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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIEKIRCH , a small See also:

town in the See also:grand duchy of See also:Luxemburg, charmingly situated on the See also:banks of the Sure. Pop. (1905) 3705. Its name is said to be derived from Dide or See also:Dido, grand-daughter of See also:Odin and niece of See also:Thor. The See also:mountain at the See also:foot of which the town lies, now called Herrenberg, was formerly known as Thorenberg, or Thor's mountain. On the See also:summit of this See also:rock rises a perennial stream which flows down into the town under the name of Bellenflesschen. Diekirch was an important See also:Roman station, and in the 14th See also:century See also:John of Luxemburg, the See also:blind See also:king of Bohemia, fortified it, surrounding the See also:place with a castellated See also:wall and a ditch supplied by the stream mentioned. It remained more for less fortified until the beginning of the 19th century when the See also:French during their occupation levelled the old walls, and substituted the avenues of trees that now encircle the town. Diekirch is the administrative centre of one of the three provincial divisions of the grand duchy. It is visited during the summer by many thousand tourists and travellers from See also:Holland, See also:Belgium and See also:Germany.

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