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Hm... Are these nicknames true or just vandalism? Bokassa particularly sounds funny. Muhamedmesic 20:43, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
The royal anthem of Luxembourg is not the Wilhelmus! That's the royal anthem of the Dutch (and the Dutch flag is similar to the one of Luxembourg, so that's why the mistake was made???). On the wiki page about a list of national anthems you can see that the national anthem of Luxembourg is "Ons Hémécht" ("Our Homeland").
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.165.169.3 ( talk) 09:52, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
there are some categories "luxembourgish people" but I always thought luxembourgeois was more appropriate? Dunc_Harris| ☺ 22:08, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
If you do a google search (restricted to supposedly english websites) for "luxembourgeois" you get 20'000 hits, and the vast majority of these seem to be in French ("luxembourgeois" seems to be based on the common misconception that French is the native language in Luxembourg) ; "luxembourgish" gives 100'000 hits (usually for the Luxembourgish language. A third possibility is "luxembourgian" (6'000 hits). All these sound weird and are best avoided if at all possible. According to the the Oxford Dictionary, the correct adjective is "Luxembourg" : so it should probably be "Luxembourg people" - pir 23:23, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I think of Luxemburgish being the most appropriate, thanks to the native language using Letzëbuergesch. Cameron Nedland ( talk) 21:56, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
I think the Economy section seems a tad biased as to the "greatness" of the EU economic zone. Whether or not it is beneficial to be a part of the EU is completely subjective. Steve Holt! 19:31, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
According to principality, "A principality is a form of sovereign state or territory ceremonially led or directly governed by a monarch with the title of prince or princess. Another type of principality called a grand duchy is led by a monarch called a duke or duchess."
Constitutional Monarchy and Principality are not mutually exclusive categories IMO. A Google search for Luxembourg and principality returns rather more hits than for Luxembourg and constiturional monarchy. There are also more than 100 hits for "Principality of Luxembourg". If you think the category is disputed, say so rather than removing it (cf. Wales). Rls 15:41, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The google hits are the product of misconceptions based on ignorance of Luxembourg's history and political life. Luxembourg is not a Principality, because the Grand Duke plays no role in the political and public life. This is as a result of the crisis after WW1. During WW1 Luxembourg was occupied by the Germans (Luxembourg was officially a neutral country at the time, and the German occupiers allowed the government and Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide to remain and carry out their functions) and Grand Duchess Maire Adelaide was behaving rather too friednly towards the occupiers. After the liberation, Marie Adelaide was forced to abdicate and the constitution was modified so that henceforth sovereignty was vested in the people of Luxembourg. In a referendum in 1919, the people of Luxembourg decided to keep the monarchy, and the royals decided to keep out of public affairs. For more info you could check [1] and [2]. The Grand-Duke's job is to shake hands with visiting foreign leaders, put his sig on laws made by Parliament, tell the leader of the party that comes first in elections to form a government, give a well-meaning TV speech for Christmas, live in a castle, draw a lot of money for all his hard work and for the rest to keep his trap shut. Basically the Grand-Duke hasn't got anything to say. So the correct characterisation of the state form is Constitutional Monarchy, and Luxembourg is not a Principality any more than e.g. the UK is. As for Wales, most Welsh reject that it is a principality, and it should be removed from the category. - pir 17:04, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
What a ridiculous waste of effort, is it really not blindingly obvious that a grand-duchy is not a principality? Luxembourg is both a grand-duchy and a constitutional monarchy in the same way that the US is both a Republic and a Federal Democracy. One implies who the recognised head of state is and the other is an attribute of the system of government. To be a principality you need... Guess what? A Prince!... And a Grand Duke, presides over a grand-duchy. No!!! Surely not??!... Yes. Two seconds, two bloody seconds, is all this takes. The facilitation of about a third of the operational capacity of the grey matter in your skull. I've never seen such a strong argument against the value of open collaborative research in all the time I've been using Wikipedia. -- JamesTheNumberless 12:39, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
As I understand it the German princes were Prince/"Furst" is a title of independent sovereignty confered to nobles that may hold other titles and who have not yet attained the rank of king in Continental Europe. Therefore, a Grand Duke acting as head of state would be a "Prince", yes? Under that definition we could call it *either* a Grand Duchy/Principality/Constitutional Monarchy. Nickjost 03:30, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Excuse my ignorance, but what's the secret plan behind spelling the Lëtzebuergesch name and motto differenty here and there? -- Glimz 00:38, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)
Not that I know anything about the subject, but this line is difficult
It was given the honour to provide the first President of the European Commission, former Prime Minister Jacques Santer. The current Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Juncker follows that tradition.
