The Château de Septfontaines is located in the Rollingergrund

Rollingergrund

Rollingergrund is an area of north-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It forms the majority of the quarter of Rollingergrund-North Belair....

 district of Luxembourg City

Luxembourg (city)

The city of Luxembourg , also known as Luxembourg City , is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg...

. Now a listed building, it has been associated over the years with Luxembourg's Villeroy & Boch

Villeroy & Boch

Villeroy & Boch is a large manufacturer of ceramics with the company headquarters located in Mettlach, Germany.-Company history:The company began in the tiny French village of Audun le Tiche, where François Boch set up a pottery company with his three sons in 1748. Later, the company moved to...

 porcelain factory which closed in 2010.

History

The castle was built in 1783–1784 by Jean-François et Pierre-Joseph Boch who had opened their nearby porcelain factory in 1767 when Luxembourg was part of the Austrian Netherlands. The brothers had chosen Rollingergrund for their factory as it offered all that was needed: clay, water and wood for the ovens. It was designed so that both their familiies could live there which explains why the first floor is divided into two separate sections for the bedrooms while the rooms on the ground floor, including the dining room and lounge, could be used by both families.

The castle was once occupied by French toops and was sold in 1914. After the Boch family had acquired it once again in 1970, they charged Antoine de Schorlemer to undertake comprehensive renovation work which lasted a full 12 years.

The castle today

The rooms now testify to the success of the Boch brothers. Porcelain of all shapes and sizes decorates the walls and the windows. In the dining room hangs a portrait of the Austrian empress Maria Theresa (1717–1780) who had allowed them to build their factory in Rollingergrund and who had freed them from taxation for the first ten years. Now available for business conferences and receptions, the building is still used by the management, partners and clients of Villeroy & Boch when they are in Luxembourg.

See also

• Septfontaines Castle
  Septfontaines Castle
  Septfontaines Castle in central Luxembourg is one of the castles belonging to the Valley of the Seven Castles. Located high above the village of Septfontaines, the medieval castle is now privately owned.-History:...
  
   in the Valley of the Seven Castles
  Valley of the Seven Castles
  'Valley of the Seven Castles' is an informal name given to the Eisch valley, in central Luxembourg. The valley stretches from the confluence with the Alzette upstream to Steinfort, on the border with Belgium. The entire route can be traversed in about an hour by car, starting near the town of...
  
  
• List of castles in Luxembourg