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For centuries the region along the Saar, Lorraine and Luxembourg has been deeply influenced by the borders between them. Whereas now the area comprising the Saar, Lorraine and Luxembourg is effortlessly joined by two hyphens – Saar-Lor-Lux – in former times the borders between the three used to change regularly at the end of wars. Nonetheless without the "Minette" (iron ore with a relatively small proportion of iron) from Lorraine it was impossible to make steel in the Saar because there were no borders underground. Iron ore deposits lay to the southwest of Luxembourg and stretched out in the direction of Nancy.
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Country	City	Site	Theme
F	Arzviller	Saint-Louis-Arzviller canal inclined plane
F	Aumetz	Iron ore-mine museum of Aumetz
D	Beckingen-Düppenweiler	Historical Copper Mine
D	Bexbach	Saarland mining museum
L	Differdange	Industry and Railway Park Fond-de-Gras
L	Esch-sur-Alzette	Belval Blast Furnaces
D	Losheim am See	Eisenbahnmuseum Losheim
F	Marsal	Saltmuseum
F	Meisenthal	International Glass Center and Glass Museum
D	Merzig	Fellenberg mill fine mechanical workshop
D	Mettlach	The House of Villeroy & Boch
F	Neufchef	Ecomuseum of the Iron Mines of Lorraine
F	Petite-Rosselle	The mine, The Carreau Wendel Museum
D	Quierschied-Göttelborn	Göttelborn Pit and Housing Estate
L	Rumelange	National Museum of Iron Ore Mines
F	Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche	La Grande Place – The Saint-Louis Museum of Crystal
F	Sarreguemines	Museums of Sarreguemines
D	St. Ingbert	Rischbachstollen Visitor Mine
F	Uckange	Blast Furnace U4
D	Völklingen	World Heritage Site Voelklingen Iron Works
D	Völklingen	Velsen Visitor Mine
D	Wadgassen	Wadgassen Glassworks
D	Wadgassen	German Newspaper Museum