Napoléonsgaard
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Napoleonsgaart
| photo = Rambrouch, Napoleonsgaart (102).jpg
| photo_caption = The summit of Napoleonsgaart
| elevation_m = 547
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| location = Canton Redange,
Luxembourg
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}}Napoleonsgaart is a hill in the commune of Rambrouch, in western Luxembourg. It is {{Convert|554|m}} tall,{{Cite web |title=Geoportail |url=http://map.geoportail.lu |language=fr}}{{better source|date=February 2023}} and lies to the north-east of Schwiedelbrouch.
Napoleonsgaart is the third-highest summit in Luxembourg and the highest point in the Canton of Redange.
History
Napoleonsgaart (literally: "garden of Napoléon") is so-named from the plantations that were made there on the order of Napoléon Bonaparte to honor the birth of his first son in 1811 at the supposed highest point of the Département des Forêts.{{Cite web |date=13 August 2019 |title=Am Anfang ist der Kaiser |url=https://www.wort.lu/de/kultur/am-anfang-ist-der-kaiser-5d52decfda2cc1784e349b86 |access-date=24 May 2022 |website=Luxemburger Wort - Deutsche Ausgabe |language=de |url-access=subscription}}
Between 1905 and 1952, Napoleonsgaart was considered the highest point in Luxembourg. It was superseded by Buurgplaatz {{Convert|559|m|ft|abbr=on}} which was itself superseded by Kneiff {{Convert|560|m|ft|abbr=on}} in 1997.{{cite web | url=https://act.public.lu/fr/actualites/2010/01/point-culminant-luxembourg.html | title=Le point culminant du Luxembourg |website=Portail du cadastre de la topographie |date=18 January 2010 |language=fr }}
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Category:Mountains under 1000 metres
Category:Mountains and hills of the Ardennes (Luxembourg)
Category:Mountains and hills of the Eifel
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