German-Luxembourg relations

German-Luxembourg relations

Germany	Luxembourg

The neighboring states of Germany and Luxembourg share a 135-kilometer-long border and since the German-Luxembourg border treaty of December 19, 1984, they have shared German-Luxembourg territory . Both countries are members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe , NATO and the European Union , the euro zone and the Schengen area . The heads of state of both countries take part in the annual meetings of the German-speaking countries .

A German embassy exists in the city of Luxembourg . Luxembourg has an embassy in Berlin . Honorary consuls are active in Aachen , Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , Bremen , Dresden , Düsseldorf , Hamburg , Hanover , Munich , Stuttgart , Trier and Völklingen .

The mother tongue of the Luxembourgers is Luxembourgish ("Lëtzebuergesch"), a Moselle-Franconian dialect .

The French Lorraine , the German Saarland and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg work closely together in various areas within the framework of the European region Saar-Lor-Lux .

There has been a town twinning between Metz and Trier since 1957. This formed the beginning for the QuattroPole , an amalgamation of the Saar-Lor-Lux European region .

history

Signing of a German-Luxembourg social agreement at the Foreign Office, Bonn 1960

Luxembourg was a member of the German Confederation and the German Customs Union .

From 1914 to 1918 German troops occupied Luxembourg in the First World War . The First German Embassy in Luxembourg was used as a large headquarters , which led to resentment.

During the Second World War , the Wehrmacht invaded Luxembourg on the night of May 9-10, 1940 to attack France and occupied the country until 1944. The Grand Duchess Charlotte fled with her family and government via France, Portugal and the United States into exile in Canada and London . From May 1940 the Volksdeutsche movement in Luxembourg was convinced that the Luxembourgers belonged to the “Germanic race” ( Volksdeutsche ) and tried to join the National Socialist German Reich during the occupation of Luxembourg in World War II with the motto “ Heim ins Reich ” . In August 1942 , Germany annexed the occupied country and formed districts out of the districts .

See also : German-Luxembourgers  and Luxembourg in World War II

economy

Germany is the largest buyer of Luxembourg exports. Luxembourg obtains around 30 percent of its total import volume from Germany. Around 38,400 German citizens are employed in Luxembourg, particularly in the border region.

Diplomatic exchange

The German-Belgian-Luxembourg parliamentary group cultivates relations between the German Bundestag and the Chamber . Patrick Schnieder (CDU / CSU) is chairman in the 18th electoral term . Deputy chairpersons are Daniela De Ridder (SPD), Katrin Werner (Die Linke) and Corinna Rüffer (Bündnis90 / Die Grünen).

See also

• List of the German ambassadors in Luxembourg
• Ambassador of the GDR in Luxembourg
• List of the Luxembourg ambassadors in Germany
• Foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Web links

Commons : German-Luxembourg relations  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The German Foreign Office on relations with Luxembourg
• The embassy of Luxembourg in Berlin on Luxembourg associations and groups of friends in the Federal Republic of Germany

Individual evidence

1. ↑ d'Lëtzebuerger Land - At the German Confederation in Eupen (September 2nd, 2016)
2. ↑ German Embassy Luxembourg (German) . Retrieved April 1, 2012.
3. ^ Embassy of Luxembourg in Berlin (German) , accessed on April 1, 2012
4. ↑ Boards of the parliamentary groups in the 18th electoral period ( memento of the original from August 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.