Limpertsberg is a quarter

Quarters of Luxembourg City

The Quarters of Luxembourg City are the smallest administrative division for local government in Luxembourg City, the capital and largest city in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg....

 in north-western Luxembourg City, in the centre of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

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In the south, on the border with the main city is the Glacis

Glacis

A glacis in military engineering is an artificial slope of earth used in late European fortresses so constructed as to keep any potential assailant under the fire of the defenders until the last possible moment...

, a large open air parking lot which hosts the annual Schueberfouer

Schueberfouer

The Schueberfouer is the annual Luxembourg city fair held every year on the Glacis car park in Limpertsberg. It is the biggest fair in the country. The 2010 is the 670th edition....

 fair, the largest fair in the country. Next to the Glacis is the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg

Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg

The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, inaugurated in 1964 as the Théâtre Municipal de la Ville de Luxembourg, underwent renovation work in 2002–2003 resulting in substantial improvements to the stage technology, acoustics and lighting facilities...

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Limpertsberg's Notre-Dame cemetery has a Monument national de la résistance et de la déportation (Monument of the national resistance and deportation). The cemetery features the bronze sculpture The Political Prisoner

Le prisonnier politique

Le prisonnier politique is the name of a bronze sculpture created in 1949 by Luxembourgish sculptor Lucien Wercollier...

by Luxembourg's best-known sculptor Lucien Wercollier

Lucien Wercollier

Lucien Wercollier was a sculptor from Luxembourg.While he worked primarily in bronze and marble, some of his work is sculpted in wood, alabaster, stone and onyx. His public monuments in bronze and marble are of particular importance...

. The Limpertsberg bronze is one of three casts of the sculpture, with the other two at the Musée national de la résistance (National Resistance Museum

National Resistance Museum, Luxembourg

The National Resistance Museum of Luxembourg is located in the centre of Esch-sur-Alzette in the south-east of the country. The specially designed building traces the history of Luxembourg from 1940 to 1945...

) in Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette is a commune with city status, in south-western Luxembourg. It is the country's second city, and its second-most populous commune, with a population of 29,853 people...

 and the National Monument to the Resistance and to the Deportation at Notre-Dame cemetery in Luxembourg City.

To the south east is another iconic landmark, the Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge

Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge

The Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge is a road bridge in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.It carries the N51 across the Alzette, connecting the Avenue John Fitzgerald Kennedy, in Kirchberg, to Boulevard Robert Schuman, in Limpertsberg...

, also known as the Red Bridge due to its colour. It connects Limpertsberg to the European district of Kirchberg

Kirchberg

-Austria:*Kirchberg am Wagram, a town in Lower Austria*Kirchberg am Wechsel, a town in Lower Austria*Kirchberg an der Raab, a town in Styria*Kirchberg bei Mattighofen, a town in the district of Braunau, Upper Austria...

 over the Pfaffenthal

Pfaffenthal

Pfaffenthal is a quarter in central Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.In 2001, the quarter had a population of 1,208 people....

 and the Alzette

Alzette

The Alzette is a river with a length of 73 kilometers in France and Luxembourg. It is a right tributary of the Sauer.It rises in Thil near the town Villerupt in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département, France. It crosses the border with Luxembourg after a few kilometres. In Lameschmillen it is joined...

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In 2001, the quarter had a population of 7,546 people.