Kiischpelt
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| Basic data | |
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 Luxembourg
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| Coordinates : | 49 ° 59 ′ N , 6 ° 0 ′ E |
| Canton : | Wiltz |
| Residents : | 1201 (January 1, 2019) |
| Area : | 33.6 km² |
| Population density : | 35.8 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number: | 0805 |
| Website: | www.kiischpelt.lu |
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| Mayor: | Yves Kaiser |
| Elective system : | Majority vote |
Kiischpelt is a municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and belongs to the canton of Wiltz . The community was created on January 1, 2006 through the merger of the communities Wilwerwiltz and Kautenbach. The seat of the municipal administration is in Wilwerwiltz.
Kiischpelt is one of the few communities that does not have the name of a locality: De Kiischpelt is a name for the area in which the individual localities are located. The name comes from the German word parish , which refers to the old mother church of Pintsch.
It should also be noted that Kiischpelt does not have an international name, but is only known under its Luxembourg name.
Composition of the community
The municipality of Kiischpelt consists of the following localities:
- Alscheid
- Enscheringen
- Kautenbach
- Lellingen
- Merkholz
- Pintsch
- Wilwerwiltz
The following settlements and farms are also included:
- Konerhof
- Schüttburg (also Schieburg or Schudeburg)
- Schüttburger mill
Worth seeing
In the vicinity of Enscheringen there is the only intersection of an integral longitude and an integral latitude in Luxembourg ( 50 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E ). The “Kiischpelter sun circle” was created at the intersection so that the exact point can be seen even without a GPS device.
In Enscheringen itself, on the Clerve, is the only functioning watermill (with undershot water wheel) in the Ösling , the Rackés Millen. Today it is operated by the Tourist Center A Robbesscheier in Munshausen and can be visited.
The parish church of St. Maximin in Pintsch has largely preserved baroque furnishings from the workshop of Jean-Georges Scholtus from Bastogne (around 1680–1754). The Müller organ with its restored pneumatic action and the chiming with two bells from 1803 and four bells from 2003 are also interesting .
Worth seeing in the modern Willibrord Church in Wilwerwiltz is the Stahlhuth organ from 1914, installed in 2010 and in its original state , which originally stood in the Dominican convent in Luxembourg-Limpertsberg. In addition, the church also has six bells that are worth listening to.
In the entire Kiischpelt you can still find large areas with so-called tapered hedges . It is an oak coppice for the production of tan . It is dried oak bark, as a tanning agent in the Altgrubengerbung is used. The Kiischpelt is one of the few places where tan is still produced to a significant extent today.
Lellingen is a model village of the Luxembourg monument preservation with traditional Öslinger houses. The only occurrence of the wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus, Luxembourgish “Lorblumm”) is located in the “Lohr” near the village . Today the “Via Botanica” runs through the “Große Lohr”.
Biggest events
- International Quilt Festival in May
- Art festival, every year on June 23rd since 1991
- Beach Days at Kiischpelt , every first weekend in August since 2003
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Editions Ilôts (Ed., 2007): Culture Guide Luxembourg. 2 vols - Luxembourg. ISBN 978-2-9599862-5-3 ; Volume 2, p. 98 ff
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Kiischpelt
- Syvicol ( Memento of December 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Syndicat d'Initiative Kiischpelt