Michelau
Michelau is a small town in the commune of Bourscheid, in north-eastern Luxembourg. As of 2025, the town had a population of 403. It is served by Michelau railway station, which lies on CFL Line 10.Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Jwh, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 321 residents
- Description: village in Luxembourg
- Also known as: “Michelau, Luxembourg”
- Postal codes: L-9171 and L-9172
Places of Interest
Highlights include Michelau railway station and Église Saint-Wendelin.
Michelau railway station
Railway station
Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Michelau railway station is a railway station serving the village of Michelau, in the commune of Bourscheid, in northern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company.
Bourscheid Castle
Dwelling
Photo: Caranorn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bourscheid Castle is located near the village of Bourscheid in north-eastern Luxembourg. The medieval castle stands on a site with archeological evidence of structures dating back to Roman times.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourscheid-Moulin and Burden.
Burden
Village
Photo: Jwh, CC BY-SA 3.0 lu.
Burden is a village in the commune of Erpeldange, in northern Luxembourg. As of 2025, the village had a population of 527. Burden is accessible by car via Warken and Bourscheid. It is connected for unmotorized traffic to the N27 road with a Bailey bridge.
Lipperscheid
Village
Photo: Jwh, CC BY-SA 3.0 lu.
Lipperscheid is a village in the commune of Bourscheid, in north-eastern Luxembourg. As of 2025, the village had a population of 306.
Michelau
- Category: locality
- Location: Bourscheid, Diekirch, Luxembourg, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.89959° or 49° 53′ 59″ northLongitude
6.09031° or 6° 5′ 25″ eastPopulation
321Elevation
268 metres (879 feet)Open location code
8FX8V3XR+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 370767266OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2960267Wikidata ID
Q2708173
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