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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
By Mark on October 23, 2008
Luxembourg is a small country in the north-west of Europe, surrounded by the countries of Belgium which includes the upland region of Ardenne to the the north and west, Germany to the east which includes the Eifel highlands and France to the west. It is also one of the oldest counties in Europe. The climate is quite continental, in the south the country has warm summers and Autumns and that is where the grapes ripen to produce beautiful wines. But up inthe north of the country the winters can be very cold and harsh at times. There are sizeable forests around Luxembourg, but the grounds in some areas is hilly and rocky with little fertile soil.
This is a satellite of Europe with Luxembourg in the middle, taken from Google Earth.
This is a satellite image from Google Earth of Luxembourg in Europe.
This is a satellite image of the capital city of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, taken from Google Earth.
The economy of Luxembourg is depends still on Iron and Steel industries which are still quite important, and the light industries including textiles, chemicals and food products are starting to grow and improving all the time as well is the farming industry. Luxembourg is still a major banking centre, even though we are having problems world wide at the moment. The main trading partners are Belgium, France and Germany, but trading around Europe is still strong.
This is a picture taken from panoramio of the capital city of Luxembourg.
This is a picture taken from panoramio of the capitals city street.
Luxembourg was occupied many years ago by the Romans, and then in the 5th century it was taken over by the Franks. The Duchy of Luxembourg was created in the 1354, it was seized by the Burgundy in 1443, to which it was then passed over to the Habsburgs in 1477and then on to Spain in 1555. The French occupied Luxembourg between 1684 to 1697. The first ever count of Luxembourg was Conrad in 1060. After the war of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), the country was passed back to the Habsburgs. Then in 1815 the country was then passed on to the Netherlands in 1815, but joined the Belgiums in the revolt of 1830. In 1831 Luxembourg was divided, the Walloon-speaking region became a part of Belgium and the rest remained with the Netherlands. In 1839 the Dutch part became The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with it’s own government. When the king of the Netherlands died in 1890, the two countries ended up with different royal families as the king did not have an heir to take over. In 1921 Luxembourg entered into a economic union with Belgium, and then the Netherlands joined in 1948 creating a union named as Benelux Economic Union, and it became the first free trading union in Europe. Luxembourg is a member of the European Community.
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Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.
3:33 pm on October 25th, 2008
Very interesting Mark. I hhave visited once or twice when I was younger. It is a lovely place to see. Well done