The Luxembourg trail in America's Midwest
Luxembourg, home to more than 100 nationalities, has not always been a place of immigration – it was once just the opposite
György Földes traces some of Luxembourg's roots in America's Midwest – and even finds a bar serving Bofferding
The 19th and 20th centuries saw several waves of emigration from the Grand Duchy. In the early 1800s, laws introduced by the 'Code Napoléon' forced landowners to divide their properties equally among all children in the family. Within two generations, farms were parceled into units so small that owners could barely make a living. Luxembourg lost as much as 40% of its population at that time.
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