Küntzig
Küntzig ( German ) Kënzeg ( lux. ) Clemency ( French ) Käerjeng municipality
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Coordinates : | 49 ° 36 ' N , 5 ° 53' E | |
Area : | 14.5 km² | |
Residents : | 1830 (Jan. 1, 2013) | |
Location of Küntzig in Luxembourg
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Sankt Maximin Chapel in Küntzig
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Küntzig ( Luxembourgish Kënzeg , local Kéinzig , French Clemency ) is a village in the municipality of Käerjeng in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . Until the end of 2011, Küntzig was a municipality and belonged to the canton of Capellen . On January 1, 2012, she merged with Niederkerschen to form the large community of Käerjeng. On January 1, 2013 Küntzig had 1,830 inhabitants, spread over 693 households.
Composition of the previous parish
The community consisted of the localities Küntzig and Fingig . The neighboring communities were:
- in the north: Steinfort
- in the east: Garnich
- in the south: Niederkerschen
- in the west (Belgium): Aubange
history
Küntzig was already known to the Gauls, as the burial place of a rich Gaul was from the last century BC. Found.
The Sankt Maximin Chapel, built in 1730 and located in Bahnhofsstraße (Rue de le Gare), also belongs to Küntzig.
Frog hunting in the surrounding moors used to be very common, which is why the frog is also an important symbol of the city.
Mills in Küntzig
There used to be two mills in Küntzig, the "Peschmillen" and the "Schockmillen". The "Peschmillen" stood along the "Falterbaach", a small stream in Küntzig, at the point where the "Rue de la Gare" and the "Rue des Prés" meet today. Nothing is left of this mill today. The "Schockmillen" stands on the outskirts of the village to the left of the CR 110 when you leave Küntzig in the direction of Grass.
Mayor from 1815 to 2011
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Well-known people in the community
- Jean Octave
- Louis Biren
- Nicolas Margue
Web links
References and comments
- ↑ a b Administration Communale de Bascharage: Informations sur la population de la commune de Bascharage: Tableau représentant le nombre de ménages par localité et par rue ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Administration Communale de Bascharage: "Upper League": Birth of a dynamic large community ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 4.