Junglinster
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| State : |
 Luxembourg
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| Coordinates : | 49 ° 43 ' N , 6 ° 15' E |
| Canton : | Grevenmacher |
| Residents : | 7802 (January 1, 2019) |
| Area : | 55.4 km² |
| Population density : | 140.9 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number: | 1105 |
| Website: | www.junglinster.lu |
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| Mayor: | Romain Reitz ( CSV ) |
| Elective system : | Proportional vote |
Junglinster ( Luxembourgish Jonglënster ) is a municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and belongs to the canton of Grevenmacher .
Composition of the community
The municipality of Junglinster consists of the following localities:
- Altlinster (French Altlinster , lux. Allënster ),
- Beidweiler (French Beidweiler , lux. Beidler ),
- Blumenthal (French Blumenthal , lux.Blummendall ),
- Burglinster (French Bourglinster , lux.Buerglënster ),
- Eisenborn (French Eisenborn , lux. Eesebur ),
- Eschweiler (French Eschweiler , lux.Eeschwëller or popularly Eeschler ),
- God Bringing (French Godbrange , lux Guedber ),
- Gonderingen (French Gonderange , lux. Gonnereng ),
- Graulinster (French Graulinster , lux. Grolënster ),
- Im Bring (French: Im Bring , lux. Amber ),
- Junglinster (French Junglinster , lux. Jonglënster ) and
- Rodenburg (French Rodenbourg , lux. Roudemer ).
24 Rue Village in Junglinster
Our Lady Altar
Église Saint-Martin
history
The area of the municipality of Junglinster has been inhabited since the earliest times, as numerous finds testify to. A so-called “Heidenstein”, called Häerdcheslee, is located near the road from Altlinster to Godhaben .
Lincera is mentioned in a document as early as 867. The "rule of Linster" is mentioned for the first time in the jury of Esch an der Sauer from the year 1201. The moated castle of the Lords of Linster was in Altlinster.
On July 20, 1944, a Luxembourg resident shot and killed the local group leader of the National Socialist Volksdeutsche movement in Junglinster. In retaliation, Heinrich Himmler ordered the execution of ten uninvolved Luxembourgers in German custody. Three of them were shot at the Uhlrather Hof , the remaining seven in Lingen (Ems) .
Transmitter
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Junglinster transmitter
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| Basic data | |||||
| Place: | Junglinster | ||||
| Canton: | Grevenmacher | ||||
| Country: | Luxembourg | ||||
| Coordinates : | 49 ° 43 '3.4 " N , 6 ° 15' 36" E | ||||
| Use: | Broadcasting station | ||||
| Accessibility: | Transmission system not accessible to the public | ||||
| Data on the transmission system | |||||
| Number of towers / masts: | 3 | ||||
| Height of the towers / masts : | 215 m | ||||
| Construction time: | 1932 | ||||
| Operating time: | since 1932 | ||||
| Waveband : | LW transmitter | ||||
| Radio : | LW broadcast | ||||
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Since 1932 there has been a large transmitter near Junglinster for the RTL Group's French-language programming, which is broadcast on long wave . Since 1954, a directional antenna consisting of three freestanding transmission towers ( self-radiating transmission mast ) with a triangular cross-section and a height of 215 meters (until 1980: 250 meters) has been used as the antenna (main beam direction: southwest).
The transmitter in Junglinster has only been an active operating reserve since the more powerful Beidweiler long-wave transmitter went into operation (also on 234 kHz) in 1974. Coordinates: 49 ° 43 '4 " N , 6 ° 15' 38" O . Until May 2011, programs from RTL Radio, KBS World Radio and religious program providers were broadcast from Junglinster on the shortwave frequency of 6095 kHz in DRM mode. On May 1, 2011, this shortwave transmitter was switched off.
Parish partnership
A partnership with the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Üdersdorf has existed since 1987 .
Famous pepole
- Johann Peter Klein (1812–1873), lawyer and politician
- Paul Leuck (1914–1991), journalist and radio presenter
- Lex Jacoby (1930-2015), writer
- Tun Deutsch (1932–1977), actor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ STATEC Luxembourg - Population par canton et commune 1821–2019 (French)
- ↑ Les lieux. ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. L'Institut Archéologique Liègeois. Bulletin 1904.
- ^ The community of Junglinster. ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 978 kB)
- ^ Hostage murder of three young Luxembourgers. Retrieved August 1, 2018 .
- ↑ Junglinster. In: Structurae (Junglinster transmission towers)
