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  Wasserbillig, Luxembourg
Wasserbillig is a large commercial center, located in the Moselle valley where it meets the Sure valley.
Wasserbillig is the beginning of several walking circuits of the Lower Sure and the Moselle.
In the "Weiler" forest near Wasserbillig and Lellig there are some remains of a Gallo-Roman churchyard.
www.planetware.com /luxembourg/wasserbillig-l-l-was.htm   (152 words)

  
 Wasserbillig Mosel
Wasserbillig ist auch heute noch ein wichtiges Geschäftszentrum am Schnittpunkt des breiten Moseltales und des romantischen Sauertales.
Dazu bildet Wasserbillig einen wichtigen Straßen- und Eisenbahnknotenpunkt mit Grenzübergang nach Trier.
Wasserbillig bietet vielfältige Möglichkeiten für Wassersport, für Schiffsausflüge und für Wanderungen durch die Wälder und Weinberge der Umgebung und entlang der beiden Flüsse Mosel und Sauer.
www.mosel-reisefuehrer.de /Luxemburg/Wasserbillig.htm   (197 words)

  
 CJ Online | News | Armed man takes 29 children, 3 teachers hostage at school 06/01/00
WASSERBILLIG, Luxembourg -- A man armed with a pistol, hand grenade and knife held about 29 children and three teachers hostage at a preschool early Thursday.
Thirty-seven children, none older than 7, were taken hostage in mid-afternoon Wednesday by the 40-year-old man in Wasserbillig, near the Germany border.
Wasserbillig, with a population of 2,300, is located on the Mosselle River, on the German border in eastern Luxembourg.
www.cjonline.com /stories/060100/new_hostage.shtml   (484 words)

  
 Entente Touristique de la Moselle
Located at the confluence of the Sûre and the Moselle, Mertert and Wasserbillig have a rich historical past, but are resolutely turned towards the future.
The Baroque church of Wasserbillig is known both for its lovely carillon and its beautiful 18th century altar which comes from the monastery of Bernkastel.
In Wasserbillig a 90.000 liter aquarium allows a close observation of many species of freshwater fish.
www.moselle-tourist.lu /communes/UK/mertert/index.php   (153 words)

  
 SmugMug - history06 : WASSERBILLIG, OSWEILER, and ETTLEBRUCK - LUXEMBOURG - VBOB Galaxy Tour - 1994 : Wasserbillig, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SmugMug - history06 : WASSERBILLIG, OSWEILER, and ETTLEBRUCK - LUXEMBOURG - VBOB Galaxy Tour - 1994 : Wasserbillig, Luxembourg Bill Roshek; 87th Division Reconnaisance....or "Recon" who fought at Wasserbillig, Luxembourg inspects the bullet markings on the school wall.
Bill Roshek was engaged with his "Recon" group at the liberation of Wasserbillig, Luxembourg on Jan.23,1945 Picture taken on VBOB Galaxy Tour October - 1994.
Wasserbillig, Luxembourg inspects the bullet markings on the school wall.
history06.smugmug.com /gallery/2114299/1/109273726/Medium   (276 words)

  
 EPT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wasserbillig, with 2,200 inhabitants and situated at the confluence of the Moselle and the Sûre, forms an administrative unit together with the village of Mertert (1,100 inhabitants) - which gives its name to the municipality
The Wasserbillig-Luxembourg line was opened in 1861, while the Wasserbillig Echtemach and Wasserbillig-Mertert-Grevenmacher lines were opened in 1874 and k891 respectively.
The former station building of the Prince Henry railway was built in 1895.
www.ept.lu /?lm4=2713D9F10EAF   (477 words)

  
 RTE News - Gunman critically wounded as siege ends in Luxembourg
The siege in Luxembourg, where a gunman has been holding 25 small children and their carers hostage, ended this evening when police and special foces stormed the day-care centre and shot the gunman.
All the hostages, who had been held in the day-care centre in Wasserbillig since yesterday morning, are safe and well.
The police say two bullets were fired into the head of the gunman as he left the building with two hostages to make a statement to the media.
www.rte.ie /news/2000/0601/luxembourg.html   (250 words)

  
 Esso Luxembourg
The largest Esso service station in the world is located in one of the smallest countries on earth, in Wasserbillig, a jewel in the Luxembourg crown.
The shop is a small supermarket (260 m2), where motorists can find everyday articles and can take a break with a rich assortment of drinks and snacks, from fresh bread rolls to pizzas.
Because of the size and significance of Wasserbillig, this mega station is managed directly by Esso Luxembourg.
www.exxonmobil.com /Benelux-English/About/Bnl_CI_LX_LuxembourgCity.asp   (522 words)

  
 Wasserbillig Beschreibung in Library - Definition und Buch-Tipp.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Eine Übersicht der Artikel, die mit dem Thema Wasserbillig verwandt sind finden Sie auf der Seite alle Artikel über Wasserbillig.
Wasserbillig ist Grenzortschaft zu Deutschland gegenüber von Wasserbilligerbrück.
Wasserbillig ist Sitz der Gemeinde Mertert, welche zu de
wasserbillig.know-library.net   (612 words)

