288 Route 34. DIEKIROH. From Luxembourg is Schengen, with an interesting old castle; and about 4'/2 M. down are Wormeldingen (Eichhorn) and Ahn, both producing good wine. From Luxempoore To EcuTernacg, 28!/2 M., narrow-gauge railway in 21/4 hrs. — Tue train crosses the Pont Adolphe (p. 285), stops at a halt near the park, and descends through the Rollinger Grund to the valley of the Alzette. 31/2 M. Hich, 41/2 M. Dommeldange, both stations on the Trois-Vierges and Luxembourg line (p. 284). — Burglinster is 2 M. to the S.E. of the village of that name (Kies’s Inn, plain), which lies near the upper valley of the Weisse Erenz (p. 284) and contains a castle of the 16th cent. and an old chapel. At Altlinster, 11/; M. to the N., is a mutilated Celtic monument cut out of the rock, popularly known as ‘De Man an de Frau op der Lei’. — 15 M. Junglinster, in the valley of the Schwarze Erenz (p. 290). At Alt-Trier are the remains of a Roman fort, known as Alttrier or Alttrierschanz. — 23 M. Consdorf (4L65 ft.; Hotel Miiliertal, at the station), 2/3 M. to the E. of the village of that name (Atel Mersch, R. 2'/;, pens. 5-6 fr.), which is the starting-point for an excursion through the valley of the Miller to Grund- hof (3 hrs., comp. p. 290; fuotpath M diverges to the left from the highruad for the Guldkaul; footpath C leads to the right to the ice-grotto and the rocks of the Schnellert, see p. 290). — The train now descends through the narrow wooded valley of the Leiwerdell to Lauterborn, and then through the Lauterbach valley to (28!/2 M.) Echternach (p. 291). 34. From Ettelbriick (Luxembourg) to Wasserbillig via Diekirch and Echternach. Valley of the Sure. 33 M. Rarrway in 11/;-21/2 hrs. Beyond Diekirch we follow the Ligne du Prince-Henri. To(191/2 M.) Ettelbriick, see pp. 285-283. — Farther on we follow the Valley of the Sure, which is flanked by hills of considerable size. 214/> M. Diekirch. — Hotels. *Héret pes ARDENNES, with garden, 100 R. at 3-4/2, B. 1, D. 21/2, S. 2, pens. 6-8 fr., closed in winter. — HOTEL DE L Euros, 30 R. at 2/2, B.4, D. 21/2, pens. 6 fr.; HoreL pv Mror, 34 R. at 21/2, B. 14, D. 3, pens. 6 fr.; HéreL pz LA Matson-Rouce. — Baths at Kohn- Tschiderer’s, near the railway-station. Diekirch (640 ft.), a pleasant little town with 3600 inhab., a popular summer-resort, is prettily situated on the left bank of the Sure (Germ. Sauer), surrounded by three hills, the Herrenberg (1258 ft.), the Schiitzenberg (990 ft.), and the Goldknap (4075 ft.). Behind the Church of St, Lawrence, a modern building (1868) in the Romanesque style, the old church of Diekirch, dating from the 10th cent., has been preserved. Since the demolition of the med- igval town - walls the town has been surrounded by broad boule- vards, planted with trees. Pleasant walks may be taken hence to the top of the Herrenberg (view) and down its E. side to the Blees Mill at the mouth of the Blees valley; up the Bimer valley, between the Herrenberg and the Schiitzenberg, to the Kahlenberg Promenade; to the Hart, near Gilsdorf, on the right bank of the Sure, where there is a copy of a Celtic dolmen (‘Deiwelselter’) and, in the vicinity, the waterfalls of the Sasse/bach. — To the N. of Die- Kirch a road leads via the quaint farm of Kippenhof, on the Hosingen road, to the ruin of (41/2 M.) Brandenburg (destroyed by the French in 4668), rising from the narrow valley of the Blees. To the right of the entrance is a@ Roman relief (Triton and bull). The return-journey (5 M.) is made through the Blees valley, vid Bastendorf. From DiekincH To VianDEN, 81/2 M., light railway in 3/, hr. (fares 1 fr. 40, 70c.), vid (2 M.) Bleesbriick, (3'\/2 M.) Tandel, and ({ M.) Bette,