I stand corrected concerning the city of Trier. According to a number of Luxembourg historians (e.g., Trausch, Calmes, Newcomer, etc.), prior to the 1815 partition, almost everything around Trier was considered part of the Grand Duchy under the rule of William of Orange. As Newcomer explains, "The allied powers (England, Prussia, Austria, Russia) declared that the eastern boundary of the new grand duchy should be defined from north to south by the Our, the Sure, and the Moselle Rivers. In general, those lands east of those rivers can be defined as the town areas of Neuerburg, Bitburg, and St. Vith. On the boundary rivers alone, 14 right-bank localities, one of which was Echternach, were cut off from their left-bank counterparts. Luxembourgian from time immemorial, all these communities should henceforth be Prussian. Only the territory of Vianden, on both sides of the river, remained entirely Luxembourgian. Thus it was that Luxembourg, which had already lost its southern lands (410 square miles) to France, now lost its eastern lands to Germany. That consisted of 50,000 people out of 400,000, living on a land surface almost as large as today's Grand Duchy (185-86). On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:25:51 -0800 Michael Palmer <mpalmer@netcom.com> 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 > Claremont, California > mpalmer@netcom.com ---------------------- Suzanne Bunkers Professor of English & Director of Honors Program Minnesota State University Mankato MN 56002-8400 E-mail: suzanne.bunkers@Mankato.MSUS.EDU Home page: http://krypton.mankato.msus.edu/~susanna/Default.htm