Belgium and HollandHandbook for travellers . f Liege in 652-62, areliquary of embossed copper, gilded, enamelled, and niches at the sides are filled with statuettes of the TwelveApostles, St. Remaclius, and St. Lambert, in silver, executed inthe 13th century. About 5 M. to the of Stavelot (diligence twice daily, crossingthe Prussian frontier halfway), in a pretty basin of the Warche, lies thePrussian town of Malmedy (Lottes; Jacob), the capital of a Walloondistrict which formerly belonged to the independent Benedictine abbeyof Malmedy-Stavelot, and was annexed to Prussia in
Belgium and HollandHandbook for travellers . f Liege in 652-62, areliquary of embossed copper, gilded, enamelled, and niches at the sides are filled with statuettes of the TwelveApostles, St. Remaclius, and St. Lambert, in silver, executed inthe 13th century. About 5 M. to the of Stavelot (diligence twice daily, crossingthe Prussian frontier halfway), in a pretty basin of the Warche, lies thePrussian town of Malmedy (Lottes; Jacob), the capital of a Walloondistrict which formerly belonged to the independent Benedictine abbeyof Malmedy-Stavelot, and was annexed to Prussia in 1815. The abbey-church, originally in the Romanesque style, and the abbey-buildings,which are occupied by public offices, form an extensive pile. French isstill spoken by the upper classes, and the Walloon dialect by the lowerthroughout the district (about 10,000 inhab.). The line now follows the valley of the Ambleve. — 25^/2 (see p. 216), where carriages are changed. — Con-tinuation of the line to Luxembourg, see R. LTIXEMBOURG. The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg^ with an area of about 1000 sq. ^13,280 inhab. (almost all Roman Catholics), forms the E. half of theold duchy of Luxembourg (part of the Spanish Netherlands) and from1839 to 1890 was connected with Holland by a personal union. Down to1866 it was a member of the Germanic Confederation, but in 1867 it wasdeclared by the Treaty of London a neutral territory, with a separate ad-ministration. After the death of King William III. of Holland in 1890, itpassed according to the treaty of succession to the Grand-duke Adolf (ofNassau; b. 1817). It still belongs to the German Zollverein or CustomsUnion, but as the duty on spirits is not raised as in Germany, a tolerablyrigid customs examination takes place. The present duchy includes the part of the Ardennes and sharesthe general characteristics of that district, consisting of a somewhat mono-tonous plateau (with an average height of about 1600 ft.
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