Givenich

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Givenich ( German )
Giwenech ( lux. ) Givenich ( French )Template: Infobox district of a municipality in Germany / maintenance / alternative name
Template: Infobox district of a municipality in Germany / maintenance / alternative name
Community Rosport-Mompach
Coordinates : 49 ° 45 '  N , 6 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 44 '53 "  N , 6 ° 28' 46"  E
Height : 307 m
Residents : 89 (Jan. 2, 2018)
Postal code : 6666
Givenich (Luxembourg)
Givenich
Location of Givenich in Luxembourg
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Givenich ( Luxembourgish Giwenech ) is a district of the municipality of Rosport-Mompach in the canton of Echternach in Luxembourg .

location

The place is about one kilometer west of the border with Rhineland-Palatinate and thus with Germany . Neighboring towns are Mompach in the west and Moersdorf in the east .

history

The name Givenich is derived from the Gallo-Roman Gaviniacus (= "the possession of Gavinius"). Between 1840 and 1946 graves were found that indicate a Merovingian or Carolingian settlement here . After there were thirteen courtyards next to a church in Givenich in the 12th century, the place died out as a result of plague and wars in the following century. It was not until the 16th century that a farm was rebuilt on the site, which passed into the possession of a family in 1830 and passed to the Luxembourg state in 1892. There has been a penal institution there since 1939 .

Givenich belonged to the municipality of Mompach until December 31, 2017 and since January 1, 2018 to the new municipality of Rosport-Mompach, which was created from the merger of the two municipalities of Rosport and Mompach.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nombre d'habitants. In: Website of the municipality of Rosport. Retrieved May 1, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Christina Mayer: Topography of the building culture of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Volume 1: Canton Echternach . Service des sites et monuments nationaux, 2010, ISBN 978-2-495-15120-7 , p. 394.

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