Mertzig
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| Basic data | |
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 Luxembourg
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| Coordinates : | 49 ° 50 ′ N , 6 ° 0 ′ E |
| Canton : | Diekirch |
| Residents : | 2251 (January 1, 2019) |
| Area : | 11.1 km² |
| Population density : | 202.8 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number: | 0607 |
| Website: | www.mertzig.lu |
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| Mayor: | Mike Poiré |
| Elective system : | Majority vote |
Mertzig ( Luxembourgish Mäerzeg ) is a municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and belongs to the canton of Diekirch . The municipality, to which only the village of Mertzig belongs, lies on the border between Ösling and Gutland .
geography
Mertzig is the westernmost municipality in the canton of Diekirch . It borders in the north on the municipality of Esch-Sauer , in the northeast on Feulen , in the southeast on Ettelbrück and Colmar-Berg , in the south on Vichten and in the west on Grosbous .
The village lies in the valley of the River Wark , which flows through the village from southwest to northeast. In the maps of Joseph Johann von Ferraris , Ober- and Untermertzig are listed as separate localities. Obermertzig on the right and Untermertzig on the left side of the Wark.
history
Mertzig is mentioned by name for the first time in 762 as Marciaco. Other names are Martiaco, 842, and Mertzzich, 1476. Thus Mertzig is probably older than Feulen and one of the oldest villages in the country.
In the fireplace census of 1526, Mertzig is mentioned under the rule of Esch-Sauer . Overmertzich 7 mesnaiges, Niedermertzich 7 1/2 mesnaiges . Feulen has 25 mesnaiges (fireplaces) at this count . 1611 was counted again where names are mentioned.
Individual evidence
- ↑ STATEC Luxembourg - Population par canton et commune 1821–2019 (French)
- ^ Atlas Ferraris, Comte de Ferraris. Levée des Pays - Bas Autrichiens. Ed. Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 1965. Ospern Folio 222.
- ^ Joseph Meyers , Studies on the History of Luxembourg Settlements , 1976, p. 101.
- ↑ Jacques Grob , Dénombrements of feux the Duches de Luxembourg et Comté de Chiny , 1921st
- ↑ Jules Vannérus , Anciens dénombrements du Luxembourg , BCRH Bruxelles 70 (1901), p. 421-476.
- ↑ Untermertzig: Heintzen Michel, Tilges Claus, Mathis Claus, Clais Gibbert, Heibocks Peter, do not tax, because too poor. Motschen Peter, Koeben Jan, Loetschen Peter, Marien Claus. The residents of Untermertzig have to pay 3 fire pits. Marien Claus is the progenitor of the Mergen family from Mertzig.
