Pfaffenthal

Pfaffenthal ( Luxembourgish Pafendall ) is a neighborhood of the city of Luxembourg in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It lies in the valley of the Alzette between the old city center of Luxembourg and the Kirchberg plateau. Valley is in the name still written in the old German with h. In and around the Pfaffenthal is a series of well-preserved buildings of the former fortress of Luxembourg. Also, the suburb is the site of the first water station of Luxembourg City. It was built in the mid 19th century. In the 1960s, it was demolished down to its chimney.

By Pfaffenthal also the Wenzelsweg, a tourist circuit through the fortifications of the city of Luxembourg. It leads from Pfaffenthal by the district reason up to Fort Thiingen.

The Pfaffenthal is spanned by the Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge ( Lux also: Roud Bréck ( Red Bridge )), which is one of the landmarks of the city of Luxembourg. Likewise, leading the so-called " northern route " of the Luxembourg railway, after passing through the imposing viaduct over the Alzette, through this suburb. At the foot of the viaduct of the railway bridge is also the youth hostel in the city of Luxembourg.

Worth seeing is the old monastery of Altmünster in Mohrenfels road which is now a nursing home. In addition, is the Mohrenfels mill, one of the oldest water mills in the country and former production plant of mustard factory Moutarderie de Luxembourg.

The cyclist Charly Gaul (1932-2005) and the cyclist Elsy Jacobs (1933-1998) was born in Pfaffenthal.

Founded in 1909 football club football club FC Red -Black Pfaffenthal, which plays its home games at the Stade Gaston Diderich, merged in 2007 with the FC Egalite Weimerskirch for FC Red -Black- Egalite 07 Pfaffenthal -Weimerskirch.

On 30 May 1976, here is a heavy gas explosion that took a whole quarter strongly affected occurred. The reconstruction took place in the context of urban redevelopment, the so-called ' Béinchen' project from 1982 and was towards the end of 1984 and completed in early 1985.