Luxembourg
Central Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Grund

The Grund is a quarter in central , in southern . It is located in the valley below the centre of Luxembourg City on the banks of the river.
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  • Type: Suburb with 984 residents
  • Description: quarter in Luxembourg City, the capital of Luxembourg
  • Also known as: “Grund, Luxembourg”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg and Fortress of Luxembourg.

Museum
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The National Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in , in southern . The museum is located in the Grund quarter on the eastern bank of the river, next to the Neumünster Abbey cultural centre.

Protected area
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The is the former fortifications of , the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, which were mostly dismantled beginning in 1867.

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The is a palace in , in southern . It is the official residence of the grand duke of Luxembourg, and where he performs most of his duties as head of state of the grand duchy, though his principal residence is , in Colmar-Berg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bock and Rham-Plateau.

Locality
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The is a promontory in the north-eastern corner of 's old historical district. It was here that Count Siegfried built his Castle of Lucilinburhuc in 963, providing a basis for the development of the town that became .

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a locality.

Grund

Latitude
49.61028° or 49° 36′ 37″ north
Longitude
6.1359° or 6° 8′ 9″ east
Population
984
Elevation
272 metres (892 feet)
Open location code
8FX8J46P+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 566671889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2960505
Wiki­data ID
Q1016205
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Grund” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Grund”
  • Dutch: “Grund (Luxemburg)”
  • Dutch: “Grund”
  • French: “Grund”
  • German: “Grund”
  • Hebrew: “גרונד”
  • Italian: “Grund”
  • Japanese: “グルント”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gronn”
  • Luxembourgish: “Stadgronn”
  • Polish: “Grund (dzielnica Luksemburga)”
  • Polish: “Grund”
  • Portuguese: “Grund”
  • Spanish: “Grund”
  • Swedish: “Gronn”
  • Swedish: “Grund, Luxemburg”
  • Swedish: “Grund”
  • Turkish: “Grund”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Grund”. Photo: Wolfgang Staudt, CC BY 2.0.