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National Literature Centre. The Maison Servais, home of the CNL. The National Literature Centre (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Literaturarchiv, French: Centre national de littérature), abbreviated CNL, is the national literary archive of Luxembourg. It is based in the town of Mersch, about 15 kilometers to the north of Luxembourg City.
Germaine Goetzinger (born 1947) is a Luxembourg writer, historian, educator and feminist.From 1995 to 2012, she headed Luxembourg's National Literature Centre.In 2011, she was awarded the Lëtzebuerger Bicherpräis (Luxembourg Book Prize) for fostering collaboration in literary circles and for her outstanding contribution to documentary and analytical research into Luxembourg's literature.
Literature of Luxembourg. The literature of Luxembourg is little known beyond the country's borders, partly because Luxembourg authors write in one or more of the three official languages (French, German and Luxembourgish), partly because many works are specifically directed to a local readership. Furthermore, it was not until the 19th century ...
Luxembourg Resistance. When Luxembourg was invaded and annexed by Nazi Germany in 1940, a national consciousness started to emerge. From 1941 onwards, the first resistance groups formed in secret, operating underground and in defiance of the German occupation. Their covert activities included aiding political refugees and those evading ...
Lëtzebuerger Journal was first published on 5 April 1948, [2] replacing the Obermosel-Zeitung and l'Unio'n, which ceased publication the same year. [3] Both of those newspapers were attempts to create a mass-circulation liberal newspaper, like the Luxemburger Zeitung of the pre-war era, which had a long tradition, but had been discredited politically. [3]
Luxembourgish was considered a German dialect like many others until about World War II but then it underwent ausbau, creating its own standard form in vocabulary, grammar, and spelling and therefore is seen today as an independent language. Luxembourgish managed to gain linguistic autonomy against a vigorous One Standard German Axiom by being ...
SMS Helgoland was a dreadnought battleship of the Imperial German Navy. Her design improved from the Nassau class, including an increase in the bore diameter of the main guns. Her keel was laid down at the Howaldtswerke shipyards in Kiel; she was launched on 25 September 1909, and commissioned on 23 August 1911.
Website. wort.lu. Luxemburger Wort (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊksm̩ˌbʊʁɡɐ vɔʁt]; lit. 'Luxembourgish Speech') is a German-language Luxembourgish daily newspaper. There is an English edition named the Luxembourg Times. [1] It is owned by Mediahuis Luxembourg. [2]