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LUXEMBURG
Golfing
in the green heart of Europe
by René
Bourone
 Where to play ?
What to
see ?
Where to
stay ?
Information
Luxembourg May 1997
With six courses on 2.500 km2 territory and
less than 400.000 inhabitants, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg can pretend to have one of
the largest golf density in Europe. Even if it is the smallest country of the European
Union, Luxembourg (which name means "little castle") is a piece of European
history. In addition, local people are friendly, good living and multilingual. So it is a
good idea to spend a few days in this small paradise.
Jammed between Belgium, France and Germany, the country
has always been coveted for his geographical position. Already in the Roman time,
Luxembourg was at the intersection of two main "via romana", one of those two
being just at the border of the Preisch golf course along the actual limits between
Luxembourg, France and Germany.
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For centuries, there were
strikes and fights to conquer the Bock (name of the rock where the heart of the old
fortress has been built up) between the German Empire, the House of Bohemia, the Spanish
Carolus Quintus, the Austrian Bourbon, and at last Napoleon and his British enemies… Till it became free and independent in 1815 with the Treaty of
Wien. The last conquerors where the German troops who, despite the neutrality of the
country, occupied the country during the two last wars in 1914-18 and 1940-44. The last
battle took place in December 1944 when General Patton beat Marschal von Rundstet in also
the last German offensive.
With such a history, Luxembourg became naturally in 1952
the official centre of the first European institution: the European Community of Cool and
Steel created by a French Prime Minister, Robert Schuman who was born in… Luxembourg.
Nowadays a lot of European institutions or organisations
have their main office on the ultra modern Kierchberg and there are more than 3OO
financial and banking institutions. But all around the country, along the Mosel River or
in the forested hinterland, hundred castles testify that Luxembourg has always been of
great interest for European people. But you may also go to Luxembourg to play golf.
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Fort Vauban
Adolphe bridge
ECC's main office
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