Vianden
Vianden is one of the 12 cantons of Luxembourg. Located in the north of the country, it shares international border with Germany. Spread across an area of 78.5 km2, it is the smallest canton by land area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: canton of Luxembourg with 5,680 residents
- Description: canton in Luxembourg
- Also known as: “Canton of Vianden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vianden Castle and Brandenbourg Castle.
Vianden Castle
Photo: Sneecs, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Vianden Castle, located in Vianden in the north of Luxembourg, is one of the largest fortified castles west of the Rhine. With origins dating from the fourth century as a Roman outpost and the 10th century, the more familiar castle form was built in the Romanesque style from the 11th to 14th centuries.
Brandenbourg Castle
Castle
Photo: PlayMistyForMe, CC BY 3.0.
Brandenbourg Castle, now a ruin, is located on a promontory some 70 metres above the village of Brandenbourg in north-eastern Luxembourg. It has a history going back to the 9th and 10th centuries when there was a wooden fort on the site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vianden and Keppeshausen.
Vianden
One of Luxembourg's main tourist attractions, Vianden is a delightful historic town with a stunningly restored medieval castle, spectacularly situated on a rock high above town.
Keppeshausen
Village
Photo: Christian Ries, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Keppeshausen is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Keppeshausen is situated 3½ km north of Vianden.
Roth an der Our
Village
Photo: Peng, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roth an der Our is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Roth an der Our is situated 4 km east of Vianden.
Vianden
- Location: Luxembourg, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Zeeuws—“Vianden” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Kanton Vianden”
- Catalan: “Cantó de Vianden”
- Catalan: “Vianden”
- Cebuano: “Canton de Vianden”
- Chinese: “Vianden”
- Chinese: “菲安登县”
- Czech: “Kanton Vianden”
- Danish: “Vianden”
- Dutch: “Kanton Vianden”
- Dutch: “Vianden”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Vianden”
- French: “Canton de Vianden”
- German: “Kanton Vianden”
- Hungarian: “Vianden kanton”
- Indonesian: “Kanton Veianen”
- Indonesian: “Kanton Vianden”
- Italian: “cantone di Vianden”
- Italian: “Cantone di Vianden”
- Italian: “Vianden”
- Japanese: “ヴィアンデン郡”
- Korean: “비앙덴주”
- Limburgan: “Kanton Vianden”
- Limburgan: “Vianden”
- Lithuanian: “Viandeno kantonas”
- Low German: “Kanton Vianden”
- Luxembourgish: “Kanton Veianen”
- Luxembourgish: “Veianen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vianden”
- Northern Frisian: “Vianden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vianden”
- Norwegian: “Vianden”
- Persian: “ویاندن (ایالت)”
- Persian: “ویاندن”
- Polish: “Kanton Vianden”
- Portuguese: “Vianden”
- Romanian: “Vianden”
- Russian: “Вианден”
- Slovak: “Vianden”
- Slovenian: “Kanton Vianden”
- Slovenian: “Vianden”
- Spanish: “Canton de Vianden”
- Spanish: “Cantón de Vianden”
- Swedish: “Canton de Vianden”
- Swedish: “Vianden”
- Swiss German: “Kanton Veianen”
- Thai: “อำเภอฟีอันเดิน”
- Thai: “อำเภอไฟอาเนิน”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Veianen”
- Turkish: “Vianden kantonu”
- Turkish: “Vianden”
- Ukrainian: “Віанден”
- Urdu: “ویاندن (صوبہ)”
- Urdu: “ویاندن”
- Vietnamese: “Vianden”
- Zeeuws: “Vianden (kanton)”
- Zeeuws: “Vianden”
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