Embassy of Russia in Luxembourg
| Embassy of the Russian Federation in Luxembourg Посольство Российской Федерации в Люксембурге Ambassade de la Fédération de Russie à Luxembourg |
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| Coordinates | 49°38′37″N 6°08′19″E / 49.6435°N 6.1385°ECoordinates: 49°38′37″N 6°08′19″E / 49.6435°N 6.1385°E |
| Location | Beggen, Luxembourg |
| Address | Château de Beggen |
| Ambassador | Mark Entin |
The Embassy of Russia in Luxembourg is the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The mission is located in the historic Château de Beggen.
The site on which the château is located was purchased in the 18th century by Pierre Bourgeois, the owner of the first paper mill in Senningen, and another paper mill was built on this site. The mill was powered by water from the Donnersbach, which flowed from the side of Grünewald; it operated into the first decades of the 19th century. The property was purchased by Auguste Dutreux before 1851.
The property was purchased on 23 October 1865 by Metz & Co, and in 1866 the Donnersbach was redirected to supply the company's steel mill at Dommeldange. During the 1880s, Émile Metz built a villa on the site; however, this burned to the ground in January 1894. From 1894-1895, Wynand Janssens, an architect from Brussels, built the present château in a historicist style reminiscent of Vaux-le-Vicomte and Château de Fontainebleau. When Metz died in 1904, the property passed to his widow Edmée Tesch. When Mme Tesch died in 1919, in the absence of direct heirs the property was bequeathed equally to Emile Mayrisch (the Director General of ARBED) and Gaston Barbanson. Barbanson bought Mayrisch's share in the property in 1923, and lived in the property until 10 May 1940, when Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Luxembourg. The Barbanson family fled south to France, and from 1940-1944 the property was occupied by the Wehrmacht. From October 1944 to September 1945 units of the US Army were stationed in the property.
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