Grevenmacher
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| Basic data | |
| State : |
 Luxembourg
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| Coordinates : | 49 ° 41 ' N , 6 ° 27' E |
| Canton : | Grevenmacher |
| Residents : | 4904 (January 1, 2019) |
| Area : | 16.5 km² |
| Population density : | 297.6 inhabitants / km² |
| Postal code : | 6701-6850 |
| Municipality number: | 1104 |
| Website: | www.grevenmacher.lu |
| politics | |
| Mayor: | Léon Gloden ( CSV ) |
| Elective system : | Proportional vote |
Grevenmacher ( Luxembourgish Gréiwemaacher ) is the capital of the canton of the same name in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . Until 2015 Grevenmacher was also the main town of the district ; In 2015 the districts were abolished and their powers were transferred to the Ministry of the Interior. The Grevenmacher community, to which Potaschberg belongs, has only one section.
People of 79 different nationalities live here; 58.51 percent of the 4,917 residents are Luxembourgers, 41.85 percent are non-Luxembourgers.
The “Gréiwemaacher Drauwen-Wäifest” takes place in Grevenmacher every year at the beginning of September. This wine festival is one of the largest in the region.
structure
The community consists of the localities Grevenmacher and Potaschberg. She is a member of various municipal associations.
traffic
The Grevenmacher barrage, which was built in the course of the Moselle canalisation , sluices around 10,000 vessels a year. Another task is the regulation of the Moselle level.
The A1 ( Trier - Luxembourg ) passes directly by the city . This can be reached via National Road 14. Along the banks of the Moselle, National Road 10 leads through the city to Wasserbillig or Wormeldingen and Remich .
There is a direct connection to the community of Wellen with a road bridge over the Moselle (# 47) . The dilapidated predecessor structure was demolished in 2011 and replaced by a new building.
Grevenmacher station was the end of the line from Ettelbrück until traffic ceased . Only a few freight trains still travel on the section from Wasserbillig to the Moselle port of Mertert . The station in Wellen on the Thionville – Trier railway line is only around 300 meters from the Moselle bridge. Trains of the German regional train line RB 82 Elbling-Express stop here in the direction of Perl or Wittlich via Trier .
Marketplace
church
historical town hall
New Town Hall (Hotel de Ville)
Old Zehnthof
Butterfly garden
New bridge over the Moselle
Barrage
Border bridge seen from the lock
The great fire of 1822
On November 18, 1822, there was a major fire disaster, u. a. 147 houses, stables and barns were destroyed. As a result of the catastrophe, the deputation of the estates of the Grand Duchy of Lützemburg initiated a large-scale rally in favor of the victims.
Twin cities
In April 1980, the town twinning between Grevenmacher and Aubière , Puy-de-Dôme , France was sealed in Aubière. There are regular meetings between residents, school classes, associations or other groups from Aubière and Grevenmacher.
sons and daughters of the town
- Frantz Seimetz (1858–1934), portrait and landscape painter
- Joseph Lortz (1887–1975), church historian and theologian
- Josy Kraus (1908–2001), cyclist
- Norbert Konter (1927–2018), politician and soccer player
- Rob Krier (* 1938), architect
- Jean Paul Muller (* 1957), friar and general economist
- Suzie Godart (* 1962), racing cyclist
- Hélène Sertznig (* 1990), football player
Individual evidence
- ↑ STATEC Luxembourg - Population par canton et commune 1821–2019 (French)
- ↑ Syndicats . In: Administration Communale de la Ville de Grevenmacher . ( grevenmacher.lu [accessed on August 24, 2018]).
- ↑ Monique Hermes: The fire of 1822 in Grevenmacher from bulletin municipal 10/2012. Retrieved May 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Aubière - ville jumelée . In: Administration Communale de la Ville de Grevenmacher . ( grevenmacher.lu [accessed on August 24, 2018]).
literature
- Philippe Knaff: Historical treatise on the city and former fortress and Landrichterei Grevenmacher. Luxembourg 1867.
- Anton Wagner: Ancient peculiarities of the city of Grevenmacher. Grevenmacher 1885.
- Adolphe Berens: The beginnings of the city and fortress Grevenmacher. Grevenmacher 1952.
- Grevenmacher 1252–1952: Festschrift for the 700th anniversary of the Letter of Freedom. Grevenmacher 1952.
- Jos. Hurt: The Kreuzerberg and its history. Grevenmacher 1956.
- Jos. Hurt: On the prehistory of makers - from the supposedly first mention (634) to the city liberation (1252). In: T'Hémecht 11 (1958), No. 4. Sankt Paulus Druckerei, Luxemburg 1958, pp. 62–84.
- Canton Gréiwemaacher, nos cahiers 3, Luxembourg 1999.
- Monique Hermes, Emile Krier, Carlo Weber: Gréiwemaacher - My Gemeen. Editions revue s. a., Luxembourg 2016.
- Émile Donckel: Fragments from the church history of Grevenmacher. In: Grevenmacher 1252–1952, Festschrift (…). Grevenmacher 1952.
- Edouard M. Kayser: De la “curtis machera” à la ville-marché de Grevenmacher. An example of particulier de development urbain dans le Luxembourg médiéval (XIIe – XIVe siècles). In: Hémecht 45 (1993). Sankt Paulus Verlag, Luxemburg 1993, pp. 5-30 (ill.).
Web links
- Website of the Grevenmacher municipality
- Grevenmacher - 750th anniversary of the Letter of Freedom ( Memento from September 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) - Postage stamp from the Luxembourg Post