The Lycée Aline Mayrisch is a high school in
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg (; ; ), also known as Luxembourg City ( or ; ; or ), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the Communes of Luxembourg, country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxe ...
, in southern
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 located on
Campus Geesseknäppchen
Campus Geesseknäppchen is a campus, school campus in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg, that is shared by a number of academic institutions and sports facilities of said institutions.
The campus is located in the southwest of the city, just ...
, along with several other educational institutions, most of which, including the Lycée Aline Mayrisch, is in the
quarter of
Hollerich
Hollerich (, ) is a quarter in south-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.
, the quarter has a population of 7,781 inhabitants.
Hollerich railway station is located on CFL Line 70, which connects Luxembourg City to the south-west ...
, in the south-west of the city.
It is named after
Aline Mayrisch: a famous
women's rights
Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...
campaigner,
socialite
A socialite is a person, typically a woman from a wealthy or aristocratic background, who is prominent in high society. A socialite generally spends a significant amount of time attending various fashionable social gatherings, instead of having ...
, and philanthropist, President of the Luxembourgian
Red Cross
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a Humanitarianism, humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteering, volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ...
, and wife of industrialist
Émile Mayrisch
Jacob Émile Albert Mayrisch (10 October 1862 – 5 March 1928) was a Luxembourgish industrialist and businessman. He served as president of Arbed.
He was married to Aline Mayrisch de Saint-Hubert, Aline de Saint-Hubert, who was a famous women ...
.
Footnotes
External links
School official website
Aline Mayrisch
Educational institutions established in 2001
Educational institutions in Luxembourg
2001 establishments in Luxembourg
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