In this episode, we meet two more local politicians from a municipality in Luxembourg’s only biosphere reserve. This time, we travel to the municipality of Käerjeng to meet Michel Wolter and Yves Cruchten. In this episode of our travelling podcast through the Minett region, we talk to the two politicians about their experiences in national and local politics, the industrial culture in their municipality, the possibility of a beer museum, and the challenges they face in the future.
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Our “Minett-Location” of the month: Käerjenger Museksschoul
At 34 km², Käerjeng is the largest municipality in the Minett Biosphere Reserve by area. As the only municipality in the canton of Capellen to be part of the biosphere, it occupies a special position.
The municipal administration is currently housed in temporary premises, pending the construction of a new town hall to replace the old 1960s building. The offices are currently divided between the former kindergarten, the municipal workshops, and the Bascharage music school. The new town hall is an innovative building: it will be the first public administration building in Luxembourg to operate entirely without an external heating system.
Our guests: Michel Wolter & Yves Cruchten
Michel Wolter is a former minister and long-serving parliamentarian who has been mayor of Käerjeng for 15 years. He remains passionate about his role as mayor of this municipality, formed from the former municipalities of Bascharage and Clemency.
Yves Cruchten has been an alderman in Käerjeng for almost two years and sits on the board of the PRO-SUD syndicate, which manages the Luxembourg Biosphere Reserve. He is also a member of the Chamber of Deputies and an active member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
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© Minett UNESCO Biosphere
Our quiz:
Labour Day dates back to a major strike in the USA which became known as the ‘Haymarket Riot’. In which year did it take place?
- 1886
- 1909
- 1921
The Bofferding brewery in Bascharage dates back to 1764. The Bofferding brewery itself was founded in 1842. What was the founder’s first name?
- Charles-Edouard
- Jean-Baptiste
- Michel-Philippe
The Eisch is one of the most important rivers in the country and gets its name at the ‘Schockmillen’ in the municipality of Käerjeng. How far is it to Mersch, where it flows into the Alzette?
- 29 km
- 39 km
- 49 km
Links to the topics of this episode:
- The new Käerjeng town hall: an environmentally friendly administrative building project
- Kordall: a region in south-western Luxembourg. The Chiers river, Luxembourg’s only river that is part of the Meuse basin, flows through it
- Hautcharage park: a development project for a new urban park
- TDK Bascharage: a former CD/DVD production site (1991–2006)
- Brasserie Nationale: a brewery founded in 1764 and located in Bascharage since the 19th century
- Speech by Michel Wolter: delivered as the longest-serving member of the Chamber of Deputies in October 2023
- bioclimatic map of the Minett Biosphere: a detailed study of heat islands and fresh air corridors in the region
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