This wording suggests to me that Santer was the first President of the EC, and that Juncker is the current President. But the article President of the European Union makes lists Santer as the EC's 9th President, and does not mention Juncker at all. Could this be clarified by someone who understands the discrepancy? - Joshuapaquin 00:34, Oct 23, 2004 (UTC)
Can somebody tell me what language is spoken in luxembourg? I read somewhere the official language is Letzeburgish( sorry for spelling) . I mean french, german , english, i get it but what do the people speak? If i were in Luxembourg city and wanted to go to public washrooms, what language would you suggest me using? 23:08, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)Xhami23:08, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC)
That strongly depends on which people you incounter. There are for example 106000 people coming from abroad every day to work in Luxembourg. They will of course most likely speak their motherlanguage which will be in most cases French follwed by German. The foreign population can be divided into those that grew up here and those came here recently. The later of course will have no knowledge of Luxemburgish. They will, in a first attempt, learn the language that will be most usefull for them, which is french since it's the administrative language (if they don't speak it already). The first group consists mostly of Portuguese and Italiens, so people that speak a romanic language. For them learning French is much easier than learning Luxemburgish. As kids, they learn Luxemburgish of course through there social contacts in school. I have often overheard conversations of Portuguese teens in the bus that start with French or Luxembourgish and suddendly speak Portuguese when they don't want to be understood. For the people of Luxembourgish nationality, well for them living in Luxembourg is like living in Babel. In your family you speak Luxembourgish, with your friends too. You read your newspaper in German or French (both languages are used simulaneously in the same issue, but luckily never in the same article :-), you get your official letters/documents in French. You read the street names in French on the signs but in your mind you use the Luxembourgish one (the main reason why I am very rarely able to help any tourist to tell him where a specific street is). So what do you do when you go to a shop or public washroom? Use French! It's the language that works allways. Ironically, as a Luxembourger you automatically start talking French when you enter a shop since there are so many employees from France or Belgium (mentioned earlier) who work there. Soetimes you notice by the accent of the other person that he/she speaks Luxembourgish (happened to me several times). So if you are not completely confused yet try to get this: in our parliement, the member of parliements are all speaking Luxembourgish, he ministers are speaking French. So whenever a member of parliement is asking a minsiter, the question comes in Luxembourgish, the answer in French.
hope that I didn't confuse you too much. thom
Thanks a lot thom , i think your elaboration helped clarify this matter. so i got this right the native language is luxembourgish, and french is sort of government language. i didn't know that many people came to work everyday. Xhami
Added some content on the language. claudi
It's a tough one, since roughly 35% of the population aren't from Luxembourg. Wherever you go, where there's a crowd, you can be pretty sure that at least one person will be there who speaks French and one who speaks German, fluently. -- JamesTheNumberless 12:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Xhami, if you look at the map, considering there's no problem these days going across borders in the EU, a commute to the centre of Luxembourg for a German or French resident is about the equivalent of the morning journey taken by a lot of Suburban residents around cities such as London, New York and Frankfurt. -- JamesTheNumberless 12:51, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm English-speaking and planning to visit during a small Benelux holiday: given that I speak no French and small German from school some ten years ago, how am I going to get on? Fedgin 13:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
Everybody learns English in secondary school. So you schould have no problems (at least with perople born after WWII).
I don't think one should call Luxemburgish people fluent in English. Most people (I'm not saying all) I've met there seem to have an awful grasp of English. If Luxembourg City wants to call itself a global city, I think a lot needs to be done to improve English language standards. I dare say even the French speak better English.
I strongly disagree. I might be biaised as I am luxembourgish too, but frankly ... the French are much worse on average.
Very funny discussion. But much more interesting would be the story why the Luxemburger were agreeing to add the french "o" to the name of their capital, their nation and most of their villages. Note: The orignal "Luxemburger" speaks German and is of german origin. Since 1900 less then 5% of the luxemburgish people understood an other language than german. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.211.243.225 ( talk) 18:39, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
This place is described in the text as one of the 3 most important places in the country, yet it does not rate a mention on the map. How come? Cheers JackofOz 01:08, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I came across a suspicious (to a layman in Lux history) phrase:
A 30-minute web search did not provide independent confirmation of the fact. I looked into the history of the article and found that it was added by an anon on 16 Oc.2004 during a massive addition, so it is probably a valid one.
