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Boulaide
Boulaide (; lb, Bauschelt ; german: Bauschleiden) is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch. As of 2009, it has a total population of 926. The commune is composed of three villages: Boulaide, Baschleiden, and Surré. In 1976 the township has erected a monument in honor of the 35th Infantry Division, who liberated the town during World War II. Boulaide is also a part of the European Road of Freedom. This project was initiated by the Jewish Painter and Sculptor Otto Freundlich, who was killed in a German concentration camp during World War II. Together with his friend Jeanne Kosnick-Kloss he had planned to create two sculpture roads. The first one was supposed to go from North to South and they had called it "The road of human fraternity". The second one was supposed to go from West to East and its name was "the road of human solidarity and the memory of the liberation" At the intersec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35th Infantry Division (United States)
The 35th Infantry Division, formerly known as the 35th Division, is an infantry formation of the Army National Guard at Fort Leavenworth. The 35th Division was organized August 25, 1917, at Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma, as a unit of the National Guard, with troops from Missouri and Kansas.Clark, pp. 9-22. It was inactivated in 1919, but the division headquarters was reconstituted in 1935 and it served with a brief interruption until it was inactivated again in 1963. The division was reactivated and the headquarters and headquarters company federally recognized on August 25, 1984, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Shoulder sleeve insignia The division's shoulder patch, a Santa Fe cross in a circle, was conceived as a marking for division vehicles and baggage in 1918, and was first promulgated by 35th Division General Orders Number 25, issued on 27 March 1918. It was officially approved for the 35th Division on 29 October 1918 by the adjutant general of the American Expeditionary For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baschleiden
Baschleiden () is a village in the commune of Boulaide, in north-western Luxembourg. , the village had a population of 176. It was the birthplace of Charles-Gérard Eyschen Charles-Gérard Eyschen (2 June 1800 – 28 September 1859) was a Luxembourgish politician and jurist. An Orangist,Mersch (1953), p. 81 Eyschen served in the cabinet of Charles-Mathias Simons as Director-General for Justice. Born in Baschleide ... (1800–1859), who became Director-General for Justice.Mersch (1953), p. 78, and of Hieronymus Busleyden (1470?-1517), archdean of Cambrais, member of the High Council of Mechlin for the Burgundy lands, and co-founder (with Erasmus) of Leuven's Collegium Trilingue, a.k.a. Collegium Buslidium. His city mansion in Mechlin, Hof van Busleyden, is now a museum. In Leuven, the Busleydengang (Busleyden Alley) leads to what's left of Trilingue. Footnotes References * Boulaide Villages in Luxembourg {{Wiltz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiltz (canton)
Wiltz is a canton in northwestern Luxembourg. Its capital is the city of Wiltz. It covers an area of 264.55 km2, and it has a population of 16,735. Administrative divisions Wiltz Canton consists of the following seven communes: * Boulaide * Esch-sur-Sûre * Goesdorf * Kiischpelt * Lac de la Haute-Sûre * Wiltz * Winseler Mergers * On 1 January 1979 the former communes of Harlange and Mecher (both from Wiltz Canton) were merged to create the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre. The law creating Lac de la Haute-Sûre was passed on 23 December 1978. * On 1 January 2006 the former communes of Kautenbach and Wilwerwiltz (both from Wiltz Canton) were merged to create the commune of Kiischpelt. The law creating Kiischpelt was passed on 14 July 2005. * On 1 January 2012 the former communes of Heiderscheid and Neunhausen (both from Wiltz Canton) were absorbed into the commune of Esch-sur-Sûre. The law expanding Esch-sur-Sûre was passed on 31 May 2011. * On 1 January 2015 the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surré
Surré (, ) is a village in the commune of Boulaide, in north-western Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land .... , the village has a population of 180. Boulaide Villages in Luxembourg {{Wiltz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastogne
Bastogne (; nl, Bastenaken, ; german: Bastnach/Bastenach; lb, Baaschtnech) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bastogne, Longvilly, Noville, Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, and Wardin. The town is situated on a ridge in the Ardennes at an elevation of . History At the time of the Roman conquest the region of Bastogne was inhabited by the Treveri, a tribe of Gauls. A form of the name Bastogne was first mentioned only much later, in 634, when the local lord ceded these territories to the St Maximin's Abbey, near Trier. A century later, the Bastogne area went to the nearby Prüm Abbey. The town of Bastogne and its marketplace are again mentioned in an 887 document. By the 13th century, Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor and count of Luxemburg, was minting coins in Bastogne. In 1332, John the Blind, his son, granted the city its charter and had it encircled by def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fauvillers
