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Wasserbillig
Wasserbillig ( ) is a town in the commune of Mertert, in eastern Luxembourg. , Wasserbillig has 3,485 inhabitants, which makes it the largest town in Mertert. Wasserbillig is the administrative seat of the commune of Mertert. Geography Wasserbillig lies at the confluence of the rivers Moselle and Sauer, which form the border with Germany at the town. On the opposite side of the Moselle and linked by a car ferry lies Oberbillig, Germany; on the opposite side of the Sauer and linked by vehicle and rail bridges lies Wasserbilligerbrück, Germany. Wasserbillig is the lowest settlement in Luxembourg, at above sea level. History Around 100 AD, there was already a town where Wasserbillig is situated which the Roman named Biliacum. This is also where the second part of Wasserbillig's name comes from (-''billig'' from ''Biliacum''). It was mainly a transloading harbour for goods coming down the Sauer or by cart. During the construction of the bridge over the Sauer in 1952, remnan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasserbilligerbrück
Langsur is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mesenich Mesenich is a small Germany, German village belonging to the ''Verbandsgemeinde, Ortsgemeinde'' of Langsur. It is located on the north of the verbandsgemeinde, near the Sauer Valley Bridge (Wasserbillig), Sauertalbrücke, the bridge in which the Bundesautobahn 64, the motorway connecting Luxembourg City and Trier, crosses the Sauer. It is also near a solar park and a natural rock mine. Wasserbilligerbrück Wasserbilligerbrück is another small Germany, German village belonging to the ''Verbandsgemeinde, Ortsgemeinde'' of Langsur. It is located on the bridge across the Sauer connecting it to the Luxembourgish town of Wasserbillig. References Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Trier-Saarburg {{TrierSaarburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasserbillig Crèche Hostage Crisis
The Wasserbillig crèche hostage crisis occurred on 31 May 2000, when Neji Bejaouti, armed with a pistol and hand grenades, entered the Spatzennascht crèche in Wasserbillig, Luxembourg, and kidnapped 43 children aged one to ten and five educators. Details Bejaouti, described by his attorney as "paranoid" and "a poor man with a weak plan", had lost custody of his children - who had attended the crèche - in 1994. He viewed this as an "injustice" that "needed to be corrected". The crisis culminated in a swift resolution when two policemen A police officer (also called policeman or policewoman, cop, officer or constable) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, ''police officer'' is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of t ..., disguised as journalists, convinced Bejaouti to exit the building under the pretense of interviewing him. A police sniper seized the opportunity to shoot Bejaouti as he appeared with two hosta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasserbillig Railway Station
Wasserbillig railway station (, , ) is a railway station serving Wasserbillig,https://rail.lu/garewasserbillig.html in the Communes of Luxembourg, commune of Mertert, in eastern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the public ownership, state-owned railway company. The station is situated on CFL Line 30, Line 30, which connects Luxembourg City to the east of the country and Trier. References External links Official CFL page on Wasserbillig station Mertert Railway stations in Luxembourg Railway stations on CFL Line 30 {{Luxembourg-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFL Line 30
Line 30 is a Luxembourgish railway line connecting Luxembourg City to Wasserbillig, where it runs on the Trier West Railway, connecting to Trier in western Germany. The terminus at the western end is Luxembourg railway station. It is designated and predominantly operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois. Stations * Luxembourg * Cents-Hamm * Sandweiler-Contern * Oetrange * Munsbach * Roodt * Betzdorf * Wecker * Manternach * Mertert * Wasserbillig Wasserbillig ( ) is a town in the commune of Mertert, in eastern Luxembourg. , Wasserbillig has 3,485 inhabitants, which makes it the largest town in Mertert. Wasserbillig is the administrative seat of the commune of Mertert. Geography Wass ... * Trier (Germany) * Schweich (Germany) Railway lines in Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-rail-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mertert
Mertert () is a commune and town in eastern Luxembourg, on the border with Germany. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher. The commune consists of the towns of Mertert and Wasserbillig. Mertert has a river port on the Moselle, the largest in Luxembourg. The commune's administrative centre is Wasserbillig. , the town of Mertert, which lies in the south of the commune, has a population of 1,861. Population Notable people * Pierre Frieden (1892–1959), a Luxembourg politician and writer; the 17th Prime Minister of Luxembourg in 1958/1959. * Jacques Santer (born 1937 in Wasserbillig), a Luxembourgish politician; the 20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg, 1984/1995 and the 9th President of the European Commission, 1995/1999 * General Mario Daubenfeld (born 1958 in Wasserbillig), a Luxembourgish soldier and a former Chief of Defence A chief of defence (or head of defence) is the highest ranked Officer (armed forces), commissioned officer of a nation's armed forces. The acrony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberbillig
Oberbillig is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The municipality is situated on the Moselle river, a situation reflected in the design of its coat of arms. There is a car ferry across the Moselle that connects Oberbillig in Germany to the city of Wasserbillig in Luxemburg. History The town's foundation dates back to the Roman era. During the Middle Ages Oberbillig as well as the neighboring town of Wasserbillig used to be one community, called Billig and belonged to the grand duchy of Luxembourg until the two parts were split after the Vienna Congress. Oberbillig was handed over to Prussia, while Wasserbillig remained luxembourgish. A small church building dates from 1864 From 18 July 1946 to 6 June 1947 Oberbillig, in its then municipal boundary, formed part of the Saar Protectorate The Saar Protectorate ( ; ), officially Saarland (), was a short-lived French protectorate and a disputed territory separated from Germany. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sauer
The Sauer ( German and Luxembourgish, , ) or Sûre ( French, ) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. A left tributary of the Moselle, its total length is . Rising near Vaux-sur-Sûre in the Ardennes in southeastern Belgium, the Sauer flows eastwards and becomes the border with Luxembourg near Martelange. It forms the border between Belgium and Luxembourg for north of Martelange. West of Esch-sur-Sûre it flows into an artificial lake, the Upper Sûre Lake created by the Esch-sur-Sûre Dam, which gives its (French) name to the Luxembourgish commune of Lac de la Haute-Sûre. After flowing through Ettelbruck and Diekirch, the Sauer forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany for the last of its course, passing Echternach before emptying into the Moselle in Wasserbillig. The rivers Wiltz, Alzette, White Ernz, Black Ernz, Our, and Prüm Prüm () is a town in the Westeifel (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany. Formerly a district capital, today it is the administr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A small part of Belgium is in its drainage basin, basin as it includes the Sauer and the Our River, Our. Its lower course "twists and turns its way between Trier and Koblenz along one of Germany's most beautiful river valleys."''Moselle: Holidays in one of Germany's most beautiful river valleys'' at www.romantic-germany.info. Retrieved 23 Jan 2016. In this section the land to the north is the Eifel which stretches into Belgium; to the south lies the Hunsrück. The river flows through a region that was cultivated by the Romans. Today, its hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Santer
Jacques Santer (born 18 May 1937) is a Luxembourgish politician who served as president of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999. He served as the finance minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and as prime minister of Luxembourg from 1984 to 1995, as a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), which was the leading party in the Luxembourgish government between 1979 and 2013. As Prime Minister of Luxembourg, he also led the negotiations on the Single European Act, which effectively set aside the 20-year-old Luxembourg Compromise. Career He graduated in 1959 from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and received his doctorate in law in 1961. From 1972 to 1974 he was a junior minister in the government. From 1979 to 1984 he was Minister of Finance, Minister for Work and Minister for Social Security, under Pierre Werner, in the coalition government between the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) and the liberal Democratic Party. After the gen ... [...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] |
