Küntzig

Küntzig ( German ) Kënzeg ( lux. ) Clemency ( French ) Käerjeng municipality
Coordinates :	49 ° 36 '  N , 5 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '42 "  N , 5 ° 52' 30"  E
Area :	14.5 km²
Residents :	1830 (Jan. 1, 2013)
Location of Küntzig in Luxembourg
Sankt Maximin Chapel in Küntzig

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

1815-1830 1830-1832 1832-1836 1836-1861 1861 January – April 1861-1867 1867-1879 1879-1891 1891-1912 1912-1921 1921-1925 1925-1933

Pierre Decker Henri Simon Michel Schleimer Tibesar Michel Wilhelm Ernster Jean Kirsch Pierre Berens Jean Kirsch J.-B. Biver Jean-Eugène Kirsch J.-P. Schmitz Nic Klein

1933-1946 1946-1957 1957-1963 1964-1969 1970-1975 1976-1981 1982-1984 1985-1987 1987-1996 1997-2007 2007-2011

Michel Schumacher Joseph Jeitz Félix Heinen Albert Kirsch Antoine Hirtz Marcel Helbach Guillaume Jeitz Nicolas Ehleringer Fred Reuter Daniel Hautus Jeannot Jeanpaul

Well-known people in the community

• Jean Octave
• Louis Biren
• Nicolas Margue

Web links

Commons : Küntzig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality Käerjeng

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{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.  
2. ↑ 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.