Betzdorf, Luxembourg

Betzdorf
Betzder
Commune
Town hall

Coat of arms

Map of Luxembourg with Betzdorf highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°41′15″N 6°21′00″E / 49.6875°N 6.35°E / 49.6875; 6.35Coordinates: 49°41′15″N 6°21′00″E / 49.6875°N 6.35°E / 49.6875; 6.35
Country  Luxembourg
Canton Grevenmacher
Area rank ? of 102
  Rank ? of 102
  Density rank ? of 102
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2 LU0001101
Website betzdorf.lu

Betzdorf (Luxembourgish: Betzder) is a commune and village in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Grevenmacher, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher. The commune's administrative centre is Berg.

As of 2001, the village of Betzdorf, which lies in the north-east of the commune, had a population of 234. Other settlements within the commune include Berg, Mensdorf, Olingen, and Roodt-sur-Syre.

Betzdorf Castle is the headquarters of SES, the world's largest satellite operator in terms of revenue and one of the four largest components of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's main LuxX Index.

List of mayors

NameStartEnd
Jean Engel18001807
Jean Baptiste Weidert18081816
Peter Erpelding18161823
Hubert Petry18231843
François Hoffmann Snr.18441854
Nicolas Erpelding18551870
Christophe Weber18711888
Nikolas Metzdorf18891901
François Hoffmann Jnr.19021908
Johann-Peter Heinen19091930
Jean Barthel19301947[note 1]
Maurice Meyer19471954
Jean-Pierre Mangen19541963
Jean-Pierre Dondelinger19641975
Guy Engel19761981
René Muller19821987
Rhett Sinner19881999
Marie-Josée Frank20002011
Rhett Sinner2012present

Notes

  1. Mayor in name only under Nazi occupation (1940 - 1944)

References


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