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Inhaltstext: „Über 200.000 Menschen pendeln in der Großregion SaarLorLux über eine nationale Grenze an ihren Arbeitsplatz. Sie sind Gegenstand dieser Studie, die das Grenzgängerwesen erstmalig kulturwissenschaftlich untersucht. Im Zentrum stehen subjektzentrierte Raumkonstruktionen in transnationalen Bezügen, die über ein interdisziplinäres Modell erschlossen werden. Es basiert auf sozialgeographischen und kultursoziologischen Ansätzen und wird mit unterschiedlichen Erhebungstechniken umgesetzt. Die Untersuchungsergebnisse decken die Bedingungen und Merkmale von Räumen der Grenze im Vierländereck auf. Damit dokumentiert der Autor eine kaum erforschte Mobilitätsform und legt ein innovatives Werkzeug zur empirischen Rückbindung postmoderner Denkfiguren vor.“

Aus dem Inhaltstext: „La construction des territoires en Europe" est un ouvrage issu des séminaires organisés par la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Lorraine en collaboration avec l'Université de Luxembourg, en 2008 et 2009. L'essentiel des contributions concerne un espace transfrontalier de coopération territoriale appelé Grande Région qui regroupe des entités de quatre Étals: le Grand Duché de Luxembourg, la Wallonie et les Communauté française et germanophone en Belgique, la Lorraine en France et les 1änder de Sarre et de Rhénanie-Palatinat en Allemagne. L'événement "Luxembourg et Grande Région, capitale européenne de la culture 2007" en est une des manifestations emblématiques. Les travaux présentés permettent, non seulement de faire un état des lieux des recherches sur la Grande Région, mais aussi de s'interroger sur les raisons du développement de cet objet privilégié. Dans une perspective multidisciplinaire, ils interrogent les fondements historiques et stratégiques de la construction de l'objet Grande Région, questionnent la validité de cette échelle territoriale privilégiée de l'action publique, observent les incidences de la mobilisation de la Grande Région dans un événement culturel visant à renforcer son existence dans l'esprit des populations. Si l'approche constructiviste est dominante dans les études et permet ainsi de dénaturaliser l'objet. cette posture de recherche est cependant soumise à un examen critique. En quoi les chercheurs contribuent-ils à faire exister l'objet sur lequel ils travaillent? Comment, dans un contexte de politiques culturelles territorialisées, est-il possible de mener des études de réception indépendantes? Et quelle est, en définitive, la pertinence du concept de territoire souvent posé comme une évidence dans le langage des instances européennes? Ces approches croisées de l'entité transfrontalière Grande Région, de ses modes d'existence et de ses formes de mobilisation dans les pratiques des acteurs publics, contribuent ainsi à enrichir l'analyse des nouvelles constructions territoriales aujourd'hui à l'oeuvre, depuis l'échelle locale jusqu'à l'Europe.“

Abstract: „Increasing processes of globalization, which reach people’s everyday life more and more, make new and individual scopes of action possible and real. The latter bring about configurations of the social and territorial dimensions of human action which break up the traditional comprehension of societal spaces. The concept of the transnational social space is helpful to overcome the unity of territorial and social space and to study social figurations anchored in different national states. The present article aims at the specific context of border regions, respectively crossborder labour markets, with special focus on the construction of a transnational social space. Hence, following the social geography centred on subjects and actions, some conditions and impacts of the cross-border commuter phenomenon in the Greater Region SaarLorLux, widely based on the empiric research of the author, will be discussed.“

Abstract: „The edificial structures of fortification and defense systems in the SaarLorLux region (Saar, Lorraine, Luxembourg) from the 16th century to World War II. Potential and problems of revaluation taking into consideration the recreation and tourism-oriented forms of use. Since the dispartment of the Carolingian empire in 843, territorial conflicts and dislocation of borders in the European SaarLorLux region have as a consequence led to the extraordinary high concentration of fortification and defense structures of different eras in this region. The fact that this has to be considered as unique was made clear by the Metz geographer François Reitel. He signified the SaarLorLux region as the world- "largest open air museum concerning fortification." Barely another region is able to document the evolution of modern times" fortification during the last five hundred years in such an impressive manner. The distinct variety of this period of fortifications is what makes it interesting for a diverse sightseeing tourism. Within the SaarLorLux region, leisure and tourism are important objectives for the conversion of fortifications as well as structures of defense. Both offer a vast potential of space not integrated in communal planning and are just partially built-up areas, extensive or even completely waste grounds with a reserve potential. Still, there is a gap between many abandoned and few fortifications in good, sometimes even outstanding condition. Therewith, fortifications in the SaarLorLux area are of great importance for culture tourism and their value is not recognized yet. The dissertation- objects of investigation are 333 buildings built in the three modern epochs stamped by the use of guns. In detail, those epochs are the one of bastion defense structures (16th to 18th century), the one of forts and huge defense structures (19th century) and the one of the territorial defense structures (20th century). A basic goal was the registration of the defense structural equipment in the SaarLorLux region documenting the different types, extents, functions and specialties of the existing objects. The registered buildings were judged for their adequacy for tourist and visitor use. In this way, it was possible to identify 25 fortifications and ensembles which have not been object of a conversion yet, but still have a potential for a future use in the tourism and recreation sector. Objects already in touristy use were analyzed and evaluated. Associations and clubs as supporters of this development find special account. After an evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of the existing tourism structures, perspectives for a future recreational and tourism use of the fortification heritage as a whole were developed.“

