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  • Our Town
    • Walferdange
    • History of the city
    • Twin cities
    • Tourism
      • Castle
      • Roman villa
      • Qanat des Raschpëtzer
      • Sonnebierg Natural Reserve
      • Seismological laboratory
      • Gypsum mines
      • Church
    • Photo gallery
    • Walfer annuaire
    • Walfer Buet
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    • Bicherdeeg
    • Commune development
      • Index of locations
      • Index of streets
    • Public notice
      • Development Plan PAP/PAG
      • Marriage publications
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      • Vacancy of place
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    • Town Council
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    • Municipal commissions
    • Elections
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    • Secretary
    • Civil Status
    • Registry Office / Biergercenter
    • Communication Service
    • Technical service
    • Municipal taxes
    • Social service
      • Meals on Wheels
    • Other services
      • Online certificate requests
      • Permits for late night events (pubs)
      • Alerts by text message
      • Cable television & internet
  • Environment
    • Environment and Energy
    • Waste and Recycling
    • Ecological footprint
    • Water
  • Mobility
    • Residential parking
    • Green transportation
      • Carte – Pistes cyclables
      • Mbox
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    • Midnight Bus
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    • Holiday periods
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    • Language courses
  • Seniors & Youth
    • Seniors
      • Haus am Becheler home
      • Meals on Wheels
      • Walfer Senioren
      • Gymnastics for Seniors
    • Youth
      • “Jugendhaus Woodstock” (Youth Center)
      • Night rider / Nightcard
      • Student jobs
  • Culture and Leisure
    • Language “Café”
    • Event Calendar
    • Clubs and Associations
    • Facilities premises for cultural activities
    • Room reservation requests
    • Sport
      • Outdoor Fitness
      • Swing for people with reduced mobility
      • Sport facilities
      • Sports Clubs
      • Gymnastics and dance classes
        • Bodyshape
        • Dance-Gymnastics for Seniors
        • Gymnastics after 50
    • Commerce
    • Pidal
    • Bicherbus / Bicherschaf
Commune de Walferdange Commune de Walferdange
  • Our Town
    • Walferdange
    • History of the city
    • Twin cities
    • Tourism
      • Castle
      • Roman villa
      • Qanat des Raschpëtzer
      • Sonnebierg Natural Reserve
      • Seismological laboratory
      • Gypsum mines
      • Church
    • Photo gallery
    • Walfer annuaire
    • Walfer Buet
    • Publications
    • Bicherdeeg
    • Commune development
      • Index of locations
      • Index of streets
    • Public notice
      • Development Plan PAP/PAG
      • Marriage publications
      • Traffic regulations
      • Commodo-Incommodo procedures
      • Vacancy of place
  • Politics
    • Communal government
    • Town Council
    • Political parties
    • Municipal commissions
    • Elections
  • Services
    • Secretary
    • Civil Status
    • Registry Office / Biergercenter
    • Communication Service
    • Technical service
    • Municipal taxes
    • Social service
      • Meals on Wheels
    • Other services
      • Online certificate requests
      • Permits for late night events (pubs)
      • Alerts by text message
      • Cable television & internet
  • Environment
    • Environment and Energy
    • Waste and Recycling
    • Ecological footprint
    • Water
  • Mobility
    • Residential parking
    • Green transportation
      • Carte – Pistes cyclables
      • Mbox
    • Flexibus
    • Night rider / Nightcard
    • CFL
    • Mobilitéit.lu
    • Midnight Bus
  • Education
    • School education
    • Timetable
    • Children and care
    • Holiday periods
    • School bus service
    • Maison Relais
    • Scholarships
    • Music and ballet courses
    • Language courses
  • Seniors & Youth
    • Seniors
      • Haus am Becheler home
      • Meals on Wheels
      • Walfer Senioren
      • Gymnastics for Seniors
    • Youth
      • “Jugendhaus Woodstock” (Youth Center)
      • Night rider / Nightcard
      • Student jobs
  • Culture and Leisure
    • Language “Café”
    • Event Calendar
    • Clubs and Associations
    • Facilities premises for cultural activities
    • Room reservation requests
    • Sport
      • Outdoor Fitness
      • Swing for people with reduced mobility
      • Sport facilities
      • Sports Clubs
      • Gymnastics and dance classes
        • Bodyshape
        • Dance-Gymnastics for Seniors
        • Gymnastics after 50
    • Commerce
    • Pidal
    • Bicherbus / Bicherschaf

Castle

Commune de Walferdange / Our Town / Tourism / Castle

The Walferdange castle changed considerably & constantly over time, both in design, purpose and decoration.

