. Luxembourg; the grand duchy and its people . ACROSS COUNTRY TO MBRSCH 179 history of the Duchy their doings are not surpassedin number and their power in importance by thoseof any other house in the land. It was not by warbut by the claims of succession that their power wasbroken ; the domain was divided and the divisionswere subdivided ; there was, for once in a way,no power in numbers. At Burgelinster, betweenthe old and the young Linsters and the two rivers,two towers and some ruins of their castle are to, beseen ; the last branch upon a stupendous familytree withered only towards the end
. Luxembourg; the grand duchy and its people . ACROSS COUNTRY TO MBRSCH 179 history of the Duchy their doings are not surpassedin number and their power in importance by thoseof any other house in the land. It was not by warbut by the claims of succession that their power wasbroken ; the domain was divided and the divisionswere subdivided ; there was, for once in a way,no power in numbers. At Burgelinster, betweenthe old and the young Linsters and the two rivers,two towers and some ruins of their castle are to, beseen ; the last branch upon a stupendous familytree withered only towards the end of last century.,Here the two rivers almost meet, little more thanhalf a mile separating them. Typical villages arethe four Linsters, set down in charming country. Junghnster church is well worth a visit. Built,in Renaissance style, in the second half of theeighteenth century, it suffered, with others, from theoutrages of the Revolution, but it has been tastefullyrestored. The frescoes in the choir are the work ofEchternach monks. The vault
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