Redange-sur-Attert, home of the Kropemann

Every village has its bogeyman, and Redange’s has a name, a statue and a festival. The Kropemann, says the Guttland regional tourist office, lurks in the water with a hook to catch children who stray too close to the bank, and the town honours him with a devotion I find one of the most likeable quirks of western Luxembourg.

The Kropemann and his festival

There’s a monument to him outside the town hall and a wooden sculpture too, and every year, on the last Sunday of September, the town throws him a big party. The 2026 one has just been, and the 2027 programme hasn’t been published, so look on visitguttland.lu around the summer.

Since the Kropemann sticks to the Attert, the regional office jokes that you can swim in peace at the shared pool, the Réidener Schwämm, which is free with the LuxembourgPass. He can’t reach the fishing pond at the other end of town either, nor the lake at Um Hounig, a leisure area linked to Ell by a woodchip path.

A canton capital with a past

Redange hasn’t always run its canton. The commune’s website explains that the canton of Ospern was created under the French Département des Forêts at the end of the 18th century, and that an ordinance of 12 October 1841 made Redange the capital in Ospern’s place. Its coat of arms, based on a late version of the arms of the lords of Useldange, was approved by the council in December 1988.

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Which cycle routes start here?

Three, according to the regional office. Redange is the start of the Wisen West Tour, 36 km for seasoned riders, and a highlight of the Dällchen West Tour, of medium difficulty. The third, the Jhangeli West Tour, partly follows the route of a legendary narrow-gauge train and is ideal for families. At Niederpallen it passes the Jhangelis Gare, the old station of the local railway, now a museum about the Noerdange-Martelange line (Noerdange belongs to neighbouring Beckerich), which closed in 1953, with a locomotive and a period carriage on display. You can see the outside at any time.

Who is Redange for?

Not for monument hunters, because there aren’t any to speak of. It is for families in summer, who get a pool, water and a legend to scare the children with, and for cyclists, who’ll find it a good base for the Attert valley routes. I’d give it an afternoon and use it as a starting point rather than a destination.

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Getting there and combining it

There’s no station in Redange, so you’ll arrive by car or by bus, and buses cost nothing across Luxembourg. I’d pair it with the free castle at Useldange, downstream on the Attert, and with Ell to the west for the sculpture park at Colpach. More two-wheeled ideas are under cycling in Luxembourg.

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