Guided Summer Tours What’s on A perfect day Guttland by bike Discover Event Special discovery The art of day & night Highlights tours cycling Guttland Stories Absorb the vibe of Luxembourg’s calm heart SRING-SUMMER 1/2020 - ENGLISH The region 27 Member municipalities at a glance 693 km2 www.visitguttland.lu Area Luxembourg: 2.586 km2 Grosbous Wahl Mertzig 24% Number of inhabitants Ernz Blanche Vichten of total population Préizerdaul Bissen e Useldange Ell Redange Ernz Noir Mersch 6 rivers Beckerich Saeul Wark, Attert, Alzette, Mamer, Eisch & Syre Helperknapp Lorentzweiler Kehlen Steinsel Koerich Heisdorf Kopstal Niederanven 10 railway Walferdange Steinfort Capellen e Kleinbettingen stations Mosell Mamer LUXEMBOURG Munsbach Garnich Sandweiler Schuttrange Contern > 10 castles Ansembourg (2), Colpach-Bas, Weiler -la-Tour Hollenfels, Koerich, Mersch, Munsbach, Pettingen, Alzette Schoenfels & Useldange… < 1.000 km Hiking trails Railway Train station Motorway Watercourse > 130 km Cycle paths 2 GUTTLAND STORIES ABSORB THE VIBE OF LUXEMBOURG’S CALM HEART Content 4-5 Ah sou! Surprising facts about the Guttland region 4 6-15 Guided Summer Tours 30 Discover day & night 16-35 What’s On Event Highlights 36-43 A Perfect Day 11 Special discovery tours 44-61 Guttland by Bike The art of cycling 40 33 52 56 3 Ah sou! Surprising facts about the Guttland region The fastest water slide The oldest brewery The only regional currency in the Greater Region of Luxemburg in Luxemburg: De Beki The swimming pool in Redange, Beer was already brewed more The canton of Redange strengthens the “Réidener Schwämm” has inau- than 1,700 years ago in the Roman the regional economy and purchasing gurated the last year 2 new water villa “A Miecher” in Goeblange! power with its own local currency, slides: Magic Twice – exciting head The discovery in the year 2007 of called “Beki”. You can exchange it in to head sliding on time & Turbo a well-preserved mash tank, which the banks in Redange, at the Atert/ Speed - the fastest water slide in can contain 5,000 liters, has confir- Wark tourist information centre in the Greater Region. med this presumption. Useldange, or at the “De Kär” asso- ciation in the mill of Beckerich. www.reidener-schwemm.lu www.gka.lu www.beki.lu Centre of the Luxembour- Ancient civil engineering Mediterranean flair in gish pottery: Nospelt from Luxembourg: the Guttland: The nature the Raschpëtzer reserve Aarnescht High quality household utensils were made from terracotta in Nospelt sin- The fully functional underground The nature reserve Aarnescht in ce 1458, and have been very popular aqueduct “Raschpëtzer” in the Niederanven is specially known beyond the Grand Duchy’s borders. forest of Helmsange, is one of the for its high number of different The last production facility closed in most impressive and well preserved Orchid species. By the south-fa- the year 1914. The last survivors of tunnel structures from the Roman cing hillsides, the climate here is that tradition: the “Péckvillercher”, times north of the Alps. unique, which gives the Aarnescht ceramic pipes in the form of a bird, a a Mediterranean character. typically Luxembourg artefact. www.sitwalfer.lu 4 GUTTLAND STORIES ABSORB THE VIBE OF LUXEMBOURG’S CALM HEART A Center for European Amity: Colpach Luxembourgish steel industrialist and Chairman of the Board of Di- rectors of ARBED, Émile Mayrisch (1862-1928) was and still is regarded as a former representative of Euro- pean integration. His residence, the castle of Colpach, developed into a meeting place for writers, thinkers and artists, “a center for european amity”, as Paul Desjardins wrote. Father of the Luxembourgish geology: Michel Lucius 1876-1961 A very eminent geologist! The creation of a geological map of Luxembourg in eight sheets in a record time of only 14 years (bet- ween 1936 and 1950), in addition to countless publications and books, is the probably greatest life work of Dr. Michel Lucius. The house where he was born in his home village of Reimberg was turned into a mu- Émile Mayrisch seum in 2005. 5 Guided Summer Tours Guided Summer Tours! Due to the negative impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Regional Tourism Office Central/Western Luxembourg supports its regional actors and sponsors the entire summer guided tours programme 2020. The participation at all the guided tours are free for you! Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, participants must register in advance. The maximum number of participants will be adjusted to the situation at the time of the visit. Registration: T +352 28 22 78 62 / [email protected] 6 GUTTLAND STORIES ABSORB THE VIBE OF LUXEMBOURG’S CALM HEART Discover day & night! 