Heinerscheid

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Heinerscheid ( German )
Héinischt / Hengescht ( lux. )Template: Infobox district of a municipality in Germany / maintenance / alternative name
Heinerscheid coat of arms
Coordinates : 50 ° 6 '  N , 6 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '44 "  N , 6 ° 5' 16"  E
Area : 34.29 km²
Residents : 1286 (Nov. 1, 2011)
Heinerscheid (Luxembourg)
Heinerscheid
Location of Heinerscheid in Luxembourg
Heinerscheid water tower
Heinerscheid water tower

Heinerscheid ( Luxembourgish Héinischt, Hengescht ) is a town in the Luxembourgish municipality of Clervaux . Until the end of 2011, Heinerscheid was the capital of the municipality of the same name, which belonged to the canton of Clervaux . On December 5, 2011, the municipality of Heinerscheid was merged with the municipalities of Munshausen and Clervaux to form a new municipality, which was named Clervaux.

Composition of the former municipality

The former municipality of Heinerscheid consisted of the following localities:

as well as the following hamlets, mills and farms:

  • Fossenhof (3 residents) ,
  • Lausdorn (11 inhabitants) ,
  • Kaesfurt (16 inhabitants) ,
  • Kalborn mill (0 inhabitants) ,
  • Tintesmühle (6 residents) .

history

During the Second World War , the area around Heinerscheid was the theater of the Ardennes offensive . The community at that time, like neighboring communities, had many victims from the population to mourn. Nowadays there is still an old bunker ditch in the Heinerscheid Ourtal , as well as a war memorial in the center of Heinerscheid.

politics

On January 1, 2012, the municipal merger of the municipalities of Clerf , Munshausen and Heinerscheid came into force. The majority of the population voted in favor of the municipal merger on October 12, 2008 in a referendum .

The former municipality was a member of the regional associations DEA, old people's home Clervaux, SIGI, SYVICOL, SIERS, SIDEN, SIDEC, SICLER, SIVOUR and the Our Nature Park .

Coat of arms of the former municipality

Blazon : "Divided by red and gold, covered with a symmetrical anchor cross in mixed up colors, angled at the top by two facing silver merlettes , at the bottom by two red balls ."

Old cultural treasures

The ruins of the old church between Heinerscheid and Hüpperdingen have housed a modern work of art since 2004 as part of "jardins ... à suivre".

economy

energy

  • 3 larger wind turbines in the Lieler district at 50.1198764 N 6.0932708 O, 50.1163129 N 6.0985279 O and 50.1088272 N 6.0802674 O.
  • 3 smaller wind turbines at Heinerscheid at 50.1016294 N 6.0753107 O, 50.0975277 N ​​6.0739803 O and 50.0983398 N 6.0709763 O.
  • 4 larger wind turbines in the Fischbach district at 50.0832103 N 6.0785508 O, 50.0811724 N 6.0811901 O, 50.0771241 N 6.0829926 O, 50.076408 N 6.0877991 O
  • 1 smaller wind turbine in the Fischbach district at 50.0723867 N 6.084559 O.

See also: List of wind turbines in Luxembourg

Personalities

  • Emile Hiertz (1857–1919), chemist and pioneer of blast furnace technology
  • Joseph Wagener (1924–2019), commandant in the Korean War

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Community merger (French); accessed on November 28, 2015

Web links

Commons : Heinerscheid  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files