Siebenbrunnen (Luxembourg)
Siebenbrunnen ( Luxembourgish Siweburen , French Septfontaines ) is part of the Rollingergrund district of the city of Luxembourg and until June 1, 1920 belonged to the then independent municipality of Rollingergrund .
history
The place was the city's laundry room for over 200 years . The Siweburen wash wells are mentioned for the first time in cadastral documents towards the end of the 17th century , at a house called Folie Grégoire , which is located in the forest area "Baumbusch" (lb: Bambësch ) by a stream and a well. The house belonged to Jean Grégoire, a retired commanding officer in the Spanish army.
In 1707 the house passed into the possession of the City of Luxembourg, which in 1736 had eight washing troughs with roofs built in the immediate vicinity by the carpenter. The washerwomen had to pay 2 sou for washing and 3 sou for washing, bleaching and drying.
On April 1, 1767, the three brothers Jean-François , Dominique and Pierre-Joseph Boch bought the town of Folie Grégoire with the adjoining site in order to build a porcelain factory. Permission to use the water from the springs was conditional on the residents being allowed to continue to use the wash fountains and the surrounding meadows to dry their clothes.
The wash fountains were demolished in 1968 to widen the road. A memorial plaque on the nearby water reservoir still reminds us of the Siebenbrunnen.
After Villeroy & Boch stopped its porcelain production at this location, the intention was announced that a real estate project to convert the site should be implemented.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Jean-François Boch (1782–1858), entrepreneur
- Eugen von Boch (1809–1898), entrepreneur and politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marc Fassone: Villeroy & Boch ébréché. ( Memento of the original from July 9, 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. Le Jeudi, July 5, 2010.
