Oberkorn

Upper grain ( Luxembourgish Uewerkuer, French Obercorn ), is a village in the municipality of Differdange Esch -Alzette in the canton in Luxembourg. It has about 3000 inhabitants and has an outdoor swimming pool.

History

Differdange in 1907 was the title of city conferred by the Grand Duke. The community Differdange consisted of the four villages Differdange, Upper, Niederkorn and Lasauvage since the beginning of the 19th century. The Fousbann district developed only gradually in the 20th century and considers the settlements Cité Henry Grey, the Cité Kauffmann. Below the Ronneberges and Kiemrichs ( Kiemreech ) south of upper particle was located from 1871 to 1920, the three countries of Luxembourg, the German Empire and France.

Meaning of the name

The names of Upper and Lower grain grain coming from the Meuse- flow grain, which originates in the upper grain and also flows through Niederkorn.

Attractions

• The swimming pool in the upper grain is known in the region. It was one in July 2008 7400 visitors, a record 2006 was also the month of July, there were 20 000 visitors.
• The Cultural Centre Noppeney.
• The hill Rattem with 387 m is the highest in the area.
• The old Wasserréservoir to the showroom transformed, Espace H2O known as, on the Rattem.

The British band Depeche Mode has a song (Upper Korn - It's a small town) is named after this city.