But the fact is of certain notoriety and requires some confirmation. Mikkalai 21:56, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
This isn't a direct answer to the question of what happened in Luxembourg, but in the 19-teens, "Soviet Socialist Republic" was sort of a generic term that was used to denote a Communist government based on the model of revolutionary Russia. It doesn't necessarily mean that the country was somehow annexed to the USSR (which as you rightfully point out didn't exist at the time). Hungary's in 1919 short-lived Communist government called itself the "Hungarian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"; the same year, an attempted revolution in Munich proclaimed the "Bavarian Soviet Republic". -- Jfruh 15:01, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Luxembourg article now has a huge "history" section, which must be merged into History of Luxembourg, while the section should be made into a summary. Mikkalai 04:40, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Done. Please revise for redundancies, spelling errors and factual problems. klodi
These sentences are self-contradicting. 193.171.121.30 08:22, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
Isn't Luxembourg one of the three "capitals" of the EU, with things like the European Court of Justice? Isn't this worthy of note? I couldn't see any reference to this role in the EU. Walkerma 02:44, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg [...] is a small landlocked country in the north-west of continental Europe, [...]
I've changed the location to Western Europe since
Continental Europe has different definitions. I'm still not really satisfied, but without the
Scandinavian Peninsula half of central Europe (f.e. Poland) is in the north. See
image:Europe_countries_map_en.png to understand my reasons. --
32X
04:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
What's the hold-up with regard to any effort to return interred American soldiers -- including General George Patton -- to the United States? Luxembourg is such a small nation that the inhabitants might be glad to have all those remains removed. Beadtot 02:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps the next-of-kin thought that the "tour of duty" participants would be returned alive and in luxury, to live out their last days with close family contact and eventual interment in family plots. 00:32, 4 September 2006 (UTC) beadtot
Oh, give me a break. Luxembourg would still be a German enclave if the US hadn't sacrificed hundreds of thousands of its soldiers to de-Nazifi Europe. A cemetery honoring those foreign soldiers who came to *your* country's aid in its time of need shouldn't raise any ire to you.
One area where this article is lacking is that of sport. This is despite sport (mostly football, for which I take the credit/blame) being one of the better documented areas of Luxembourgian life. However, whilst considering what to put in the 'Sport' section (which would be a subsection of 'Culture'), I wondered what Luxembourg's national sport is. The article on national sports claims that it's football, but it seems that Luxembourg is a lot more prominent in the world of cycling. Which one is it? Bastin 17:03, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
On a different and totally unrelated note. I went to town today to take some relevant photoes for various articles about Luxembourg-City. I will probably upload and link them in wherever needed tommorrow. I have also checked out a number of armorials at the national library and will start work on a set of coats of arms to use on the commune pages. Though it is likely I won't be doing them in any particular order (I will create coats of arms of medieval noble families at the same time, but don't think I will upload those before I've written their relevant articles). Oh and I will try to do this work for the entire region (at least well across the belgian border) not just Luxembourg.-- Caranorn 21:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Argh messed up last edit summary. Basically Category:Current monarchies does not contain countries. You will see for example it contains British monarchy, rather than the United Kingdom. Tim! 22:52, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
Could somebody please remove the "Luxenburgers (note the spelling mistake) are food, I like to eat them, WHIPPPPEEEEEEE" quote after the language section. Some idiot was obviously having a laugh.
