Herborn (Rosport-Mompach)

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Herborn ( German )
Hierber ( lux. ) Herborn ( French )Template: Infobox district of a municipality in Germany / maintenance / alternative name
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Community Rosport-Mompach
Coordinates : 49 ° 45 '  N , 6 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 44 '48 "  N , 6 ° 25' 38"  E
Height : 310 m
Residents : 189 (Jan. 2, 2018)
Postal code : 6665
Herborn (Luxembourg)
Herborn
Location of Herborn in Luxembourg
View of Herborn
View of Herborn

Herborn ( Luxembourgish Hierber ) is a district of the municipality of Rosport-Mompach , Canton Echternach in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg .

location

Herborn is located in the far south of the municipality of Rosport Mompach am Hierberbësch (Herborn Forest). The Huesebach flows through the village. Neighboring towns are Mompach in the northeast and Berburg and Lellig in the south .

history

The area around Herborn was already settled in Roman times, a testimony to this time is a Roman mosaic excavated around 1900 .

Herborn is first documented for the year 1225 and was called Herburen . In 1413 the place was called Herburn and in 1537 Herborn .

Since January 1, 2018, Herborn has belonged to the municipality of Rosport-Mompach, which was created from the merger of the municipalities of Rosport and Mompach, previously the place was part of Mompach.

Attractions

The Catholic parish church St. Jakobus, a neo-Romanesque building from the 19th century, is worth seeing . There is also the Hierberbësch nature reserve to the west of the village, which is used for local recreation.

Web links

Commons : Herborn (Rosport-Mompach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nombre d'habitants. In: Website of the municipality of Rosport-Mompach. Retrieved May 2, 2018 .