7 Guided Summer Tours Guttland Classics Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays 20.07, 27.07, 03.08, 21.07, 28.07, 04.08, 22.07, 29.07, 05.08, 10.08, 17.08, 24.08 11.08, 18.08, 25.08 12.08, 19.08, 26.08 The stupendous gardens Salvete! The Roman villa Mersch City Tour of Ansembourg Castle Micher in Goeblange 10:00 AM-12:00 noon 10:30 AM-12:00 noon 10:00-11:30 AM LU/DE/FR FR LU/DE/FR Meeting place: Meeting place: Meeting place: St. Michel Platz 10, rue de la Vallée Parking Roman Villa L-7556 Mersch L-7411 Ansembourg (Reception) (road between Goeblange and Simmerschmelz) We will embark on a historical tour Balsam for the soul. We plunge of Mersch along numerous sights into a sheltered paradise garden in History buff? Then you are bound such as the municipal park, the the Valley of the 7 Castles. We will to find your fill at the Villa Rustica decanal church and the museum visit the terraced French gardens of “A Miecher”. We will visit the in the castle chapel. Interesting surrounded by a natural setting to exposed foundations of a large facts, enthralling anecdotes and old discover rare plant species, fruit Gallo-Roman estate in the Trever- legends await you on this journey trees and decorative fountains, ian region. The estate comprises a into the past. The itinerary will a maze, plus the “Mythological walled area of 5 hectares with at be adapted to the wishes of the Promenade” which comprises 10 least seven stone buildings. In ad- participants and to the weather statues from Greek and Roman dition to the luxurious manor, two conditions. mythology. other residential buildings, a small temple and three outbuildings complete today’s picture. 8 GUTTLAND STORIES ABSORB THE VIBE OF LUXEMBOURG’S CALM HEART Thursdays Fridays Saturdays 23.07, 30.07, 06.08, 24.07, 31.07, 07.08, 25.07, 01.08, 08.08, 13.08, 20.08, 27.08 14.08, 21.08, 28.08 15.08, 22.08, 29.08 Michel Lucius Museum “Raschpëtzer” qanat “Schlammwiss” & Water tower Nature Reserve 10:00 AM-12:30 PM 10:00 AM-12:00 noon LU/DE/EN/FR 09:00-11:30 AM LU/DE/FR Meeting place: LU/DE/EN/FR Meeting place: rue Dr. Lucius Raschpëtzer CR125 parking Meeting place: L-8614 Reimberg (between Walferdingen and Football field parking Stafelter) L-5376 Uebersyren A very eminent geologist in his day, http://g-o.lu/3/yTV3 Michel Lucius was also known as Important: Please wear suitable Welcome to the Côte de la Syr! “Dellerts Misch“! The house where shoes. The tour is 2.5 km long and The 375-hectare marshland he was born is home to a small mu- goes uphill and downhill. Schlammwiss in Uebersyren is the seum in his honour, where you can largest contiguous reed bed area learn all about his life, travels and We will visit the “Raschpëtzer” qanat in Luxembourg. In addition to above all, his research. You should in Helmesange Forest, an impressi- numerous activities to discover in not hesitate to book the tour of ve underground aqueduct from the this unique nature reserve, there is the water tower (which dates from Gallo-Roman period, which is still a bird ringing station here which 1932), which houses another exhibi- water-bearing and from the 1st to 3rd plays an important role in research tion on geology. century, supplied a larger villa with and studies on biodiversity and more than 180 m³ of water per day. nature conservation. This tour is The complex has been secured in part not only for adults. Children are by construction measures and made most welcome. accessible to visitors. The covers of two shafts have glass windows. Gla- re-free lighting affords a view of the flowing water down to the bottom of the shaft. The visitors’ gallery leads to the bottom of a shaft. 9 Guided Summer Tours Guttland for kids Tuesdays Wednesdays 21.07, 28.07, 04.08, 11.08, 18.08, 25.08 22.07, 29.07, 05.08, 12.08, 09.08, 26.08 Slate museum of Upper Martelange Mill Museum in Beckerich “D’Fliedermaartelmaus” Attention: It is haunted! Riddle story & workshop 3:00-4:30 PM 2:00 - 5:00 PM LU/FR Meeting place: Maison 3 Meeting place: 103 Huewelerstrooss L-8823 Haut-Martelange (main entrance by the pond) L-8521 Beckerich (Inner courtyard of the mill) Important: Please bring sturdy shoes and a warm Important: Adapt clothing to weather conditions! jacket! The temperature in the vault is always 9° C. Suitable for children as of the age of 6 accompanied Visit without adult accompaniment by an adult. Duration: 3 hours; schedule: arrival: 15 minutes / story: The history of the mill, visit of the mill 45 minutes / vault: 45 minutes / workshop: 60 minutes and the sawmill for slate tablet and decoration / return: 15 minutes. We will together discover the historical old mill of By way of introduction, there is a Kamishibai, a genui- Beckerich, with all its secrets and anecdotes.