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The glass jar no.1851 [left] is a souvenir from Echternach (Luxembourg). The row of houses depicted in the bottom foreground belong to the municipality of Echternacherbrück (Germany).

Echternacherbrück is situated at an altitude of 170 m on the left bank of the river Sauer (French: Sûre) which marks the border between Germany and Luxembourg.

The history of Echternacherbrück began in 1815 when the Congress of Vienna created the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Sauer river became the border between Luxembourg and the Prussian North Rhine province so that a customs office was built in the same year at the Prussian side of the bridge which crossed the river at this point. As the fields on the Prussian side remained in possession of Echternach citizens, some of them built new houses here. The new settlement at first was called 'Echternacher Brücke' (Echternach Bridge). Until about 1850 it consisted of only 9 houses with about 50 inhabitants. The development of the village took on speed in the second half of the 19th century when better roads were built and Echternach was connected to the Luxembourg railroad system. In February 1945 Echternacherbrück was destroyed by 90% when the American troops attempted to cross the Sauer river. Today Echternacherbrück has about 680 inhabitants and is administered together with the municipality of Irrel.