Lasauvage, Kajibi

Lasauvage, a charming village in the south of the Grand Duchy, certainly seems like a pleasant place to live. But step through the doors of the local Espace Muséologique, located in the former Château Saintignon, and dive headfirst into another era. This life-size reconstruction takes us back to the days of the Second World War when a group of young Luxembourgers hid in a mine to escape the obligation to wear the Nazi uniform. To discover the village’s fascinating history, head to the Espace Muséologique of Lasauvage!

This extraordinary collection of fossils and minerals is the result of years of compilation by collector Eugène Pesch. The museum named after this Luxembourger from Differdange also offers a reconstruction of a mining tunnel and an entire exhibition on the difficult working conditions that miners faced in the early 1900s.

An exploration path in the hidden village of Lasauvage. Several small paths branch off from the main path (marked with a stag) to later return to it. On these branches, young and old can discover various aspects of nature. The numerous information boards help with orientation. Near the end of the path, you can admire the still existing poles of the former "Minièresbunn".

As the III. Reich invaded the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in May 1940 in order to be able to advance further into France and Belgium, the Minett region was occupied by the French army mobile units. There were occasional skirmishes and fighting. A total of 59 soldiers from the 6th Regiment of the Algerian SpaHis, light scout troops, were killed in the area of Pétange, Differdange and Lasauvage. This plaque commemorates their victims. Another plaque also commemorates victims among the civilian population who had to pay with their lives for helping to resist the occupiers.