Grevenmacher is a commune with city status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany.
Grevenmacher is the capital city of the Grevenmacher canton and of the district of Grevenmacher. The city is on the left bank of the Moselle river.
History
The valley of the Moselle, which owes its wealth to the fact that it is close to the water and it has fertile land, was settled long before the Roman era. As for Grevenmacher, the first town was behind the Holy Cross Chapel at the place called “Buerggruef”, not far from the Roman road to the city of Luxembourg.
A few centuries later, the Counts of Luxembourg chose a safe place to protect their land against the powerful archbishops of Trier. They found it in Grevenmacher, that was the place where the road going from the city of Luxembourg to Trier meet with the one going from Trier to Thionville. Here a strong fortress was built, probably on the orders of Count Henry V. In 1252, this same count made Grevenmacher a city.
Geography
The commune of Grevenmacher, which is in the eastern part of the canton on the left bank of the Moselle river, has an area of 16.48 km2 (6.4 sq mi), with 650 ha (1,606 acres) of forests and 57 ha (141 acres) of vineyards.[4]
The most important river is the Moselle (French: Moselle; German: Mosel; Luxembourgish: Musel).
Sights
Famous sights in Grevenmacher are, for exampleː
- “Huelen Zant”, remains from an old castle;
- Chapel “Saint-Croix” (this is French and means “holy cross”);
- The “Kelsbach”, a beautiful piece of nature;
- The “Jardin des papillons” (this is French again and means “garden of butterflies”), a building which contains a lot of butterflies and other insects;
- The “Kulturhuef” which is a museum and a cinema.