  
 Wasserbillig, Luxembourg (Cities)
Wasserbillig, population 2,195, is a borough within the commune of [mertert].
It is located at the confluence of the Sure and the Moselle Rivers.
Wasserbillig is also known for its parish church.
www.ohwy.com /lu/w/wasserbi.htm   (52 words)

  
 A farewell to calculators: Europe begins its one-month countdown to a new currency era Questions and answers about the ...
A place like Trier, the German city across the Mosel River from Wasserbillig, makes an evocative backdrop for the historical drama that lies behind the abandonment of all those francs, marks, guilders, drachmas, escudos, pesetas, lire, schillings and punts.
Here, history's monuments range from the towering Porta Nigra, the town gate of flened sandstone built by the Romans in the 4th century, to the house where Karl Marx was born in 1818.
The individual countries have wide latitude in taxation and labor regulations - meaning that while trade and currency barriers have fallen, Europe is far from a single set of economic rules.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=26154   (1831 words)

  
 Golden Moselle bike and barge tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
From Wasserbillig in Luxembourg you gradually descend the Moselle as it meanders between the vineyards.
Meals are served in the elegant salon, while in good weather conditions you can enjoy your breakfast and dinner on the panorama deck.
THU: Remich to Grevenmacher to Wasserbillig, 35 km.
www.outquest.to /tour-e33.html   (254 words)

  
 Interrogation of Pvt. Dan Tucker, 18th Co., 5th Regiment Marines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The train was operated by Luxembourgers ~ there were no Germans on board - arrived in LUXEMBOURG and found elements of the 32nd Division there.
However, at WASSERBILLIG a lot of Germans got on.
From WASSERBILLIG he went to TRIER and from TRIER to COBLENZ and returned by the same route to LUXEMBOURG.
www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com /marchy21.html   (256 words)

  
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Wine tasting is the obvious attraction of the Moselle Valley, and if you like excellent, fruity whites, then the trip is well worthwhile.
The valley's "Route du Vin", or Wine Road, begins at Wasserbillig and follows the Moselle River south through the wine region's capital at Grevenmacher and beyond to the picturesque villages of Wormeldange, Remich and Schengen.
Trains to Germany stop in Wasserbillig, and buses from the capital run to Grevenmacher with frequent connections to towns in the south.
www.krierfreres.lu /en/geographie.htm   (166 words)

  
 Trier
Patches of mist clung to the hillsides above Wasserbillig - the last Luxembourg town before the frontier - and across the river in Germany.
Luxembourg is indeed a small country but there is still a lot more of it than you'd think looking at the map.
This was obviously not the first rainy day they'd had; in fact by all accounts it had been a very wet spring for western Europe.
www.sff.net /people/sanders/trier.html   (1568 words)

  
 SmugMug - history06 : WASSERBILLIG, OSWEILER, and ETTLEBRUCK - LUXEMBOURG - VBOB Galaxy Tour - 1994   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Patton Memorial, 87th Plaques, and Bullet markings viewed by VBOB Tour October 1994.
The Center for Research and Information of the Battle of the Ardennes.
history06.smugmug.com /gallery/2114299   (262 words)

  
 Mercia Charters
Wasserbillig - Wecker - Oetrange - Sandweiler Contern - Luxembourg - Luxembourg Depot
Here it was removed and posed next to 1807.
Back at Wasserbillig and 1807 ran-round before taking us back to Luxembourg City by the normal passenger route.
website.lineone.net /~mercia.charters/tr030726.htm   (936 words)

  
 Sightseeing in Luxembourg - Luxembourg Today - travel and tourist information, flight reservations, travel bargains, ...
Mosel route: Wasserbillig - Stromberg (Schengen) (54 km)
Sailing on the Mosel: The tourist ship Princesse Marie-Astrid is sailing between Schengen and Wasserbillig during the summer season.
Landing-stages are available in Wasserbillig, Mertert, Grevenmacher, Machtum, Ahn, Wormeldingen, Ehnen, Stadtbredimus, Remich, Bech-Kleinmacher, Schwebsingen and Schengen.
www.europe-today.com /lux/sightseeing2.html   (807 words)

  
 Luxembourg Stamps: 2000
They were made generally available at all post offices on January 3, 2000.
Wasserbillig is a large commercial center at the confluence of the Moselle and Sûre rivers and is the embarkation point for the Marie Astrid and other pleasure boats.
This stamp shows the former station building for the Prince Henri railroad, now restored and used by the local government.
www.luxcentral.com /stamps/LuxStamps2000.html   (1156 words)

