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242  BEL GIUM AND L UXEMBOURG REGION B Y REGION

Exploring the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg measures only 80 km (50 miles) from
top to bottom. Its capital, Luxembourg City, is in the southern sector, Liège
where the bulk of the population is settled. Called the Gutland (Good
Land), the south is also the main farming region.The old industrial
heartland of the southwest, the centre of the iron and steel industries, Weiswampach
is known as Minette, or the Red Lands for the ore-tinted colour of the
soil. The north, called the Eisléck or Oesling, is dominated by the Troisvierges
wooded hills of the Ardennes and is more sparsely populated. The Asselborn
famously beautiful landscape of Little Switzerland is in the east.
There are four main rivers: the Sûre, which crosses the Ardennes; Troine
the Alzette, which flows through Luxembourg City; the Moselle, CLERVAUX
which forms the southeastern border with Germany, and Marnach
provides a fertile valley for Luxembourg’s vineyards; and the Hosingen
Our, which marks the rest of the German border. Eschweiler Clerve Our

WILTZ Wiltz Oesling
VIANDEN
CHÂTEAU DE
Sûre BOURSCHEID Bastendorf
Lultzhausen
ESCH-SUR- Wallendorf
SÛRE Welscheid DIEKIRCH Dillingen
Arsdorf Beaufort
RINDSCHLEIDEN Ettelbrück Berdorf
Martelange A TOUR OF PETITE ECHTERNACH
Rambrouch Wahl SUISSE LUXEMBOURGEOISE
GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG
Useldange
Redange LAROCHETTE Ernz Noire Müllerthal
VALLÉE DES SEPT CHÂTEAUX Junglinster
Berbourg
Extensive vineyards at the wine making commune of Remich, on the Mersch Wasserbillig
Beckerich
banks of River Moselle Hollenfels
Gaichel Ansembourg Bourglinster Grevenmacher
0 kilometres 10 Septfontaines Rodenbourg
0 miles 10 Koerich
Niederaven Flaxweiler
Capellen
Alzette
Wormeldange Moselle
Eisch
Sights at a Glance Ehnen
Arlon, LUXEMBOURG
Villages, Towns and Cities Museums Namur CITY
LUXEMBOURG’S
1 Luxembourg City pp244–49 3 Musée National des Clémency MOSELLE VALLEY
2 Fond-de-Gras Mines de Fer Contern
4 Mondorf-les-Bains Bascharage Hespérlange Dalheim Remich
6 Larochette Tours Pétange Sanem Bech-
8 Echternach 7 A Tour of Petite Suisse MONDORF- Kleinmacher
9 Diekirch Luxembourgeoise p254 FOND-DE-GRAS Bettembourg LES-BAINS Wellenstein
w Clervaux Areas of Natural Beauty Differdange Remerschen
e Wiltz Esch-sur-
r Esch-sur-Sûre 5 Luxembourg’s Moselle Alzette Schengen
t Rindschleiden Valley Dudelange
MUSÉE NATIONAL DES
MINES DE FER
Castles and Châteaux
0 Vianden
q Château de Bourscheid
y Vallée des Sept Châteaux
For hotels and restaurants see p271 and p292–3
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