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A real insider tip in northern Luxembourg! At the "Confluence Point" near Wilwerwiltz (50°N, 6°E) is a sundial – the Kiischpelter Sun Circle.

Beautiful view, over the hills

At the entrance to the village, approaching from Esch-sur-Sûre, a memorial commemorates the population and Allied troops who suffered in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. The monument consists of a bomb dropped nearby by a US aircraft around Christmas 1944. This memorial was inaugurated on September 28, 1980.

Remembering history is an important thing

Old bomb from the 2nd World War

EN: Such points of intersection between integer degrees of longitude and latitude are called "confluence points". The "Degree Confluence Project" [https://confluence.org/] is a worldwide project that aims to visit all these points and document them in pictures and text. The visits to this point at 50°N 6°E are documented here: https://confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=50&lon=6 FR: Such points of intersection between whole degrees of longitude and latitude are called "points of confluence". The "Degree Confluence Project" [https://confluence.org/] is a global project that aims to visit the ensemble of these points and to document them in images and text. Visits to this point at 50°N 6°E are documented here: https://confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=50&lon=6 EN: Such intersections between whole degrees of longitude and latitude are called "confluence points". The "Degree Confluence Project" [https://confluence.org/] is a global project that aims to find all of these points and document them in images and text. Visits to this point at 50°N 6°E are documented here: https://confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=50&lon=6

At this point one is exactly 50° north of the equator (= north latitude) and 6° east of Greenwich (= east longitude).

You can read the story of the bomb on the sign next to the bomb.