Despite the holidays, four students from the University of Luxembourg are very active at the moment. Jeff Dondelinger, Kevin Kunnert, Mélanie Jung and Gilles Lanners study History and are currently in the fourth semester of their Bachelor’s degree. Their project is an app about the history of Luxembourg City and migration. The aim is to bring together all the information in an app, which can later be accessed by the public.
The app uses different thematic areas. One example would be European officials who migrate here. Using the app, you can also take a tour through Luxembourg City, which could be particularly interesting for tourists.
One of our colleagues, Christophe Hochard, accompanied the students on a research tour across the City.
One of the students, Jeff Dondelinger, explained that the app is about migration in Luxembourg City and will be freely available for anybody who is interested in the subject. Via the app, you can find out when people came, that not all of them were Arbed employees, and that migration has been part of Luxembourg City for a very long time.
Particular sites of interest for the students were the Central Train Station, the buildings of the European Coal and Steal Community (CECA) and the Grand-Ducal Palace. Kevin Kunnert talked about the interest in exploring how the Palace was at the centre of power and how the Grand-Duke came to be the head of Luxembourg.
Mélanie Jung talked about the different themes the group researched at the Luxembourg City History Museum. Topics of interest include different types of museology, migration or difficult heritage. The students then took photos of the explanations relating to the respective topics in order to discuss them in detail in their lessons at the university.
The final stop of the group’s tour across the city were the National Archives, where they deepened their research in preparation of the app’s release mid-May.
