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Mullerthal
Little Switzerland (, , ) is a nickname for a region in the east of Luxembourg, bestowed upon the region on account of its reputed geographical Little Switzerland (landscape), similarities to Switzerland. It is roughly contiguous with the Cantons of Luxembourg, canton of Echternach (canton), Echternach. It is also known as the Mullerthal (Luxembourgish: ', German: ') after the town of Mullerthal, Luxembourg, Mullerthal. Little Switzerland is thought to have similar terrain to its namesake country, hence the name; it is dominated by craggy terrain, thick forests, some caves and myriad small streams. Unlike Switzerland, Little Switzerland is low-lying, even by Luxembourg standards (its highest peak is only 414 m above sea level). Little Switzerland is the smallest of Luxembourg's sub-regions. Within its territory, covering only 7% of Luxembourg, there is only one medium-sized settlement, Echternach (which is Luxembourg's oldest surviving List of cities in Luxembourg, city). Smalle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mullerthal, Luxembourg
Mullerthal (, ) is a village in the commune of Waldbillig, in eastern Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour .... , the village had a population of 62. It lends its name to the alternative name of a region of eastern Luxembourg, otherwise known as Little Switzerland. References Waldbillig Villages in Luxembourg {{Echternach-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echternach (canton)
Echternach () is a canton in the east of Luxembourg. It is largely coterminous with the Mullerthal region. It borders Germany. Administrative divisions Echternach Canton consists of the following seven communes: * Beaufort * Bech * Berdorf * Consdorf * Echternach * Rosport-Mompach * Waldbillig Mergers * On 1 January 2018 the former communes of Rosport and Mompach were merged to create the commune of Rosport-Mompach. The law creating Rosport-Mompach was passed on 24 May 2011. History The origin of the Canton of Echternach, like that of all the cantons of the Grand Duchy, bears dates back to a decree of 31 August 1795, by the Committee of Public Safety in the final days of the Convention. The Canton of Echternach was bordered to the north by the cantons of Vianden and Bitbourg, to the west by the cantons of Diekireh and Mersch, and to the south by the canton of Grevenmacher. Originally, the Canton of Echternach was quite different in its territory from what it is toda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickname
A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally a "moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, used to express affection, playfulness, contempt, or a particular character trait. It is distinct from a pseudonym, stage name, or title, although the concepts can overlap. Etymology The compound word ''ekename'', meaning "additional name", was attested as early as 1303. This word was derived from the Old English word ''eac'', meaning "also", related to ''eacian'', meaning "to increase". By the 15th century, the misdivision of the syllables of the phrase "an ekename" led to its rephrasing as "a nekename". Though the spelling has changed, the meaning of the word has remained relatively stable ever since. Various language conventions English nicknames are generally represented in quotes between the bearer's first and last names (e.g., '' Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower'' and '' Daniel Lamont "Bubba" Franks''). I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg City, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union and hosts several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU. As part of the Low Countries, Luxembourg has close historic, political, and cultural ties to Belgium and the Netherlands. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are greatly influenced by France and Germany: Luxembourgish, a Germanic language, is the only recognized national language of the Luxembourgish people and of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; French is the sole language for legislation; and both languages along with German are used for administrative matters. With an area of , Luxembourg is Europe's seventh-smallest count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Switzerland (landscape)
A little Switzerland or ''Schweiz'' is a landscape, often of wooded hills. This Romantic aesthetic term is not a geographic category, but was widely used in the 19th century to connote dramatic natural scenic features that would be of interest to tourists. Since it was ambiguous from the very beginning, it was flexibly used in travel writing to imply that a landscape had some features, though on a much smaller scale, that might remind a visitor of Switzerland. Rock outcrops The original generic term was applied to dozens of locations in Europe, the bulk of them German-speaking, as well as to other parts of the world, to direct attention to rock outcrops that stand out, usually amid steep forest. The original, 18th-century comparison was usually with the fissured crags of the Jura Mountains on the Franco-Swiss border which hardly rise higher than 1700 metres. Histories of Saxon Switzerland (''Sächsische Schweiz'') in Saxony, Germany, assert that the landscape description ''sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Swiss Alps, Alps and the Jura Mountains, Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's Demographics of Switzerland, 9 million people are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts List of cities in Switzerland, its largest cities and economic centres, including Zurich, Geneva, and Lausanne. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern. It has four main linguistic and cultural regions: German, French, Italian and Romansh language, Romansh. Although most Swiss are German-speaking, national identity is fairly cohesive, being rooted in a common historical background, shared ... [...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] |
Echternach
Echternach (, ; or locally ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in Luxembourg. History The town grew around the Abbey of Echternach, which was founded in 698 by St Willibrord, an English monk from Ripon, Northumbria (in present-day North Yorkshire, England), who became the first bishop of Utrecht and worked to Christianize the Frisians. As bishop, he was the Echternach monastery's abbot until his death in 739. It is in his honour that the notable Dancing procession of Echternach takes place annually on Whit Tuesday. The river Sauer that flows past the town now forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany; in the later Roman Empire and under the Merovingians by contrast, the Sauer did not form a border or march in this area. The Roman villa at Echternach (traces of which were rediscovered in 1975) was reputed to be the largest north of the Alps. Echter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities In Luxembourg
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole". Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaufort, Luxembourg
Beaufort (; ; ) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune and town in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Echternach (canton), Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher (district), Grevenmacher. Commune In 2024, the town of Beaufort, which lies in the centre of the commune, had a population of 2,723. Other towns within the commune include Dillingen, Luxembourg, Dillingen. Population Castle The old castle, protected by a moat, was built in four periods. Based on a document of 1192, it is assumed that Walter of Wiltz and Beaufort was the first Lord of Beaufort. The oldest part of the castle dates from the early 11th century. It was a small square-shaped fortress on a massive rock, surrounded by a wide ditch and a second wall facing the valley. Around the first half of the 12th century, a flanking tower was added and the access gate was moved and enlarged. The marriage of Adelaide of Beaufort with William of Orley in 1348 meant that the castle became th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berdorf
Berdorf () is a commune and small town in eastern Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour .... It is part of the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. Berdorf is known for the sandstone rocks surrounding it. , the town of Berdorf, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 1,466. Other towns within the commune include Bollendorf-Pont, Grundhof, and Weilerbach. Berdorf town hall 2012-08.JPG, Berdorf town hall 04-05-30 Berdorf Lxb 02.jpg, Sandstone Rocks Berdorf (LU), Hohllay -- 2015 -- 6097-101.jpg, Hohllay ("hollow rock") Population References External links * Communes in Echternach (canton) Towns in Luxembourg {{Echternach-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
