Rock formation

Discover the four wings of the French-Renaissance castle.

The "Ehrenfriedhof" in Bitburg is a commemorative cemetery for soldiers who died in both World Wars. The cemetery attracted world-wide attention in 1985 causing a great deal of controversy from the Jewish communities as well as the Veterans of WWII. The President of United States, Ronald Reagan and West German chancellor Helmut Kohl were to visit Kolmeshoehe to lay a wreath on a tombstone.

This considerable tomb from Roman times was excavated in the years 1972/73 and then restored. Both reliefs with mythological scenes as well as pictures from the everyday life of the builder's family are shown.

The Roman ``Langmauer`` of Butzweiler is a reconstruction. The wall had an original length of 72 km, a thickness of 80 cm and a height of 2 meters. The original wall was built end of the 4C.

Vianden Castle was built between the 11th and 14th centuries on the foundations of a Roman fort and a Carolingian refuge. Influenced by the Hohenstaufen family, the castle palace is one of the largest and most beautiful feudal residences of the Romanesque and Gothic periods in Europe.