Thank you for clarifying the "Trier Issue" David. I guess it all depends on how you define such terms as "Grand Duchy," "Old Duchy," "Luxembourg," etc. --Suzanne On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 23:50:42 -0700 "W. David Samuelsen" <dsam@wasatch.com> wrote: > Michael, > > Trier was part of old Duchy of Luxembourg for a long time until *1815* > when the Prussians took the Third Partition as the result of the > Congress of Vienna of 1815. Even lots of old maps show Trier in > Luxembourg. *Grand* Duchy of Luxembourg began in 1867. > > I have access to the map book of Luxembourg and so many maps showed > Trier as part of Luxembourg region. > > In fact Luxembourg's territory was much larger before the Austrians, > Spanish, French started chipping away the lands before 1698. > > W. David Samuelsen > > Michael Palmer wrote: > > > > On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Suzanne Bunkers > <suzanne.bunkers@Mankato.MSUS.EDU> > wrote: > > > > Yes, Trier was once in Luxembourg. But that section of > Luxembourg > > was partitioned and went to Germany during the 19th > century. > > > > > On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 09:20:09 EST BSCHUETTER@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > Can anyone explain why Trier (in Germany) is the list site for > > > > research in Luxembourg? Was it ever part of Lux? Is there > another > > > site specifically for Lux research? Thanks. > > > No, Trier was most emphatically *never* part of Luxembourg. > > --- > Michael Palmer