prestigious Boulevard Royal.

Goetzingen

Owing to its proximity to Capellen and the The A6 motorway or European route E25 to Luxembourg City and Brussels, it is increasingly popular for those working in the surrounding area.

Helfenterbruck

Helfenterbruck is the name of a forest and upscale semi-rural neighborhood in Bertrange, Luxembourg, which in turn is a suburb of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Jean Hamilius

He sat in the Chamber of Deputies between 1969 and 1984 (excepting the five years he spent as a minister), and in the communal council of Luxembourg City (1969 – 1974).

Lambert Schlechter

Born on 4 December 1941 in Luxembourg City, Schlechter studied philosophy and literature in Paris and Nancy before teaching at the Lycée Classique in Echternach.

Manternach

Manternach railway station has regular services directly to Luxembourg railway station in Luxembourg city and Wasserbillig.

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.

Rodange

Rodange is situated on Line 70, which connects the south-west of the country to Luxembourg City; at Rodange, the line branches, and connects to both Athus and the French town of Longuyon (via Longwy).

Rodange railway station

The station is situated on Line 70, which connects the south-west of the country to Luxembourg City; at Rodange, the line branches, and connects to both the Belgian town of Athus and the French town of Longuyon (via Longwy).


see also

Eurovision Song Contest 1962

The city of Luxembourg, also known as Luxembourg City, is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

German occupation of Luxembourg in World War II

The Royal Family was evacuated from its residence in Colmar-Berg to the Grand Ducal palace in Luxembourg City.

Hollerich

Hollerich railway station is located on Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois Line 70, which connects Luxembourg City to the south-west of the country.

In Hollerich is the Campus Geesseknäppchen, the heart of Luxembourg City's education system.

Jean-Baptiste Fresez

Born in Longwy on 10 July 1800, Fresez came to Luxembourg City with his parents in 1802 when his father started to work at the Sept-Fontaines porcelain factory in the Rollingergrund.

Michel Engels

Born in the Rollingergrund district of Luxembourg City on 6 June 1851, Engels studied art at the Athénée where he was one of the last students instructed by Jean-Baptiste Fresez, considered to be Luxembourg's greatest 19th-century artist.

René Konen

His nickname is also borne by Stade Boy Konen, a sports facility in Luxembourg City used as the national rugby union team's home ground.

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.

Stade Boy Konen

It is named after René 'Boy' Konen, the Minister for Public Works under Pierre Werner and a member of Luxembourg City's communal council.

Victor Bodson Bridge

The bridge was completed in 1993, as part of the extension of the A1 from Senningerberg (serving Luxembourg-Findel International Airport) to the south of Luxembourg City.