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| Schifflange is a small town of about 7,600
inhabitants: its economic development is mainly based on the exploration of the iron ore
and on an important iron and steel industry. Moreover, it has a developed commercial and
craftsman network. The origin of the town goes back to the Celtic Age and it was already
dedicated to the exploration of iron, which was used to build weapons and tools, from that
ancient time. The first document containing the name of Schifflange goes back to the years
795 and 798 B.C., and it allows considering the town amongst the oldest towns in the
country. In 1286, the town was risen to the rank of "free town" by the Duke of
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For a long time, the development of the
country was very slow until it stopped definitely in 1742. After the destruction of the
Church, caused by the napoleonic troops, and that of the low street, because of a big fire
in 1862, the town started its development through the systematic exploration of the iron
mines and the building of blast furnaces bound to the international railway system. The
economic development brought the town to a growth of population due also to the arrival of
many immigrants and of many workers coming from all over the country. From this new
population came a strong inducement towards the local independence that brought to the
proclamation of Schifflange as an independent commune.
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| The two World Wars provoked a stop of the
town's economic development. During the Second World War, Schifflange was the protagonist
of a great general strike, which cost the lives of its organisers, and of other civil
rebellions. That is the reason why Schifflange is known as the "city of
resistance". A new economic development started with the end of the war and
Schifflange became a flourishing industrial and commercial centre. |
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