Girls participate in a recent Echternacher Sprangprëssioun in Echternach, Luxembourg. Every year on the Tuesday after Pentecost, or Whit Tuesday, Luxembourg people celebrate a spring dancing procession, the hopping procession of Echternach (Echternacher...
René Daubenfeld with Kevin Wester on a 2024 Luxembourg Legacy Tour. It is with incredible sadness that Luxembourg Legacy announces the passing of our dear friend, René Daubenfeld, of Surré, Luxembourg, on April 6, 2026, at age 67 after a courageous battle with...
Historical map of Luxembourg, by J. Hansen, cartographer. Am I a Luxembourger?"My ancestor was born in such-and-such town, but I googled it and it's in the country of Belgium. I always thought we were Luxembourgers, but are we actually...
Luxie Club on High Street circa 1925 Luxemburger Hall, also colloquially referred to as the “Luxie Club,” located at 416 High Street in Aurora, Illinois, opened in 1917 and holds the distinction of being the only Luxembourg social club still functioning...
Luxembourg Legacy is undertaking the important labor of love of documenting all the Luxembourgish stone houses, barns, chapels and other buildings in the United States There are numerous Luxembourgish stone houses and a few barns and chapels in...
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John Barnich – Celestin Antoine stone house in Lake Church, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Luxembourg Legacy launches effort to document Luxembourg stone structures in US Luxembourg Legacy is undertaking the important labor of love of documenting all the Luxembourgish...
John Grün, of Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg, was a famous strongman. John Grün, who claimed to be the strongest man in the world, was born in Mondorf-les-Bains on August 27,1868, into a family of craftsmen and Yenish people (an indigenous, semi-nomadic group involved...