Mersch
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| Basic data | |
| State : |
 Luxembourg
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| Coordinates : | 49 ° 45 ' N , 6 ° 6' E |
| Canton : | Mersch |
| Residents : | 9643 (January 1, 2019) |
| Area : | 49.7 km² |
| Population density : | 193.9 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number: | 0409 |
| Website: | www.mersch.lu |
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| Mayor: | Michel Malherbe ( DP ) |
| Elective system : | Proportional vote |
Mersch ( Luxembourgish Miersch ) is a municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the capital of the canton of Mersch .
Geographical location
The municipality of Mersch is located in Gutland , in the Alzette valley north of the capital.
Composition of the community
Mersch consists of the following localities:
- Ringing
- Beringerberg
- Berschbach
- Binzrath
- Essingen
- Mersch
- Moesdorf
- Pettingen
- Reckingen
- Rollingen
- Schönfels
Community development
The 50 hectare area between the railway line and Alzette, on which the slaughterhouse and the old agrocenter still stand today, is to be redesigned.
traffic
Mersch has an express train stop on the Luxembourg Northern Railway . At the railway station Mersch also regional trains to Belgium .
Attractions
- Deanery Church of St. Michael with the oil painting The Annunciation . *
- Roman villa with water basin
- In Pettingen there are the ruins of an old moated castle that can be visited.
- In Mersch there is an obelisk on the Kronenberg (lux. Krounebierg ) , which is supposed to indicate the center of the Grand Duchy. Erected as a national monument to mark the 100th anniversary of Luxembourg's independence, it was torn down during World War II and rebuilt after the war. A section of the original monument (in the form of a column) can still be viewed on site.
- Schönfels Castle in the town of the same name, which belonged to the Palatine-Luxembourg noble family Schliederer von Lachen from the 16th to the 18th century .
St. Michael's Church
Roman villa
Former basin of the Roman villa
The obelisk (from 1957) shows the center of the Grand Duchy (2007)
Plaque on the obelisk about the demolition of the column in 1940
Schönfels Castle
Culture
The Lycée Ermesinde has been located in Mersch since 2005 , and its pilot status is attracting attention throughout the country. There is also a regionally important cultural center, called the Kulturhaus , in Mersch , as well as the seat of the National Literature Center , the Center National de Littérature . The children's and youth book fair KIBUM Mersch takes place there at the beginning of each year . Mersch has a public library with an integrated internet room , the Mierscher Lieshaus .
Daughters and sons of the church
- Emmanuel Servais (1811–1890), Luxembourg politician and writer
- Nikolaus Welter (1871–1951), literary scholar and writer
- Raoul Weckbecker (1898–1978), bobsleigh athlete and ski racer
- Jean-Baptiste Charles François Neuens (1812–1881), professor, translator, author, inventor, Belgian general (plaque in Mersch)
Industrial history
The high-pressure gas fittings manufacturer Rotarex (also) goes back to the Ceodeux carbon dioxide factory in Mersch around 1922.
literature
- Hilbert, Roger: From the Belgian Revolution in 1830 to the March Riots in 1848 - using Mersch as an example.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ STATEC Luxembourg - Population par canton et commune 1821–2019 (French)
- ^ Neie Quartier Miersch: 50 hectares tëscht Eisebunn to Uelzecht. ( Memento of the original from July 2, 2010 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. rtl, June 30, 2010.
- ↑ Historical website of Schönfels Castle
- ↑ Kulturhaus website
- ^ Center National de Literature website
- ^ Children's and young people's book fair in Mersch. In: cnl.public.lu. January 29, 2016, accessed June 20, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Mierscher Read House website
- ^ Hilbert, Roger: Luxemburger Nationalbibliographie
- ↑ Illustration of the memorial plaque
- ↑ Rotarex Corporate Video FiretecChannel, November 14, 2014, accessed July 3, 2020. Video, 0: 32–0: 37/1: 43
- ↑ Luxembourg National Bibliography