81.132.49.93
21:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Is it true that Luxembourg is about the same size as Rhode Island? I'm not sure if I believe that, why would a country be that small? I do think that it's at least the smallest country though.-- Emokid200618 22:34, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Just as with Rhode Island ... it may be small, but most people wouldn't enjoy having to walk it. :) -- 7Kim 05:35, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I would argue that Luxembourg should not be the one and only EU country article on Wikipedia that has a map not showing the EU and Lux's position within it. The sole objector to this so far appears to be Bastin; can we have a discussion based on objective criteria about it? The issue is that (1) the map Bastin8 re-inserts is exactly the same but shows Lux as a circle rather than a shape, and removes the EU (2) infoboxes are not only to do with the article you are on at any given time - they also contain information about related groups of pages (3) the maps are harmonised across all EU countries so that any casual browser of EU pages can immediately see how they all relate and be reminded that they are all in the EU, which is the most important international organisation those countries belong to. Other views? MarkThomas 10:05, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I do prefer MarkThomas's map. The EU is after all a political reality - if you like it or not. Also, Luxembourg is one of the most europhile countries - it was one of the only ones (with spain, i believe) to approve the EU constitution during a referendum. Also, it is the seat of several EU organisms, like the European Court of Justice. I can understand the fuss this map is creating on the UK page, but not on the Luxembourg page...presumably not a lot of Luxembourgers are actually aware of the issue. Luis rib 20:58, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the Luxembourg City climate.PNG image, how is this called climate? Climate infers at least 30 years of weather...what gives? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.201.229.248 ( talk) 10:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC).
To start with, Kutter is of course written with a K. And since the Tate Gallery made a exhibition on him, i'd say he was good enough to be named here along with the two others. [6] [7]
cheers Spanish Inquisition 15:28, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
You're invited to discuss a new series of vector maps to replace those currently used in Country infoboxes: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Countries#New European vector maps. Thanks/ wangi 13:11, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
From the article... "During World War II, Luxembourg abandoned its policy of neutrality, when it joined the Allies in fighting Germany." This doesn't make a whole lot of sense, since it had already been invaded by Germany, and self-defense is not usually considered to violate a neutrality policy. (E.g. Switzerland had plans in both WWI and WWII to work with the French if the Germans invaded.) Should there be a source and/or a clearer explanation for this sentence? -- Eye of Sauron 18:38, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
I am currently in the process of turning the coat of arms of Luxembourg into an SVG (yes, you did read that right!). I just thought I'd mention it here in case anyone else was thinking of doing it. Carrot Man 07:13, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Just wondering if that is false as BBC is the largest production company in the world and England is in Europe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.129.191.19 ( talk) 15:12, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
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Please add {{main|History of Luxembourg}}
to the "History of Luxembourg" section. 12:16, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello Luxembourg/Archive 1! There is a vote going on at Latin Europe that might interest you. Please everyone, do come and give your opinion and votes. Thank you. The Ogre ( talk) 20:46, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello there! Anybody aware of a treaty that was signed between Moldavian Prinicpality and Luxembourg? There was some kind of defense treaty, not sure when exactly, Middle Ages, it was signed to assure mutual assistance in case of attack (from Ottoman Empire???). Thanks in advance. Please, if you have any answer, go ahead and edit or leave a message on the Moldavian-Luxembourgish relations talk page. Thanks.-- Moldopodo talk 23:28, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Luxembourgian or Luxembourgish? Not for the demonym, which I believe to be Luxembourger, or for the name of the language, which seems generally to be accepted as Luxembourgish, but to qualify a noun. Is Jean-Claude Juncker better described as the Luxembourgian Prime Minister, or the Luxembourgish Prime Minister. Are Kim Kirchen and the Schleck brothers Luxembourgish cyclists, or Luxembourgian ones? Does Luxembourgeois(e) have any place in English text? Kevin McE ( talk) 22:59, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
How is Het Wilhelmus different from Luxembourg's De Wilhelmus?
Ahassan05 ( talk) 20:08, 7 September 2008 (UTC)ahassan05
The lyrics are in luxembourgish! PitterB. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.93.220.191 ( talk) 15:20, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
From the article: "The native population has a Celtic base with a French and Germanic blend." Couldn't find this in the quoted reference (CIA factbook, which anyway is not a reliable source), it now just says "Luxembourgers", as though these were an ethnicity on their own. In my opinion, this is plain nonsense and needs to be deleted from the article. The Luxembourgers are of German (or if you don't like that: Germanic) origin. The celtic influence on the ethnic composition of Europe is a matter of debate. Archeological evidence of Celts is common in much of Central Europe and does not make South Germans, Luxembourgers or French people of Celtic origin. Ulmensis ( talk) 13:09, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
What I just want to say is that through what I read about luxemborg, the most language spoken is french, but is there know english in transaction? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.209.162.252 ( talk) 18:58, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
actually, I think Luxembourg still has the highest GDP per capita in the world as it did before, rather than having the second highest —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.168.170.163 ( talk) 15:40, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
The term "Governor" is used here. Who would this be? Could it be the same person as the "Grand Duke" who is mentioned later in the same sentence? Going one step further, what kind of judicial approval does he need? -- BarendCanada ( talk) 14:30, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Luxwegians is really the most common name for people living in Luxembourg used in particular in Belgium and France when referring to their neighboring country, and certainly the least offensive to the Luxwegians. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Belgiumtard ( talk • contribs) 10:21, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
Luxembourg means "shining castle", right? From Latin "lux", "light", and German "burg", "castle, city". But neither is it mentioned in this article, nor on Wiktionary...
-- Mátyás ( talk) 11:44, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Why are we using the French spelling? Cameron Nedland ( talk) 22:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Luxembourg has the second highest GDP per capita (PPP) and ninth highest human development index, according to the sources. It's under "economy". 66.57.44.247 ( talk) 00:20, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Well if this is not the highest per capita "consumption" in the world then say it. Don't say it is, then contradict it. And what is meant by: "...not actual..."? Is one trying to say "...not true..." or "...not accurate..."?
Perhaps what should be stated is something like: "...is a statistical phenomenon that does not reflect the actual consumption patterns of the residents of Luxembourg..."
By the way, this is another (in a long line of) indictments against the private enterprise and free enterprise system. Inasmuch as the publishers, generally, of sensational statistics are private companies and, as usual, exhibit the phenomenon of all private companies that publish statistics, which is that they are not accountable. Private companies can just publish anything they want, in any way that they want, and let the chips fall where they may. If you (the general public) misinterpret them -- too bad. Your fault; not theirs.
Government (where I work), on the other hand, is constantly under a fine-tooth comb, always scrutinized, and must ensure that every stat is absolutely accurate and can not be misinterpreted -- even though millions of people will read them.
Which, of course, requires that government officers pore endlessly over every stat that is about to be published, undertaking enormous research, and taking months to do so. Which then leads to the private sector laughing at us and criticizing us for being slow ...
... while they (the private sector) are sloppy and lazy and inefficient and just put out any old garbage as "fact". And not have to worry where the chips fall.
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Atikokan (
talk)
21:12, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
Why would someone use a french constitution as the source? Can someone add an english source? 19:39, 12 September 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MPA ( talk • contribs)
Maybe because the constitution is French-constitution-based (Napoleon constitution) and written in French?... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.139.226.34 ( talk) 12:42, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
"10% of the population is of Portuguese extraction" -- How did Luxembourg come to have such a huge minority of Portuguese? Was it due to historic or recent immigrations? -- Menchi 14:37, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
The problem is the Luxembourgish nationality law. In Luxembourg, you are not allowed to have another nationality besides the Luxembourgish one. As a result, many second-generation immigrants (incl. myself) do not bother to ask for the Luxembourgish nationality. BTW, to answer the other question, most Portuguese are indeed workers, but the wages for workers are much much higher in Luxembourg than the wages for comparable jobs in Portugal.
Luis rib
17:07, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Since 1 January 2009, it is possible for Luxembourgish people to hold multiple nationalities. As a matter of fact, if one can proof he lived in Luxembourg for over 7 years, passes a language test, and has a certification of attendance of civic classes, he automatically obtains Luxembourgish citizenship.
Also, if a baby is born in Luxembourg from foreign parents, and one of the parent was born in Luxembourg, the baby is automatically granted with Luxembourgish citizenship. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.130.82.253 ( talk) 12:33, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
The following two parts of the article contradict one another: "German is usually the first language taught in school..." and "the first years of primary school are in Luxembourgish, before changing to German". Can someone in the know correct this? Lyso ( talk) 11:43, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
Hmm, from talking to someone from Luxembourg I understand that primary school is taught in luxembourgish, the middle years of school are taught in german and secondary school is taught in french.
I think this means that the first language taught in a specific language class is german while the language of instruction is luxembourgish, and later on french classes are taught in german. Needs to be verified though. 79.147.99.27 ( talk) 17:12, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
The situation in Luxembourg looks like England under the Normans when the Administration spoke in French (Plantagenet dinasty) while citizens spoke in English. What kind of democracy is that where the people speak in a different language than the Administration. Ridiculous.-- 83.53.111.247 ( talk) 04:56, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
So I see the information about luxembourg is very contradictory here. I am Luxembourgish so here is the situation : In Luxembourg the only school taught in Luxembourgish is the Kindergarden. In primary school, pupils are taught in German, and this until the 3rd year of secondary school with exeption of math which are taught in French from the first year of Secondary school. Then, the last 4 years of highschool (yes we have 7 in total) are taught in French. Luxembourgish is mostly a spoken language, it is barely taught in school (just one class of luxembourgish in the first year of highschool). This is partly explained trough the fact that simply Luxembourg is too small to publish it's own studying material and therefore uses a combination of German, French and Belgian books in school.