Inhaltstext: „Der Band faßt die Ergebnisse von sechs regionalen Studien entlang der deutsch-französisch-luxemburgischen Staatsgrenze zusammen. Die überwiegend auf Experteninterviews beruhenden Ergebnisse der Grenzraumstudie geben Anregungen, auf welche Bereiche, Themen und Gegenstände sich die künftige Zusammenarbeit erstrecken soll: Wirtschaft, Arbeitsmarkt, Wohnen, Verkehr, Ver- und Entsorgung, Umweltschutz, Einkaufsbeziehungen, Tourismus, Bildung, Kultur und Soziales. Sie zeigen den vielfältigen Kanon für die politische Zusammenarbeit über Grenzen hinweg auf örtlicher und regionaler Ebene auf. Mit Hilfe der Grenzraumförderung der EU sind greifbare Fortschritte bei der räumlichen Entwicklung in den jahrzehntelang vernachlässigten Grenzgebieten festzustellen. In den Studien wird auch auf Akteure und Organisationen, die sich der Kooperationsaufgabe widmen, ausführlich eingegangen. Auf der Grundlage von Fragestellung, Methodik und Ergebnissen der Untersuchungen sowie deren Bewertung werden Vorschläge zur Forsetzung der Kooperation gemacht.“

Abstract: „The intermunicipal, cross-border co-operation in the European border regions has experienced a dynamic thrust of development in the last few years. This was facilitated by the changes in the political, legal and financial framework conditions, to which the community initiative INTERREG provided a considerable contribution. An additional factor in the Saar-Lor-Lux region is that subunits form in the actual border regions within the generously measured, regional work areas of the interregional co-operation, characterised by a fairy homogenous regional structure. Using three case examples, it is demonstrated that cross-border organisation structures have developed within these small regions on a municipal level. These are being institutionalised more and more. Using the regional development model of the network of cities, which is being discussed with regards to its cross-border applicability, we can in this context speak of local co-operation networks. In the case of the Agglomération Transfrontalière du Pôle Européen de Développement (PED) in the Belgian-French-Luxembourg state triangle, the participating local authority districts and government authorities have joined together to form an association and maintain a joint Observatoire de l'Urbanisme, responsible among other things since 1996 for the registration and processing of regional data as well as for the development of land use concepts. The M eeting of Mayors and/or the Ronde des Trois Frontières, responsible for the development of tourism in the German-French-Luxembourg Moselle Valley, are considerably less formal network structures. The co-operation between the border local authority districts was institutionalised in the Saar-Rosselle region in the form of the Intermunicipal Association for Work. The latter maintains a co-operation office with the Saarbrücken city association, principally responsible for co-ordination tasks with regards to current and developing, cross-border projects. Despite the depicted structural and legal impediments, an increased institutionalisation of the co-operations can be observed; this goes hand in hand with a topical diversification, which deincreasingly covers subject areas which have been avoided up until now because of the potential conflicts found therein, as demonstrated by the example of the joint commercial area development in the case of the Agglomération du PED. These observed case examples deal with increasingly integrated core regions within a border region which can provide important impulses for the interregional and also international dialogue. At the same time, practical measures were implemented on this level, which are perceived by the local population in day to day life and therefore have greater identity-forming effects. In this context, these measures can provide an essential or even exemplary contribution to overcoming the interior borders of the EU. These approaches can be understood as being a basis for integration "from the bottom up" which make a greater sustainability and acceptance in the various sectors of day to day living more probable, unlike the top-down forces which dominate the realisation of the European common market or the currency union.“