Gutland

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Fields and forest in the Gutland near Fingig

The Gutland (sometimes referred to as Bon Pays or Pays Bon ) is a landscape that encompasses the south and center of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (about 68% of the national territory), the extreme southwest corner of Rhineland-Palatinate (north of Trier) and the westernmost Area of ​​the Saarland around the places Nennig , Besch and Perl includes. The Gutland is bordered by the Moselle in the (south) east and merges into the Lorraine Basin in the (south) west . In the north it connects to the (also called Islek / Éislek ) Ösling .

The Gutland has a mild, temperate climate as well as productive soils on calcareous, loamy sedimentary formations of the shell limestone , the Keuper and the Lias . The average height is between 200  m and 300  m , with the highest point of the Gutland at 435.8  m in the area of Blaschette . This enables intensive agricultural use on around two thirds of the area for the cultivation of wheat, potatoes, fodder crops and fruit as well as for viticulture on the Moselle. The remaining almost third of the area is made up of mixed forests (mainly oak and hornbeam). The south of the region is more industrial.

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  • in the east the southern part of the Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm
  • the Moselle valley with its viticulture ( Moseltor area )
  • to the Moselle the Mullerthal (the "Little Switzerland") near the German-Luxembourg border with the capital Echternach
  • in the middle of Luxembourg the sandstone plateau with the capital Luxembourg
  • in the south then the fertile marl depressions with wide valleys, which make up the greater part of the Gutland
  • further south the Minette ("land of the red earth"). There the landscape is shaped by industry (especially ore processing). The main towns are Esch-sur-Alzette / Esch an der Alzette (the second largest city in Luxembourg), Dudelange and Differdange .

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