Let me confirm that Luxembourgish is taught as a written language in secondary school more-so than before. I was taught German for the first few years with Luxembourgish as the language of instruction, but that is as far as I went. English is pretty much universally taught as a "secondary" language to the main three, and a lot of students take English classes.-- Sixdown ( talk) 07:49, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Another clarification is that German, French AND Luxembourgish (since 90's only) are official languages in Luxembourg, although roughly Luxembourgish is the language spoken among the native population and French the dominating language in the professional sector (a 3rd of Luxembourgish workforce is foreign); German has a very limited use. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.139.226.34 ( talk) 12:13, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a significant mistake in the article about religion. Although in practical terms and government policy Luxembourg seems secular, until today there is NO SEPARATION between state and religion in Luxembourg. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.139.226.34 ( talk) 13:03, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Is it true that the idea for their flag came from a bombpop? 71.214.233.109 ( talk) 00:00, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
I want to know if sports should be added to the culture part? With the Hight of Andy and Franck Schleck in Cycling & other sports be added?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.139.223 ( talk) 15:31, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
VKing ( talk) 20:40, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Would an expert please expand on Luxembourg's participation in the 1830 war of independence from the House of Orange? I remember from some History texts that the Flemish, Walloons, and Luxembourgers participated. On the map of traditional Luxembourg present here, it shows a major portion, annexed to Belgium, making up most of today's Belgian Province of Lumbourg. I am sure that Belgium wasn't strong enough to do any annexing in 1839 and that it was the three big guys of the 19th century (and still today) who did the deciding for Luxembourg and Belgium. I can't see them leaving a large Belgium in the middle of them, having the major resources needed at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. I can only imagine the strength of a Belgium today if it had the political stability brought about by three counterbalancing peoples/languages. Laburke ( talk) 14:33, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
If Germany invaded and occupied it, in what way did it retain its independence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 ( talk) 10:34, 11 September 2010 (UTC) germany lost the war thats how. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.7.130.139 ( talk) 12:46, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
This word isn't English so needs to be translated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 ( talk) 10:41, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
In the first paragraph under "politics" should the word "Governor" really be "Grand Duke?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.103.42.150 ( talk) 20:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
The IMF data linked to in the first section seems to disagree with the statement about the second highest gdp per capita. It says that Luxembourg has the highest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.45.158 ( talk) 06:44, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
-- 84.166.40.147 ( talk) 16:54, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
How can water cover 0.0% of Luxembourg's area? There are rivers that flow through the duchy. 98.209.116.7 ( talk) 03:33, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
The name of that lake would likely be " Stauséi" located in the area of Esch, fed by the the river called "Sauer" And yes, there are rivers flowing through our country but as we are landlocked, we are pretty much a landnation and there is not really anything like oceans covering us up. Then again, o,o percent water-coverage may not be entirely correct but we certainly do not have much waters to show for that cover up our lands.
Hello, The 2011 edition of the Statec-publication " Luxembourg in Figures" states that 0,6% of the surface are covered with water. That includes rivers and lakes. -- Roude Leiw2001 ( talk) 13:32, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Refernce 31 shows in article pictures of countries that have high automobiles per 1000 population. Article stated that Luxumbourg has 6481 per 1000 pop. what?? 6.4 cars per person? - Check article source, 'Der Spiegel group' lists top ten auto registrations per 1000 pop, and luxumbourg has 640,1 in German text. This means that the decimal point (comma) used in german writing indicates 640.1 cars per 1000 pop. Not 6.4 per person. Just a typo on the placement of the decimal point in the statistic. PS Canada (Kanada), had approx 588.8 cars(PKw-Personnen-Kraftwagen) per 1000 population. New Zealand ~550 ; Gibralter 744.8; Monaco 740.6 .. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard416282 ( talk • contribs) 16:39, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
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The article states that "There were an estimated 5,000 illegal immigrants, including asylum seekers, in Luxembourg as of 1999.[81]" This is misleading and implies that asylum seekers are illegal immigrants which is not the case. The right to seek asylum in another country is a right enshrined in international law. Asylum seekers are not illegal immigrants. If an asylum seeker was refused asylum and then didn't leave the country they would then be classed as illegal immigrants. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Council60 ( talk • contribs) 06:31, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
Is Luxembourg a "country"? Or a sovereign principality?