In 1817 it was conceived as a stud farm by William I of Orange for the King and Grand Duke William I. The Belgian Revolution that broke out in 1830 put an end to that plan and the building remained unoccupied for some ten years.

In 1841, King William II offered to refurbish the premises to create a royal residence for the King/Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

On 5 February, 1850, King William III appointed his brother Henry as the Lieutenant-Representative of Luxembourg. Prince Henry then moved to Walferdange and lived there until his death in 1879.

In 1853, he married Princess Amalia Maria de Saxe Weimar. When she moved to Walferdange Castle shortly thereafter, the inhabitants gave her and her husband a warm welcome. The couple was much loved by the population of Walferdange as proven by many documents, testimonies and anecdotes.

On 2 May 1872, the city of Walferdange and the rest of nation mourned the passing of Princess Amalia.

chateau1On 22 January 1879, Prince Henry left Walferdange Castle for the last time. The illustrious prince had lived there for nearly thirty years. After Prince Henry’s death, the castle was mainly ignored. Its only use between 1891 and 1905 was as secondary residence for Grand Duke Adolph. During the First World War, children and families evacuated from threatened neighbourhoods in the City of Luxembourg found refuge in Walferdange. In 1930, the Normal Teachers’ School was founded in the castle and operated until 1944.

chateau2Temporarily occupied by American troops at the end of the Second World War, the castle was used as barracks by the Luxembourg army from May 1945 to July 1967. Since then, most of the castle has been occupied by the Higher Institute for Educational Study and Research.

In 2003, the buildings of the Walferdange Castle site were transformed and have served as the Walferdange Campus, an annex to the University of Luxembourg created in 2003.

Starting in September 2015, the site was reassigned to the Ministry of National Education, Childhood and Youth, which relocated some of its resource departments and administration there.

  • Our Town
    • Walferdange
    • History of the city
    • Twin cities
    • Tourism
      • Castle
      • Roman villa
      • Qanat des Raschpëtzer
      • Sonnebierg Natural Reserve
      • Seismological laboratory
      • Gypsum mines
      • Church
    • Photo gallery
    • Walfer annuaire
    • Walfer Buet
    • Publications
    • Bicherdeeg
    • Commune development
      • Index of locations
      • Index of streets
    • Public notice
      • Development Plan PAP/PAG
      • Marriage publications
      • Traffic regulations
      • Commodo-Incommodo procedures
      • Vacancy of place
  • Politics
    • Communal government
    • Town Council
    • Political parties
    • Municipal commissions
    • Elections
  • Services
    • Secretary
    • Civil Status
    • Registry Office / Biergercenter
    • Communication Service
    • Technical service
    • Municipal taxes
    • Social service
      • Meals on Wheels
    • Other services
      • Online certificate requests
      • Permits for late night events (pubs)
      • Alerts by text message
      • Cable television & internet
  • Environment
    • Environment and Energy
    • Waste and Recycling
    • Ecological footprint
    • Water
  • Mobility
    • Residential parking
    • Green transportation
      • Carte – Pistes cyclables
      • Mbox
    • Flexibus
    • Night rider / Nightcard
    • CFL
    • Mobilitéit.lu
    • Midnight Bus
  • Education
    • School education
    • Timetable
    • Children and care
    • Holiday periods
    • School bus service
    • Maison Relais
    • Scholarships
    • Music and ballet courses
    • Language courses
  • Seniors & Youth
    • Seniors
      • Haus am Becheler home
      • Meals on Wheels
      • Walfer Senioren
      • Gymnastics for Seniors
    • Youth
      • “Jugendhaus Woodstock” (Youth Center)
      • Night rider / Nightcard
      • Student jobs
  • Culture and Leisure
    • Language “Café”
    • Event Calendar
    • Clubs and Associations
    • Facilities premises for cultural activities
    • Room reservation requests
    • Sport
      • Outdoor Fitness
      • Swing for people with reduced mobility
      • Sport facilities
      • Sports Clubs
      • Gymnastics and dance classes
        • Bodyshape
        • Dance-Gymnastics for Seniors
        • Gymnastics after 50
    • Commerce
    • Pidal
    • Bicherbus / Bicherschaf

Administration communale de Walferdange

Place de la Mairie, B.P. 1
L-7201 WALFERDANGE

Tel.: 33 01 44 - 1
Fax: 33 30 60
secretariat@walfer.lu

Opening hours

The town of Walferdange
Monday 'til Friday
08:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Biergercenter
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
08.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
13.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Tuesday
08.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
13.30 p.m. to 18.45 p.m.

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