Grünewald (Luxembourg)

The Green Forest ( Lux: Gréngewald ) is the largest contiguous forest in Luxembourg and mostly state-owned.

The Green Forest, where the white and the black Ernz spring, is located in the northeast of the city of Luxembourg. On the western edge of the forest at Walferdange are the Rasch fountain, an underground aqueduct system from Roman times.

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In the 19th century the Grünewald was 2623 hectares, today is that there 2,500 hectares in 1845, the Dutch King - Grand Duke William II, the state bought 669 acres of forest. After the grand ducal family had bought added gradually more and more forest, the state bought them in 1934 for 20 million francs ( € 500,000 ), again from 776.12 hectares. Through the proceeds to the then tense financial situation of the dynasty improved.

In July 2006 it was announced that Grand Duke Henri intend to be part of the Green Forest, which is still in his possession to sell. In return, the forest would be made available at certain seasons of the population. The project was dropped back in September of the same year, when it turned out that the Luxembourg State are not the necessary funds available. However, it was agreed that the state would take over a portion of the maintenance costs and the forest will nonetheless made accessible at certain seasons of the population.

The grand ducal family still owns (2007) about 850 acres of the Green Forest.

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• Geography ( Luxembourg )