  
 Luxembourg's little-known wines - Travel & Dining - International Herald Tribune
All of Luxembourg's vineyards are concentrated along a 40-kilometer, or 25-mile, picture-book stretch of the Moselle River from Wasserbillig in the north to Schengen in the south.
The Moselle rises in the Vosges mountains in France and flows serenely along between Luxembourg and Germany until Germany takes over both shorelines just north of Wasserbillig.
There the river prudently changes its name to Mosel for its run down to the Rhine at Coblenz.
www.iht.com /articles/2005/10/27/travel/trwine.php   (754 words)

  
 Autobahn Wasserbillig-Mesenich: 21 Stunden mit dem LKW unterwegs
Die Beamten der motorisierten Zoll- und Akzisenbrigade Wasserbillig kontrollierten in den frühen Morgenstunden des 28.
Januar auf dem Rastplatz Wasserbillig den LKW einer in Deutschland ansässigen Spedition.
Bei der anschliessenden Überprüfung der Tachoscheiben stellte sich heraus, dass die Fahrerin bereits seit 21 Stunden unterwegs war, ohne die gesetzlichen Ruhepausen einzuhalten.
www.gouvernement.lu /salle_presse/communiques/2003/01/28douane   (172 words)

  
 Luxembourg - Wasserbillig - Frontière allemande - Trèves
Luxembourg - Wasserbillig frontière allemande / deutsche Grenze (Trier) (2e voie / 2.
Train de Wasserbillig avec locomotive CFL 3009 et voitures Wegmann près du Plateau de Rham/Luxembourg-Ville (Photo: 5.7.2000 jmo)
Autorail DBAG VT628, venant de Wasserbillig, à Manternach (Photo: 1.8.2000 jmo)
www.rail.lu /ligneluxwasserbillig.html   (764 words)

  
 Accommodation in Wasserbillig Hotels, Guest Houses, Bed and Breakfasts, Inns, Lodgings, Motels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
If you run a hotel, guest house or bed and breakfast and would like to be included in A1 Tourism's Hotel and Guest House Directory, please contact us
The Wasserbillig Tourist Board gives comparable information to this page.
If you require more information about Wasserbillig, you may be able to obtain it from the Wasserbillig Tourist Board.
www.a1tourism.com /luxembourg/wasserbillig.html   (124 words)

  
 The Hindu : Hostage crisis in Luxembourg
Two small boys were released by the man, who stormed into the day-care centre in this east Luxembourg town yesterday.
The freed children, who had returned to their homes, were described by Wasserbillig police as being ``in a good physical condition and calm.'' Meanwhile, fears for the remaining hostages were partially dispelled today by the Luxembourg Prime Minister, Mr.
Jean Claude Junker, who sent a message to his Portuguese counterpart that they had ``slept well overnight and had eaten.''
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/06/02/stories/03020009.htm   (257 words)

  
 Tankstelle wasserbillig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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tankstelle-wasserbillig.gurg.com.es   (124 words)

  
 IFEX ::
RSF warns against the voluntary or involuntary use of journalists in police operations
During the conclusion of the hostage-taking situation in Wasserbillig (Luxembourg) on 1 June 2000, Luxembourg police admitted to having pretended to represent a television programme to draw out the hostage-taker in a trap.
To do this, the police officers used materials which they requisitioned from the Luxembourg television station RTL-TV.
www.ifex.org /en/content/view/full/10617   (243 words)

  
 Cerabati - Wasserbillig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Fondation de la Manufacture de carrelages and Pavages céramiques Utzschneider and Ed.
Jaunez" (Tonplattenfabrik) in Wasserbillig (Übernahme der Töpferei Lamberty)
Fermeture de l'usine à Wasserbillig / Schliessung des Werkes in Wasserbillig
www.rail.lu /cerabati.html   (363 words)

  
 TIME Europe | Luxembourg: Lights, Camera, Shoot! | 6/12/2000
Luxembourg police needed some way to stop a crisis becoming a tragedy.
A deranged man with a pistol, hand grenades, a knife and a gas canister last week entered the Sparrow's Nest daycare center, a stucco building framed by trees in the village of Wasserbillig, just across the Mosel River from Germany.
Two teachers managed to escape with 17 children, but 29 others aged between three and 10 and three teachers were at the mercy of the man, identified as Neji Bejaoui, 39, a Tunisian-born Luxembourg citizen.
www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/0612/luxembourg.html   (859 words)

  
 Autofähre Oberbillig - Wasserbillig
Ein Besuch Wasserbilligs lohnt alleine schon zum Tanken.
Viele Tankstellen und ein Mega-Supermarkt am Ortsrand von Wasserbillig in Richtung Luxemburg (moselaufwärts).
Die Fähre ist zwischen Trier und Wellen/Grevenmacher die einzige Möglichkeit, die Mosel mit dem PKW zu überqueren (zu Fuss und mit dem Fahrrad gibt es noch die Eisenbahnbrücke bei Konz).
www.roscheiderhof.de /umgebung/faehre.html   (71 words)

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