It is on the border of Germany and Luxembourg, the municipalities just across the border being Perl in Germany and Schengen in Luxembourg.
The Markusbierg tunnels are a pair of parallel tunnels, which form the most easterly section of the A13 motorway through Luxembourg, near the town of Schengen.
In the early life of the race the course began in Schengen and finished in Wormeldange.
Schengen, Luxembourg, the Luxembourgish village and commune nearest to where the Schengen Agreement was signed on a river-boat in the Moselle River
The treaty was signed on 14 June 1985 between five of the then ten member states of the European Economic Community near the town of Schengen in Luxembourg.
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18 December – Luxembourg is knocked out at the final stage of qualifying for the 1964 European Nations' Cup, losing a play-off against Denmark 1-0, having drawn 5-5 with the Danes on aggregate.
10 April – At football, Luxembourg beats Mexico 2-1, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1963.
He is the treasurer of the Pirate Party of Luxembourg (Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg) and the former national president of the ADR's youth organization ADRenalin.
In 1826, he taught at the Collège royal at Echternach in Luxembourg before moving to Breda in the Netherlands in 1828 where he worked at the newly opened Royal Military Academy.
Weber also did much to promote Luxembourg's budding cultural talents including authors such as Alex Weicker, Marie-Henriette Steil, Albert Hoefler and Emile Marx and the painters Joseph Kutter, Harry Rabinger, Jean Schaak and Nico Klopp.
Bank of Credit and Commerce International, a large bank registered in Luxembourg, closed on account of widespread corruption
In the collège échevinal, the LSAP rules outright, under the leadership of mayor Roby Biwer.
The Butterfly Garden or Jardin des Papillons is located in Grevenmacher in eastern Luxembourg.
Also, marriage to cadet males of the Houses of Oldenburg (Holstein-Gottorp), Polignac, and Bourbon-Parma brought those dynasties patrilineally to the thrones of Russia, Monaco, and Luxembourg, respectively.
On Monday, June 11, the day Yehuda died, the Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met the Palestinian minister for international co-operation, Nabil Shaath in Luxembourg to explore a compromise.
His other notable fencing achievements include: British Champion, 2013, final 8 at Luxembourg A Grade, 1st Bristol Open 2001, 1st Sussex Open 2001, 3rd Welsh Open 2002 and best young fencer on two occasions during his schooling at Hazelwick School.
The song was succeeded as Contest winner in 1983 by "Si la vie est cadeau" by Corinne Hermès representing Luxembourg.
The city of Luxembourg, also known as Luxembourg City, is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
In July, Kuduzović became the first Dundalk player to score on the European stage in almost 19 years when he netted against Grevenmacher in Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg.
Fiona Steil-Antoni (born on 10 January 1989 in Niederkorn, Luxembourg) is a chess Woman International Master who has represented Luxembourg in six Chess Olympiads, winning the individual gold medal in Turin 2006.
At first count of Salm and of Longwy, on his brother Henry II's death he inherited the county of Luxembourg, as well as providing the income for the abbeys of Saint-Maximin in Trier and Saint-Willibrord in Echternach.
In 1109, Godfrey married Ermesinde (d. 1141), the daughter of Count Conrad I of Luxembourg and Clementia of Aquitaine.
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.
Common economic problems arising from drastic changes in the industrial and coal mining areas of the four countries have led to the creation of a community of interest and to the development of common projects like the European Development Pole in the cross-border area of Longwy in France, Rodange in Luxembourg and Athus in Belgium.
Referred specimens from Holzmaden, Germany and Dudelange, Luxembourg include MHH '9', WAT 1, SMNS 51552, SMNS 80225 and probably the poorly preserved SMNS 81965.
Three years after his death in 1998, Leir was featured prominently in the book Révélation$ (2001) by the investigative reporter Denis Robert and Ernest Backes, a former executive with the Luxembourg clearing bank Clearstream.
His paintings are owned by the National Art Gallery Sofia, many galleries and collections in Germany, United States, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden United Arab Emirates, UK, Austria, Greece, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Russia and Israel.
The video for the single features footage of a live Scooter concert in Differdange (Luxembourg), dancers Pae and Sarah performing the Melbourne Shuffle on the streets of Melbourne (Australia) and car scenes of H.P. Baxxter, the frontman of Scooter, recorded on Majorca (Spain).
