Éislek
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Troisvierges

Buurgplaatz

Buurgplaatz is a hill in the commune of , in northern . The 559-metre-high summit lies within the Éislek region at. In 1952 the Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière declared Buurgplaatz the highest point in Luxembourg.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 559 metres
  • Description: Hill in the commune of Troisvierges, Luxembourg
  • Also known as: “Bourgplatz” and “Buurgplaaz”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kneiff and Église Saint-Joseph.

Peak
Photo: David Edgar, CC BY 2.5.
is a hill in the , in the commune of , in northern , near the shared with and . At 560 metres, it is the highest point in the country; it is 1 m taller than Buurgplaatz, which was previously considered the highest point until 1997.

Church
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is a church.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Huldange and Goedange.

Village
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is a small town in the commune of , in far northern . As of 2025, the town has a population of 473. Nearby is the source of the .

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a small town in the commune of , in northern . As of 2025, the town has a population of 404.

Buurgplaatz

Latitude
50.16201° or 50° 9′ 43″ north
Longitude
6.0236° or 6° 1′ 25″ east
Elevation
559 metres (1,834 feet)
Open location code
9F28526F+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6098906740
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2960701
Wiki­data ID
Q993417
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Buurgplaatz” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Burrigplatz”
  • Cebuano: “Buergplaz”
  • Chinese: “布格普拉茨山”
  • Dutch: “Burgplatz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بورجپلاتز”
  • French: “Burrigplatz”
  • German: “Burgplatz”
  • Italian: “Buurgplaatz”
  • Japanese: “ブルクプラッツ”
  • Ladin: “Buurgplaatz”
  • Latvian: “Burgplacs”
  • Lithuanian: “Burgplacas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Buergplaz zu Huldang”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buurgplaatz”
  • Polish: “Burrigplatz”
  • Polish: “Buurgplaatz”
  • Russian: “Бургплац”
  • Spanish: “Buurgplaatz”
  • Swedish: “Buergplaz”
  • Ukrainian: “Бургплац”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Burrigplatz and Huldanger Kierfecht.

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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 “Buurgplaatz”. Photo: Cornischong, CC BY-SA 3.0.