Rosport

Rosport ( German ) ; Rouspert ( lux. ) Rosport ( French ) ; Community Rosport-Mompach
Coordinates :	49 ° 48 ' N , 6 ° 30' E Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '19 " N , 6 ° 30' 12" E
Height :	165 m
Residents :	860 (Jan. 2, 2018)
Postal code :	6580
Location of Rosport in Luxembourg
	The sour at Rosport

Rosport ( Luxembourgish Rouspert ) an der Sauer is the capital of the municipality of Rosport-Mompach in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and belongs to the canton of Echternach . Until December 31, 2017, Rosport was an independent municipality.

The origin of the name

The name Rosport probably comes from Rossfurt . Before the completion of the Sauerbrücke, the river Sauer could only be crossed by horse through a ford at a shallow spot. So Ros would come from Ross. However, there are also other hypotheses: Rosport would come from a ford that led through a reed field on the edge of the Sauer. Some Roman remains have been found around Rosport: bathing facilities in today's place, as well as villas inside and outside the place.

Composition of the community

The former municipality of Rosport consisted of the following localities:

history

Rosport belonged to the earliest possession of the Benedictine Abbey Oeren - St. Irminen in Trier . The Girsterklaus first appears in the sources on February 27, 1329. She belonged to the parish of Rosport. The hermitage was a Marian pilgrimage destination as early as the 14th century. The architecturally remarkable Romanesque building dates back to the early Middle Ages or the Gallo-Roman times (watchtower).

The Rosport rule lasted until the end of the 18th century.

various

Sources Rosport SA, based in Rosport, is the largest national producer of mineral water with a production of 22,000,000 bottles (2001) .

Personalities

Henri Tudor (1859-1928); the Luxembourg engineer is the inventor of the first usable lead-acid battery .
Aloyse Steinmetz (1920-2015); Teacher, local historian. Since 2007 honorary citizen of Rosport.
Dennis Hastert (1942); American, former honorary citizen of Rosport

Individual evidence

^ Nombre d'habitants. In: Website of the municipality of Rosport. Retrieved May 1, 2018 .
↑ Hastert is to be deprived of honorary citizenship . In: Luxemburger Wort , April 28, 2016.

literature

Michel Schmitt, Girsterklaus near Rosport, Regensburg 2007

Web links

Commons : Rosport - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Rosport - travel guide

[1] Nombre d'habitants. In: Website of the municipality of Rosport. Retrieved May 1, 2018 .

[2] Hastert is to be deprived of honorary citizenship . In: Luxemburger Wort , April 28, 2016.