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Luxemburg (Capital of the above)

the capital of the above grand-duchy, formerly included in Dutch Luxemburg, on the Alzette, a tributary of the Sur, 22 miles S. W. of Trèves. Once one of the strongest fortresses in Europe. After 1815 the city was garrisoned by about 3,000 Prussian troops, but on the protestation of France, and by a clause of the treaty of London, May 11, 1867, the grand-duchy was rendered neutral, and it was agreed that the town of Luxemburg shall cease to be a fortified place. The fortress was evacuated the following month by the Prussians, and the works razed in the course of the year. During the World War, the city was in German occupation, Pop. about 20,000. as a military depot , officers' headquarters.