Limpertsberg

Luxembourg, Limpertsberg highlighted

The Limpertsberg ( Luxembourgish Lampertsbierg ) is a district of the city of Luxembourg . In 2016, 10,407 people lived in the district, which puts it in third place of all districts in the city. The name comes from Mont-Saint-Lampert, as the hill was called.

history

At the time when Luxembourg was a fortress, the Limpertsberg was outside this fortress behind the glacis , part of the fortress .

In 1755, the construction of the Nikolaus Church on the Limpertsberg, outside the city walls, began. Otto Linnemann from Frankfurt created all of the glass windows for the church on Limpertsberg in 1912 . Shown were u. a .: 2 scenes from the life of the Egyptian Joseph, the Annunciation, the birth of Christ, the flight into Egypt, Joseph's death, the crucifixion. There are numerous sketches and old photos in the Linnemann archive. Otto Linnemann also designed the stained glass windows of the Sacred Heart Church in the train station district of Luxembourg City.

After the London Treaty of 1867, through which the fortress was razed , the city could also expand on the Limpertsberg. It settled rose nurseries , which export their flowers in the world. Since 2006 there has been a circular route "Die Rosen vom Limpertsberg" described by the Luxembourg City Tourist Office.

Limpertsberg today

Nowadays the Limpertsberg is a mixed zone with residential and commercial buildings. There are also numerous educational institutions such as the university , the Lycée de garçons (LGL), the Lycée Robert Schuman, the Lycée Vauban, the Lycée Technique des Arts et Métiers (popularly "craft school"), the Lycée Technique du Center, the Lycée Technique Michel Lucius, the French School and the Waldorf School.

The multipurpose hall "Hall Victor Hugo" and the great theater of the city are located on the Limpertsberg.

There are also some embassies and consulates in this part of the city, e.g. B. The American and Spanish embassies (both in rue Emmanuel Servais ) and the Canadian consulate. The embassy of the Czech Republic in Luxembourg, which was reopened in 2014, is also located on Limpertsberg.

The municipal fair " Schueberfouer " takes place annually on the Glacis field from the end of August to the beginning of September .

Sons and daughters

Simone Beissel (born April 27, 1953), Luxembourg politician of the Democratic Party
Jean Engling (born October 13, 1801 in Christnach; † March 13, 1888 in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg), Luxembourgish theologian, chaplain, local researcher and educator
Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt, known as Captain von Köpenick (born February 13, 1849 in Tilsit; † January 3, 1922 in Luxemburg-Limpertsberg)
André Reuter (born January 27, 1947), Luxembourg economist and information scientist, founding rector of eufom University and of the ISEC University of Economics ISEC HdW