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Munshausen ( German )
Munzen ( lux. )Template: Infobox district of a municipality in Germany / maintenance / alternative name
Municipality of Clervaux
Munshausen coat of arms
Coordinates : 50 ° 2 '  N , 6 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '57 "  N , 6 ° 2' 14"  E
Area : 25.57 km²
Residents : 1016
Postal code : 9766
Munshausen (Luxembourg)
Munshausen
Location of Munshausen in Luxembourg
View of Munshausen
View of Munshausen

Munshausen ( lux. Munzen ) is a town in the Luxembourg municipality of Clervaux . Until the end of 2011 Munshausen was the capital of the municipality of the same name, which belonged to the canton of Clervaux . On December 5, 2011, the municipality of Munshausen was merged with the municipalities of Heinerscheid and Clervaux to form a new municipality, which was given the name Clervaux.

geography

In terms of landscape, the place belongs to the Ösling (lux .: Éislek), the Luxembourg part of the Eifel , which is characterized by free high plateaus and narrow valleys. The area of ​​the former municipality takes up almost exactly 1% of the area of ​​the state of Luxembourg. Munshausen is located 455 m (church) above sea level on a high plateau.

Former composition of the parish

The former municipality Munshausen consisted of the following localities (as of January 12, 2009):

history

Munshausen was first mentioned in 839 as Muniheistati . Since 986 the place formed a parish with Hosingen, whereby the Munshausener church also served as the parish church for Clervaux. Accordingly, the Count of Clervaux had Clerwer Kapell , so the chapel of those buried Clervaux, which is part of the Munshausener church. In administrative terms, the following places used to belong to the municipality: Munshausen, Siebenaler, Marnach, Roder, Neidhausen, Reuler and Urspelt. In 1813 Neidhausen was annexed to Hosingen, in 1823 Reuler and Urspelt to Clervaux. For this, the place Drauffelt was attached to Munshausen.

Munshausen had 574 inhabitants in 1850, a peak was reached in 1880 with 1,128 inhabitants, after which the number was drastically reduced due to rural exodus until 1981, when it reached a low of 563 inhabitants. In April 2007 the mark of 1,000 inhabitants was exceeded again.

education

The children from Munshausen attend elementary school in Reuler .

Community merger

The municipality of Munshausen voted in a referendum on October 12, 2008 in favor of a merger with the municipalities of Clerf and Heinerscheid . This combination took effect on December 5, 2011.

Culture

In November 2007, the Cube 521 congress and cultural center was opened in Marnach for the Éislek region .

Worth seeing

Munshausen is particularly known for its old church (13th century) as well as for its Haupteschmaart ("Hubertus Market"), which has existed since the 17th century. You can also visit the Robbesscheier open-air museum .

  • Church in Munshausen

  • Ardennes horse gets new horseshoes

  • Culture center Cube 521 in Marnach

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Community merger (French); accessed on November 28, 2015