Luxembourg

Commemorative coin

2016

The 50th anniversary of the bridge ‘Grand Duchess Charlotte’

(Part of the National series " Grand-ducal Dynasty ")

Official Journal of the European Union

The design shows the bridge ‘Grand Duchess Charlotte’ which is the main route connecting the city centre of Luxembourg to the urban quarter of Kirchberg, the site of the city’s European Union institutions. The text ‘Pont Grande-Duchesse Charlotte’ (Bridge Grand Duchess Charlotte) and underneath the year ‘1966’ are inscribed on the image of the bridge. At the top of the design are depicted the effigy of the Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and at its left the year of issuance ‘2016’. At the bottom appears the name of the issuing country ‘LUXEMBOURG’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

The coin motif shows the bridge named after Grand Duchess Charlotte, the main traffic link between Luxembourg's city centre and the Kirchberg Plateau, where the institutions of the European Union are located. Built according to plans by Egon Jux, the structure, called Groussherzogin-Charlotte-Bréck or Rout Bréck (Red Bridge) in Luxembourgish, spans the Alzette at a height of 74 metres.

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