Grevenmacher district

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The German- administered Luxembourg district Grevenmacher existed between 1940 and 1944 , when Luxembourg was under German occupation .

The district of Grevenmacher with its administrative headquarters in Grevenmacher comprised on September 1, 1944:

  • 3 cities,
  • 24 municipalities.

Administrative history

The occupation

The Grevenmacher district with its administrative seat in the city of Grevenmacher belonged to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the beginning of the Second World War .

Right at the beginning of the German campaign in the west , the Grevenmacher district was occupied on May 10, 1940 by Wehrmacht troops from the direction of Trier and placed under German military administration.

German civil administration

Since August 2, 1940, the Grevenmacher district belonged to the district of the chief of civil administration in the CdZ area of ​​Luxembourg . A German administrative commissioner was appointed to the city of Grevenmacher to manage it.

The ordinance on the administrative structure in Luxembourg of November 14, 1940 transformed the previous Grevenmacher district into the new Grevenmacher district based on the German model from December 1, 1940 . The city of Grevenmacher remained the seat of the district administration, which was now headed by a district administrator .

The end

In September 1944 the district was occupied by US troops and Luxembourg administrative structures were set up again.

Local constitution

Since December 1, 1940, the municipalities have been administered according to the law of the German Municipal Code of January 30, 1935 as in the German Reich .

On March 26, 1943, the municipality of Remich was renamed the city of Remich.

On April 1, 1942, the Prussian official regulations of October 8, 1934 were introduced . The previous cantons were no longer applicable . As in the Prussian Rhine Province in the German Empire, several municipalities were now jointly administered by an official mayor .

On January 4, 1944, the division of the Grevenmacher district into offices and communities was redefined.

The district was last divided into the cities of Echternach , Grevenmacher and Remich and 24 other municipalities. All municipalities - including the cities - were combined in the offices of Echternach, Grevenmacher, Junglinster, Mondorf and Remich.

Place names

After August 2, 1940, the previous place names initially continued to apply. On March 12, 1941, most place names were confirmed in their previous spelling.

In some cases, however, with a view to the planned incorporation of the district into the German Reich, a "more German" version was also specified, for example: