Walferdange

Walferdingen ( Luxembourgish Walfer, French Walferdange ) is a municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in the canton of Luxembourg.

Composition of the community

The municipality consists of the villages Walferdingen:

• Bereldange ( Lux Bäreldeng )
• Helm singing ( Lux Helsem )
• Walferdingen

Location

Walferdingen lies just north of the urban area of the City of Luxembourg in the Alzette valley; the villages Walferdingen and helmet are singing right of the river, Bereldange on the left.

Historical heritage

Castle

The Walferdange Castle (Château Walferdange ) was assigned to the Grand Duke Adolf addition to the city residence by the Constitution as a residence. As a dedicated winemakers here he let his guests are happy to serve a fine wine from our own production. Later, the assignment was changed in favor of the castle hill. Currently, this former residential palace houses the Faculty of Linguistics and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education, University of Luxembourg.

Roman certificates

In addition to a villa of Roman origin, the " Raschpëtzer - Qanat " said Roman water recovery system is remarkable. The resort is built around 130 AD and entertain to about 267 AD and was used to extract water from the underground of Pëtschend - height and the Haedchen Valley over a 600 m long underground galleries and a series of vertical shafts, the from the top surface lead to the studs. By means of this entry well system was tapped in the sandstone on a marl layer existing groundwater and the end of the tunnel about eight hundred yards away, fed ninety feet below the Roman settlement. The north unchallanged system of the Alps was only rediscovered in October 1986. The amount of drinking water quality is excellent up to now constant 180 cubic meters per day.

Traffic

Walferdingen is traffic- served by the station Walferdingen, the national road N 7, several bus lines, as well as the municipal bus " Walfy ".

Community partnerships

Partner municipalities of Walferdingen are Limana in Italy, in France and Longuyon Schmitshausen in Germany.

Others

In a tunnel at the present nature reserve Sonnebierg earlier gypsum was mined; the tunnel is now used for the assembly and testing of measuring instruments for geophysical research due to its optimal conditions.

Pictures

Railroad crossing helmet singing

Look at Walferdingen

Nature reserve Sonnebierg

Adit chalk mine (gypsum mines Walferdingen )