Fauvillers (; german: Feitweiler; lb, Fäteler; wa, Faiviè) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 74.11 km², had 2,071 inhabitants, giving a population density of 27.9 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Fauvillers, Hollange, and Tintange Tintange (german: Tintingen; lb, Tënnen; wa, Tîtindje) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Fauvillers, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is part of the Arelerland. Tintange is situated clos .... Other population centers include: * Bodange * Burnon * Honville * Hotte * Malmaison * Menufontaine * Sainlez * Strainchamps * Warnach * Wisembach References External links * Municipalities of Luxembourg (Belgium) {{LuxembourgBE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rambrouch
Rambrouch ( lb, Rammerech or (locally) ; german: Rambruch) is a commune and small town in western Luxembourg, in the canton of Redange. It lies close to the border with Belgium. Rambrouch was formed on 1 January 1979 from the former communes of Arsdorf, Bigonville, Folschette, and Perlé, all in Redange canton. The law creating Rambrouch was passed on 27 July 1978. , the town of Rambrouch, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 379. Populated places The commune consists of the following villages: * Arsdorf Section: ** Arsdorf ** Bilsdorf * Bigonville Section: ** Bigonville ** Flatzbour ** Bungeref-Poteau ** Martelinville (lieu-dit) * Folschette Section: ** Eschette ** Folschette ** Hostert ** Rambrouch ** Koetschette ** Schwiedelbrouch ** Napoléonsgaard (lieu-dit) * Perlé Section: ** Holtz ** Perlé ** Rombach-Martelange ** Haut-Martelange ** Wolwelange Wolwelange ( lb, Wolwen, german: Wolwelingen) is a small town in the commune of Rambrouc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch-sur-Sûre
Esch-sur-Sûre ( lb, Esch-Sauer, , german: Esch-Sauer ) is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch. At one point it was the second smallest commune by area in Luxembourg (after Remich), until Neunhausen and Heiderscheid were merged into it in 2011. , the town of Esch-sur-Sûre, which lies in the north of the commune, has a population of 314. Esch-sur-Sûre is situated by the river Sauer, just east and downstream of the artificial ''Upper Sauer Lake''. The town's prominent AD 927 castle, and the main part of the town below, sit on a spur of a land within a sharp meander of the river. The suffix to its name distinguishes Esch-sur-Sûre from the city of Esch-sur-Alzette, which is often known just as ''Esch''. Immediately above the town, the river has been dammed to form a hydroelectric reservoir extending some 6 miles (10 km) up the valley. The Upper Sauer dam was built in the 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac De La Haute-Sûre
Lac de la Haute-Sûre ( lb, Stauséigemeng), (german: Stauseegemeinde) is a commune, in the canton of Wiltz in north-western Luxembourg. The commune is named after the Upper Sûre Lake, a reservoir on the upper Sauer river. The commune's administrative centre is Bavigne. Lac de la Haute-Sûre was formed on 1 January 1979 from the former communes of Harlange and Mecher, both in Wiltz canton. The law creating Lac de la Haute-Sûre was passed on 23 December 1978. Populated places The commune consists of the following villages: * Harlange Section: ** Harlange ** Tarchamps ** Watrange * Mecher Section: ** Bavigne ** Kaundorf ** Liefrange ** Mecher Mecher ( lb, Meecher) is a village in the commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre, in north-western Luxembourg. , the village has a population of 60. Mecher was a commune in the canton of Wiltz until 1 January 1979, when it was merged with the commun ... ** Nothum ** Dénkert (Dünkrodt) (lieu-dit) ** Schumannseck (lieu-dit) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communes Of Luxembourg ...
This is a list of the 102 communes of Luxembourg, a basic administrative division in Luxembourg,Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette are further subdivided into 24 and 16 municipal quarters respectively. of which each canton is required to contain at least one. List of municipalities The number, location, and size of municipalities has varied greatly over time. See also Geodata for the Communes of Luxembourg, extracted from OpenStreetMap Footnotes {{Europe topic, List of places in, LU=List of communes of Luxembourg Communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diekirch (district)
The District of Diekirch was one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Immediately prior to its abolition on 3 October 2015, it contained five cantons divided into 43 communes: #Clervaux #*Clervaux #* Consthum #*Heinerscheid #* Hosingen #*Munshausen #*Troisvierges #* Weiswampach #* Wincrange #Diekirch #* Bettendorf #* Bourscheid #*Diekirch #* Ermsdorf #* Erpeldange #*Ettelbruck #* Feulen #* Hoscheid #* Medernach #* Mertzig #* Reisdorf #* Schieren #Redange #* Beckerich #*Ell #*Grosbous #*Préizerdaul #*Rambrouch #*Redange #* Saeul #*Useldange #*Vichten #* Wahl #Vianden #* Putscheid #* Tandel #*Vianden #Wiltz #*Boulaide #*Esch-sur-Sûre #*Eschweiler #* Goesdorf #*Heiderscheid #*Kiischpelt #*Lac de la Haute-Sûre #*Neunhausen #*Wiltz #* Winseler To its west, the district of Diekirch bordered the Belgian province of Luxembourg in the region of Wallonia, whilst to its north was the Belgian providence of Liège. To its south could be found the district of Luxembourg wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
