Echternach, the subject of this commemorative, is home to the oldest abbey in Luxembourg, founded by the Northumbrian monk Willibrord in 698 AD. The town's famous Springprozession — a hopping pilgrimage to Willibrord's tomb held annually on Whit Tuesday — was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, though not until 2010, more than a decade after this coin was struck.
Echternach, the subject of this commemorative, is home to the oldest abbey in Luxembourg, founded by the Northumbrian monk Willibrord in 698 AD. The town's famous Springprozession — a hopping pilgrimage to Willibrord's tomb held annually on Whit Tuesday — was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, though not until 2010, more than a decade after this coin was struck.