Colmar-Berg
Colmar-Berg
Colmer-Bierg | |
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| Town hall Town hall | |
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Coat of arms of Colmar-Berg Coat of arms | |
| Map of Luxembourg with Colmar-Berg highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red Map of Luxembourg with Colmar-Berg highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg |
| Canton | Mersch |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mandy Arendt |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.31 km2 (4.75 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 88th of 100 |
| Highest elevation | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
| • Rank | 73rd of 100 |
| Lowest elevation | 201 m (659 ft) |
| • Rank | 26th of 100 |
| • Rank | 65th of 100 |
| • Rank | 44th of 100 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| LAU 2 | LU0000401 |
| Website | colmar-berg.lu |
Colmar-Berg (Luxembourgish: Colmer-Bierg, German: Colmar-Berg) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Attert and Alzette. Colmar-Berg is the site of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg's principal residence, Berg Castle. It is also the site of a Goodyear tyre factory. The commune was known as simply "Berg" until 25 March 1991.[1]
The "Centre de Formation pour Conducteurs" (French for "Drivers' Training Centre") is also in Colmar-Berg. Every person has to make an "Obligatory Course" after they got their driving license in order for it to become a definitive license. This has to be done in the timespan after three months and before two years after the person passed their practical driving test.
Population
Notable people
- Frantz Heldenstein (1892–1975), a Luxembourgian sculptor.
- Jean Kieffer (1909–1961), a Luxembourgian flyweight boxer; competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Aristocracy
- Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894–1924), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 to 1919.
- Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896–1985), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964.
- Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921–2019), the Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000.
- Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927–1977), younger son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma
References
- ↑ "Mémorial A, 1991, No. 25" (PDF) (in français). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-18.
- ↑ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
External links
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Colmar-Berg at Wikimedia Commons
