Luxembourgish Collection
Luxembourgish Collection
The Luxembourgish Collection consists of all printed or online publications edited and produced in Luxembourg after 1800, entered by legal deposit and acquired in addition to legal deposit. The collection also includes works published abroad by citizens of Luxembourg, or which are connected with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or the former Duchy of Luxembourg. Posters and postcards, the Luxembourgish music collection, and publications, which date from before 1800 or which are rare or particularly valuable, form part of the special collections.
Online resources
The National Library offers its readers an ever-growing number of digital documents.
Borrowing and viewing
The Luxembourgish Collection is referenced in the a-z.lu portal. In the Reading Room, documents of the Luxembourgish Collection can be identified thanks to a “LU” mark on their label. Generally speaking, there are always two copies: one for on-site viewing, one for home loans.
Moreover, a large selection of Luxembourgish periodicals is available in the Reading Room. The majority of them are only available for on-site viewing. On the ground floor, you will find national newspapers as well as news bulletins from Luxembourgish communes and associations.
Documents in the spotlight
Our staff members have written thematic studies on various documents from our collections.
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Tour de Frantz
Zu einer humoristischen Sonderbeilage des „Gukuk“ (1924)Vor hundert Jahren fuhr Nicolas Frantz in seinem zweiten Profijahr und bei seiner ersten Teilnahme an der Tour de France 1924 sogleich aufs Podest. Vor allem die Sportjournalisten hatten zu einem „Frantzfieber“ in Luxemburg beigetragen.
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Le témoignage d’une lettre manuscrite de 1921
Regard nuancé sur un chef militaire controversé de la Grande GuerreEn 1921, le lieutenant-colonel Frederic Louis Huidekoper, stationné temporairement au Luxembourg, écrit une lettre d’admiration à Field Marshal Haig, alors très respecté. Toutefois, après sa mort, Haig sera critiqué pour sa doctrine militaire caduque.
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L’amitié franco-luxembourgeoise mise à l’honneur
Visite de la Grande-Duchesse Charlotte à Thionville le 15 février 1920L’amitié franco-luxembourgeoise s’inscrit dans une longue histoire de relations et d’échanges entre les deux pays, dont les prémisses remontent à l’époque des comtes du Luxembourg au Moyen-âge.
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