Betzdorf (; ) is a commune and town in the canton of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg.
, the town of Betzdorf, which lies in the north-east of the commune, has a population of 284 inhabitants. Other settlements within the commune include the commune's administrative centre, Berg, as well as Mensdorf, Olingen, and Roodt-sur-Syre.
Betzdorf Castle is the birthplace of Grand Duke Henri and is now the headquarters of SES, the world's largest satellite operator in terms of revenue and one of the four largest components of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange's main LuxX Index.
Population
Notable people Bernard Molitor (1755–1833), a Luxembourgish cabinet-maker.
Aristocracy Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria (born 1954), her father's eldest child Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein (born 1957), princess of two current realms
List of mayors Name Start End Jean Engel 1800 1807 Jean Baptiste Weidert 1808 1816 Peter Erpelding 1816 1823 Hubert Petry 1823 1843 François Hoffmann Snr. 1844 1854 Nicolas Erpelding 1855 1870 Christophe Weber 1871 1888 Nikolas Metzdorf 1889 1901 François Hoffmann Jnr. 1902 1908 Johann-Peter Heinen 1909 1930 Jean Barthel 1930 1947Mayor in name only under Nazi occupation (1940 - 1944) Maurice Meyer 1947 1954 Jean-Pierre Mangen 1954 1963 Jean-Pierre Dondelinger 1964 1975 Guy Engel 1976 1981 René Muller 1982 1987 Rhett Sinner 1988 1999 Marie-Josée Frank 2000 2011 Rhett Sinner 2011 2014 Edgar Arendt 2014 2017 Jean-François Wirtz 2017 2023 Marc Ries 2023 present
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