Colmar-Berg

Commune in Mersch, Luxembourg

Colmar-Berg Colmer-Bierg
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Colmar-Berg highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°48′40″N 6°05′50″E / 49.8111°N 6.0972°E / 49.8111; 6.0972
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Mersch
Area
• Total	12.31 km² (4.75 sq mi)
• Rank	88th of 100
Highest elevation	372 m (1,220 ft)
• Rank	73rd of 100
Lowest elevation	201 m (659 ft)
• Rank	26th of 100
Population
• Total	2,336
• Rank	65th of 100
• Density	190/km² (490/sq mi)
• Rank	44th of 100
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2	LU0000401
Website	colmar-berg.lu

Colmar-Berg (Luxembourgish: Colmer-Bierg, German: Colmar-Berg) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Mersch. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Attert and Alzette.

Colmar-Berg is the site of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg's principal residence, Berg Castle. It is also the site of a Goodyear tyre factory.

The commune was known as simply "Berg" until 25 March 1991.^[1]

The "Centre de Formation pour Conducteurs" (French for "Drivers' Training Centre") is also in Colmar-Berg. Every person has to make an "Obligatory Course" after they got their driving license in order for it to become a definitive license. This has to be done in the timespan after three months and before two years after the person passed their practical driving test.

Population

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Notable people

Frantz Heldenstein (1892–1975), a Luxembourgian sculptor.
Jean Kieffer (1909–1961), a Luxembourgian flyweight boxer; competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Aristocracy

Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894–1924), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 to 1919.
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896–1985), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964.
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921–2019), the Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000.
Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927–1977), younger son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma

References

^ "Mémorial A, 1991, No. 25" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2005. Retrieved 2006-07-18.
^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 11 January 2022.