Buurgplaatz, Luxembourg

Peak Type	Hill
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	50° 9' 43'' N, 6° 1' 25'' E 50.16196, 6.02365 (Dec Deg) 287428 E 5560880 N, Zone 32 (UTM)
Country	Luxembourg
State/Province	Clervaux
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Buurgplaatz":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Buurgplaatz at Mountain-Forecast.com Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Europe's High Points (McKeating, Crolla)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 115      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 109) Selected Trip Reports:      2006-08-25 by Norbert Schaefer      2009-09-27 by Julian Westcott      2010-04-20 by Lee Newton      2011-06-27 by Andrew Rankine      2012-10-20 by Piotr Kaczynski      2015-03-21 by Mark Brace      2015-08-30 by James Stone      2017-07-12 by Tony Jenkins      2018-03-02 by Robert Garneau      2018-06-30 by David Gambone      2019-07-13 by Andy Hatzos (GPS Track)      2021-09-11 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)      2021-11-10 by Josef Nuernberger      2023-04-02 by William Musser (GPS Track)
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The summit of Buurgplaatz, arguably the highest peak in Luxembourg. Its rival to the illustrious claim, Kneiff, lies 0.5 km away along route 7 (2011-06-27). Photo by Andrew Rankine. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 14 m/46 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 14 m/46 ft   Line Parent: Kneiff   Key Col: 545 m/1788 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.22 km/0.14 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 50.16, 6.0233 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Kneiff  (S)
Ranges	Continent: Europe Range2: Northwest Europe Range3: North France-West Rhine Area Range4: Ardennes Range5: Southern Ardennes
Drainage Basins	Rhine North Sea Atlantic Ocean
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

The signpost at the historic highpoint of Luxembourg. It previously stood in front of the tower but at the time of my visit it had been knocked over (driven into?); I picked it up and leant it against an adjacent building (2014-08-16). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.

Buurgplaatz (2013-08-31). Photo by Father Pancake. Click here for larger-size photo.

The tower at Buurgplaatz (2006-08-25). Photo by Norbert Schaefer.

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