Beaufort, Luxembourg

Beaufort ( Luxembourgish Beefort, French Beaufort) is a municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and is located in the canton of Echternach, District Grevenmacher. The municipality consists of the villages Beaufort Beaufort, Grundhof and Dillingen.

Attractions

Befort the tourist center of Müller Thal region, also Luxembourg's Little Switzerland is called, near Echternach. The main attraction of the place is the ruins of a castle from the 11th - 17th Century, which was first mentioned in 1192. Also worth seeing is the Renaissance castle of 1648, which was built by the Luxembourg Governor Johann Freiherr von Beck. The ruins can be completely inspected, the inhabited castle is not. Furthermore, stands in the center a neo-Gothic church from 1852.

Other tourist attractions make the modern swimming pool ( open from May to August) is and the ice rink ( open from November to March). Their area of ​​2,400 square meters is covered since the fall of 2011 with a covering of light gray textile fabric for protection against the weather.

It is also known Beforter nightclub "The Flying Dutchman " in which especially rock music.

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