Weimerskirch

Luxembourg City, Weimerskirch highlighted

Weimerskirch ( Luxembourgish Weimeschkierch ) is a district of Luxembourg .

From a topographical point of view, the Weimerskirch district lies on a northern slope that extends from the Kirchberg plateau to the bottom of the Alzette valley. Weimerskirch has a total area of ​​86 ha. At the end of 2016, 2,288 inhabitants lived on this area.

The current district of Weimerskirch is known as the " original parish " of Luxembourg City. In 723 the Franconian caretaker Karl Martell donated three lands ( fiefdoms ) to the imperial abbey of St. Maximin , Trier , one of them the own church Vidmar Ecclesia , later called Wimariecclesia . The territorial expansion of the properties transferred by donation explains why Weimerskirch was the mother parish for a large part of the current area of ​​Luxembourg City for centuries and why many later parishes emerged from this church area.

Weimerskirch was until the 1950 years known as the residence of the Yenish who also Lakerten were called and Dëppegéisser. Around 1900 the number of Yenish families living here is estimated at forty. The Yenish has so far been preserved in the Weimerskirchen family through written and oral tradition. Even today there are a number of common expressions that are mainly known to the Weimerskirchen native and which they still occasionally use in their expressions.

Web links

• The Weimerskirch district, its church, the Yenish people

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weimerskirch - Ville de Luxembourg. Administration communale de la Ville de Luxembourg, accessed on July 26, 2017 (French). 

Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 41 ″  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 6 ″  E