Birel

Birel is a locality in Sandweiler, Central Luxembourg. Birel is situated nearby to the village Sandweiler, as well as near the locality Luxembourg Airport.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sandweiler-Contern railway station and Schrassig Prison.

Sandweiler-Contern railway station

Railway station

Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sandweiler-Contern railway station is a railway station serving the towns of Contern and Sandweiler, in southern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company.

Schrassig Prison

Prison

Photo: Les Meloures, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Schrassig Prison is the only closed penitentiary in Luxembourg. The prison is located near the towns of Schrassig, Sandweiler and Oetrange and is built upon land belonging to the commune of Schuttrange.

Oetrange railway station

Railway station

Photo: Johnny Chicago, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oetrange railway station is a railway station serving Oetrange, in the commune of Contern, in southern Luxembourg. It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company. Oetrange railway station is situated 3½ km southeast of Birel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandweiler and Luxembourg Airport.

Sandweiler

Village

Photo: Jwh, CC BY-SA 3.0 lu.

Sandweiler is a village.

Luxembourg Airport

Locality

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Luxembourg Airport serves as the principal airport of Luxembourg and the sole international airport within the country. Formerly known as Luxembourg Findel Airport due to its location in the Findel area, it remains the only airport in Luxembourg equipped with a paved runway.

Sandweiler German war cemetery

Locality

Photo: TCY, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Sandweiler German war cemetery is a World War II cemetery in Sandweiler, in southern Luxembourg. It contains the graves of 10,913 German servicemen from the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944 and the spring of 1945.

Birel

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Birelergrund”, “Birelerhof”, and “Ferme Birel”
Location: Sandweiler, Central Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

49.61667° or 49° 37′ north

Longitude

6.21667° or 6° 13′ east

Elevation

353 metres (1,158 feet)

Open location code

8FX8J688+MM

GeoNames ID

2960763

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