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to Luxembourg. ETTELBRUCK. 33. Route. 283
The railway continues to follow the narrow, rocky valley of the
Wiltz, which at this point is only partly accessible to walkers. Three
tunnels. — 171/. M. @obelsmithle (775 ft.; modest inn), at the con-
fluence of the Wiltz and the Sure. A pleasant walk may be taken
byjthe road descending the valley of the Sure (zoad up the valley
to Esch, see p. 282). — Three more tunnels. On a height to the
left is Schlindermanderscheid. To the right, on an isolated hill, is
the castle of Burscheid.
The castle, with its triple wall, keep, and watch-towers, owes its
dilapidated dition partly to a bombardment by the French in 1685, but
chiefly to modern vandalism. We cross the new stone bridge (one arch
125 ft. in span) at Mi a (see below) and ascend by the road to the
(40 min.) castle and the vy e of Burscheid (4675 ft.; inn), which is situ-
ated higher From the top a rough path leads direct to Gébelsmihle
via Fischeiderhof, and a picturesque road also leads thither in 1!/2 br.
20M. Michelau. The valley of the Sure contracts, and the
train passes through three tunnels. The rocky scenery of this part
of the valley (Wildlei, Scharflei, Jaufferslei, Predigtstuhl) is better
viewed from the road. — The chateau of Erpeldingen (stat.) contains
an alabaster chimney-piece of the Renaissance, illustrating the story
of Mucius Scezvola. — The valley now forms a wide basin, in which
the Sure is joined by the Alzette and makes a sharp bend to the EH.
231/, M. Ettelbriick (650 ft.; Hét. Herckmans, R. & B. 3, pens.
6 fr., with restaurant; Hét. Wieser; Rail. Restaurant), a small town
(3500 inhab.), with a modern church, pleasantly situated at the
confluence of the Warke and the Alzette, is the junction for the rail-
way to Diekirch, Wasserbillig, and Tréves (RR. 34, 35). Fine view
from the Nuck (1015 ft.), opposite Ettelbriick on the E., beyond
the Alzette and the railway. A beautiful footpath ascends the valley
of the Warke to (41/) M.) Welscheid (820 ft.).
f e, 33 M., railway in 11/s-21/, hrs. — The
ey of the Attert at (3 M.) Colmar-Usines. — 5 M. Bissen.
dange, with a ruined castle and Gothic chapel. A little to the
is the Helperknap, with traces of a Roman camp. 13 M. Noerdange (light
y to Martelange and Bastogne, p. 236); 18M. Hischen (935 ft.); 21 M.
t; 22/2 M. Hagen (4035 ft.; branch to Klein-Betlingen, 2/2 M., see
). — 28 M. Clémency (Germ, Kiinizig; 1095 ft.). —83 M. Pétange, p. 287.
At Bttelbriick the train enters the valley of the Alzette and
follows it to Luxembourg. To the right, on a wooded hill, stands
the chateau of Birtringen. — 26 M. Colmar-Berg, at the confluence
of the Alzette and Attert (see above). Halfway up the hill is the old
castle of Berg, once belonging to the Counts of Nassau, which was
rebuilt in the 19th cent. and now belongs to Grand-Duke William ;
it is surrounded with pleasant grounds (visitors admitted). — The
valley again contracts. Tunnel. — 28 M. Kruchten (716 ft.).
From KrucutenN 10 LARocHETTE, 71/2 M., narrow-gauge railway in
40 minutes. The line runs vid Schrondweiler and Medernach (where numerous
Roman antiquities were found). — 7/2 M. Larochette, Ger. Fels (880 ft.;
HO6t. de la Poste, in the market-place, 35 RB. at 21/2, B. 1, D. 2!/28, pens.
6 fr. ; H6t. Ginter, both with small gardens, clean) is a small town (1200 in-
hab.) with cloth-factories and tanneries, situated in the wooded valley of
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