Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the north and east, and France to the south.  It has an area of about 2,580 square kilometres.  For further details on the country, see the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg. 

Luxembourg is divided geographically into two areas:

• The northern third, which is known as the 'Oesling', forms part of the Ardennes - a limestone plateau stretching into neighbouring Belgium.  This part of Luxembourg rises to a series of hills, some reaching over 500 metres.  This region is sparsely populated.  

• The southern two-thirds, called the 'Gutland' is more densely populated.  It consists of the low sandstone Luxembourg plateau in the south-central area.  'Little Switzerland', in the east, consists of dense forests and rocky outcrops. Along the south-eastern border of the country lies the low-lying valley of the Moselle.  In the south and south-west lie the 'Red Lands', an low altitude undulating area where most of the principal towns of the country can be found.  

Luxembourg's highest point is traditionally given as Buurgplaaz, at an altitude of 559 metres.  This lies in the far north-east of the country, close to the Belgian border at 50 degrees 10 minutes north, 6 degrees 1 minute east. However, recent altitude readings have shown the nearby hill of Kneiff in the commune of Troisvierges, to be one metre higher.  The prominence col for this hill lies over the Belgian border, about 1.5 kilometres north-west of Maldingen, at an altitude of about 505 metres.  Thus Kneiff has an altitude of 560 metres but a prominence of only about 55 metres.  

The most prominent hill in Luxembourg is Préventbësch, about 10 kilometres north-east of Luxembourg City.  This has an altitude at its highest point of 436 metres and a prominence of 153 metres.

There are only five hills in the country with at least 100m of prominence, none of which reaches even 500m in height.

The five Luxembourgois hills of 100m of prominence are also included in the downloadable leaflet 'Prominent Hills of Benelux', which can be downloaded from the Belgium page on this website.

A list of all the hills in Luxembourg of at least 90m of prominence can be downloaded from the attachment at the bottom of this page. 

In addition, these hills

Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg

Aféirung (tr. O M Norby)

Des Websäit huet d'Ziel fir eng komplett Oplëschtung vun allen Tabellen an Lëschten vun den Héichten an Bierger an Europa ze sinn, entweder direkt op dëser Websäit verfügbar oder als Hyperlink op aaner Websäiten.

Déi meescht Lëschten ob dëser Websäit sinn op Grond vun hierer 'Wichtegkeetsklassifikatioun' (oder 'Offall') ausgewielt ginn. Dëst ass eng Aart fir verschidden Héichten an Bierger ze identifizéieren. 'Wichtegkeet' oder 'Offall' (eng. 'drop') kann een als Héicht tëschend der Héicht vum Gipfel an dem niddregsten Punkt vun enger Waasserscheed déi mat engem méi héichen Gipfel verbonnen ass, bezeechnen. E puer Lëschten wärten och en Héichtenkritère opweisen.

Den héichsten Punkt zu Lëtzebuerg ass traditionell Buergplaz mat enger Héicht vun 559m. Dës Plaaz ass ganz am Nordosten vum Land, noo bei der belscher Grenz, 50 Grad 10 Minuten Nord, 6 Grad 1 Minutt Ost. Allerdengs hunn rezent Héichtenmiessungen erginn, dass d'Héicht genannt Kneiff an der Gemeng Troisvierges 1m méi héich ass. Den ervirstohenden Gebirgspass vun der Héicht läit op belscher Säit, ongeféier 1,5km nordwestlech vun Maldingen op enger Héicht vun ongeféier 505m. Domadder huet Kneiff eng Héicht vun 560m awer steet nëmmen 55 ervir.

Déi ervirstiechendst Héicht zu Lëtzebuerg ass den deck bewuessenen Préventbësch ongeféier 10km nordöstlech vun der Staadt Lëtzebuerg. Dësen huet eng Héicht vun 436m op der héchster Plaaz an en Offall vun 153m.