After completing the “Cours Supérieurs” (higher courses) in Luxembourg in 1967, Jean-Paul Lehners studied in Strasbourg (France) as well as Vienna (Austria) between 1968 and 1973.
John of Luxembourg (died June 22, 1476) was Count of Marle and Count of Soissons between 1462 and 1476, Lord of Dunkirk, Gravelines and Bourbourg.
The song was performed third on the night (following Turkey's Modern Folk Üçlüsü & Ayşegül Aldinç with "Dönme Dolap" and preceding Luxembourg's Jean-Claude Pascal with "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique").
One possibility, suggested by the linguist Jean-Claude Muller, a member of Luxembourg's Institut grand-ducal, is that it comes from the Spanish word for bean: judía.
Jean-Pierre Koepp (1934-2010), politician and restaurateur in Luxembourg
The following players have been called up for the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship matches against Northern Ireland, Turkey and Luxembourg in Belfast and Dungannon in November 2013.
Magazine International is based at Northern & Shell Worldwide in Luxembourg, near Luxembourg railway station.
Rees left Colchester to play in Luxembourg briefly, before heading to the Republic of Ireland to play for Shamrock Rovers making his League of Ireland debut on the 18th of November at the RDS Arena.
This second generation included Auguste Metz, Charles Metz, and Norbert Metz, who were all leading liberal politicians during the early stages of Luxembourg's independence, in the mid-nineteenth century.
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.
In the collège échevinal, the LSAP forms a coalition with the Christian Social People's Party, who have the second-largest contingent, under the leadership of LSAP mayor Dan Kersch.
Noville, Belgium : Noville or Noville-lez-Bastogne (en wallon Noveye-dilé-Bastogne) is a section of the Belgian town of Bastogne in the Walloon Region in the province of Luxembourg.
With its pan-European NRJ/ENERGY stations, the Paris-based NRJ Group has challenged the European radio market by being significantly different from diversifying market players like the Luxembourg-based RTL Group (Antenne Bayern, RTL Berlin, Yorin FM), and SBS Broadcasting (Radio 1 Norway, The Voice) or Stockholm-based MTG (P4 Norway, Rix FM, Lugna Favoriter).
Orco Property Group S.A. (ORCO Group, ORCO) is a French real estate development company founded by Bernard Gauthier together with Jean-François Ott, owned mainly by ORCO Holding and, for tax reasons, based in Luxembourg, Parc d'Activités Capellen.
His second wife was HRH Princess Joan of Luxembourg (née Joan Douglas Dillon (b. New York City, New York, 31 January 1935).
Born as Prince of Luxembourg, Prince of Nassau, Prince of Bourbon-Parma, he married at St. Edward's, in Sutton Park, Guildford, Surrey, on 1 March 1967 Joan Douglas Dillon (born New York City, New York, 31 January 1935), daughter of U.S. Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon and wife Phyllis Chess Ellsworth.
In July 2009, the Government of Luxembourg, led by Jean-Claude Juncker, announced its intention to legalise same-sex marriage.
In 1843 he was appointed chief rabbi of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg by King William II of the Netherlands.
She married in her early teens, a mercenary soldier Walter Reinhardt Sombre of Luxembourg, who was operating in India.
Schengen Area, the group of European countries that have abolished border controls between each other
Because both Italy and Slovenia are members of the European Schengen area, skiers are able to freely cross the border between Italy and Slovenia, effectively merging the Sella Nevea and Bovec ski resorts into one large ski resort covering both sides of the Canin mountain.
SES S.A. is a global satellite owner and operator based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg and is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol SESG.
Thomas Byrne (industrialist), (1822–1884) Irish born engineer for Waring Brothers (railway construction in Luxembourg), co-founder of SA Hauts-Fourneaux de Rodange, mine owner.
Further movements were that Headquarters moved to Grevenmacher, Luxembourg on 4 December and from there to Wittlich, Germany on the 12th.
The accident occurred between the border stations of Hettange-Grande (France) and Bettembourg (Luxembourg), near the Lorraine area of Zoufftgen, on a double track section.