Echternach

Echternach is in . Echternach is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Villa Romana and Lauterborn Castle.

Museum
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is a museum.

Castle
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Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Echternach and Consdorf.

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is a small town with about 5,000 inhabitants on the eastern border of Luxembourg, just a hop away from . It's Luxembourg's oldest town, based on an old monastery founded in 698.

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is a commune and town in eastern . It is part of the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. As of 2025, the town of , which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 1,399.

Photo: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town of 1,800 people in . is known for the sandstone rocks surrounding it.

Echternach

Latitude
49.7887° or 49° 47′ 19″ north
Longitude
6.3902° or 6° 23′ 25″ east
Population
20,300
Elevation
317 metres (1,040 feet)
Open location code
8FX8Q9QR+F3
Geo­Names ID
2960629
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Echternach” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “እክተርናክ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Externalax”
  • Bengali: “ইখটারনাখ”
  • French: “Canton d’Echternach”
  • German: “Kanton Echternach”
  • Hausa: “Echternach”
  • Japanese: “エヒテルナッハ”
  • Javanese: “Echternach”
  • Kazakh: “Ехтернах”
  • Kirghiz: “Ехтернах”
  • Luxembourgish: “Iechternach”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Iechternach”
  • Malay: “Echternach”
  • Oromo: “Echternach”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਖਟਰਨਾਖ”
  • Persian: “اختر‌ناخ”
  • Portuguese: “Echternach”
  • Pushto: “اختر‌ناخ”
  • Somali: “Echternach”
  • Spanish: “Echternach”
  • Swahili: “Echternach”
  • Tajik: “Ехтернах”
  • Tatar: “Ехтернах”
  • Uzbek: “Externax”

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