hi dear — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.55.105.198 ( talk) 09:41, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
Dutch is listed as an 'unofficial language'. This just seems quite wrong. Not only is the listing of 'unofficial' languages not something which should be done in the infobox, but even if it were then Dutch should still not be the language of choice. English is far, far more common in Luxembourg than Dutch. Luxembourgish is just quite similar to Dutch. Dutch itself is practically never spoken. A Dutch person would never imagine that they could speak to a Luxembourger in Dutch - they would speak English, probably, or perhaps French. S.devincenzi ( talk) 04:26, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
Hello FactStraight. I am afraid I don't agree with your revision of my addition to the Luxemburg article. From 1815 until 1839 Luxemburg had the same status that the Duchy of Limburg had from 1839 until 1867. Simultaneously a monarchy within the German Confederation AND a province of the Netherlands. I distinctly remember Luxemburg celebrating the 150th anniversary of its independence in 1989! Luxemburg became a fully independent country only in 1839. Gerard von Hebel ( talk) 02:35, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
"ART. LXVII. That part of the old Duchy of Luxembourg which is comprised in the in the limits specified in the following Article, is likewise ceded to the sovereign prince of the United Provinces, now King of the Netherlands, to be possessed in perpetuity by him and his successors, in full property and sovereignty. The Sovereign of the Netherlands shall add to his titles that of Grand Duke of Luxembourg. His Majesty reserving to himself the privilege of making such family arrangement between the princes his sons, relative to the succession to the Grand Duchy, as he shall think conformable to the interests of his monarchy, and to his paternal intentions."
As I see it the language adds to the previous article in which the Kingdom is defined. It is clearly given to the King in his capacity as King of the Netherlands. Much like the Grand Duchy of Posen was given to the King of Prussia. But we are dealing with a primary source here. We need secondary sources. Gerard von Hebel ( talk) 04:59, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
This theme may be even more complicated: Luxembourg still had (three up to four) representatives at the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848 and 1849 and was listed as "Wahlkreis Luxemburg" = "election district Luxembourg" (Johann Boch-Buschmann, Carl München, Emmanuel Servais and Jean-Jacques Willmar), three of them - even at that time - still voting for Luxembourg's participation in a German national state under prussian leadership under certain conditions (possibly being a difficult and demanding fact and appearing strange after 20th century's history). The customs union did not cease before the first World War's end.
The sources won't be sufficient, however: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Mitglieder_der_Frankfurter_Nationalversammlung de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Boch-Buschmann de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Willmar de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Servais de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Munchen -- Nierskiesel ( talk) 19:47, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
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Seems French/Francophone nationalists at again spiking English language wikis to fit their bent... '"Though Luxembourgish is part of the West Central German group of High German languages, more than 5,000 words in the language are of French origin"' So then, weighing up the aforesaid, why not also mention that an hang-over of French imperialism, is that the status of the French language is artificially enforced and kept alive by Government decree. Another kindred example, Luxembourg dubiously being a member of the Francophonie organisation seemingly just to big up French state pride.
PS don't forget to link this aticle to French language imperialism wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.215.210.155 ( talk) 14:41, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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German is usually the first language taught in school and is the language of much of the media and of the church.[129] Luxembourg's education system is trilingual: the first years of primary school are in Luxembourgish, before changing to German; while in secondary school, the language of instruction changes to French.[130] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.207.150.97 ( talk) 13:11, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
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Under Culture, Taxes on alcohol etc...
I believe "This per capital..."
Should be "This per capita..."
I cannot change it as the page is locked.
what kind of vandalism has occurred on this page?
who is in charge of making any necessary edits? Does Wikipedia pay people to work here as moderators who make any necessary revisions?
Thanks.
I have added "Notable Luxembourgers". Other editors may feel this is covered in other sections, but not all the significant people are mentioned elsewhere in the article...perhaps that could be done instead if this addition is felt to be superfluous. Over to you... Jamesmcardle (talk) 05:31, 22 July 2018 (UTC)
https://www.thoughtco.com/the-names-of-nationalities-4088817