Saar-Lor-Lux

The Saar- Lor- Lux region consists of the Saarland ( " Saar " ), the French region of Lorraine (French Lorraine - " Lor " ), the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( "Lux ") and today the Belgian region of Wallonia, and the Rhineland- Palatinate. It covers an area of ​​36,700 km ², on the approximately 4.7 million people. In importance the region won mainly by the Coal and Steel Community, the associated coal mining and the steel industry. She is a European region.

Formation

The euro region SaarLorLuxRhein was founded on 15 February 1995., The term " Saar -Lor -Lux " in 1969 marked by Hubertus Rolshoven, founding president of the IRI ( Institut Régional Intracommunautaire, now Institute of the Greater Region ) and 1957-1969 Chairman of the Saarland coal company Saarberg. Historically, the term is justified on the economic level and is closely related to the coal and steel industries in the border triangle of Saarland, Lorraine and Luxembourg and the activities of the major heavy industry companies, such as the Luxembourg Arbed.

The Saar-Lor -Lux is based on the agreement between the Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on cooperation in the border areas of 16 October 1980. For the promotion of economic, cultural, tourist and social development region, authorities and institutions across borders.

Development of the Greater Region

The Saar -Lor -Lux region has gradually evolved so that now Luxembourg, Lorraine, Saarland, Rhineland -Palatinate and Wallonia are designated by the French and German-speaking Community of Belgium together as the broader region. A distinction between the Saar- Lor -Lux and the surrounding region as well as other cross-border networks and cooperation is important because each have different bodies with different powers and instruments operate these networks.