Echternach is located in the picturesque valley of the Sûre (Sauer), 24 miles northeast of Luxembourg city. The river Sûre flows through the town. It forms the border between Germany and Luxembourg. Today it divides the historic town into Echternach on the Luxembourgish riverside. And smaller Echternacherbrück on the German side.
Echternach is the main town of the Mullerthal Region, Luxembourg’s Little Switzerland. This unique landscape, with its bizarre rock formations, its gorges and caves, its extensive, old forest and mossy brooks, its romantic castles and old villages attracts thousands of walkers and nature lovers every year. It features the 110-km-Mullerthal Trail and numerous regional or local tours. It is part of the German-Luxembourg natural park. A recreational centre with a 150-acre lake is situated two kilometers south of the town.
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