Esch-sur-Sûre

Esch- Sauer ( Luxembourgish also Esch on Lach, French Esch- sur -Sure ) is a municipality in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in the canton Wiltz.

Composition

The municipality consists of the following places:

  • Bonnal (French Bonnal, lux. Bommel )
  • Burgfrid (French Bourg Fried, lux. Burfelt or Buergfrid )
  • Dirbach (French Dirbach, lux. Dierbech )
  • Eschendorf (French Eschendorf, lux. Eschduerf )
  • Esch- Sauer (French Esch- sur -Sure, lux. Esch- Sauer),
  • Heischent (French Heischent, lux. Heischent )
  • Heiderscheidergrund (French Heiderscheidergrund, lux. Heischtergronn )
  • Hierheck (French Hierheck, lux. Hierheck )
  • Insenborn (French Insenborn, lux. Ënsber )
  • Lultzhausen (French Lultzhausen, lux. Lëlz )
  • Merscheid (French Merscheid, lux. Merscheet )
  • Neunhausen (French Neunhausen, lux. Néngsen )
  • Marigold (French marigold, lux. Rengel )
  • Censurers (French detractors, lux. Toodler ).

The Town Hall is located in Esch. The community is member of the following local organizations: DEA, nature park Oewersauer, SIDEC, SIDEN, SIGI and SYVICOL.

The place is below a ruined castle at the Sauer in the city, in northern Luxembourg countryside Ösling ( Luxembourg Ardennes ). West of the town is the Lac de la Haute Sure, through which the oxygen flows. Both the lake and the community belong to the Nature Park of the Upper Auer, an attraction for tourists and bathers. The reservoir can be used for sailing, canoeing, swimming and fishing; Motor boating is prohibited. Around the lake conservation programs for flora and fauna to be implemented.

Coat of arms

In gevierten crest change a green tree with nine golden fruit, behind a black, red gezungter boar runs with five red bar.

History

Esch- Sauer and its surroundings look back on more than five thousand years of history. In the years 773/774 the former town is mentioned in connection with the donation of parts of the "Villa hESC " to the monastery of Echternach in the " Liber aureus Epternacensis " ( fol. 78). These are the possessions of a certain Nebelungus:

From this it probably also stems the name of Esch. With construction of the castle " Asko " ( 927 ) was Esch- Sauer since the early Middle Ages a walled central location with municipal law and an associated county in Ardennergau.

Until the beginning of World War II Esch- Sauer belonged to the district of Diekirch in the former Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. On 10 May 1940, at the beginning of the German western campaign, but it was occupied along with the entire district by the Wehrmacht and was from then on German military administration. As of December 1, 1940 Esch- sur -Sure was incorporated into the newly created district of Diekirch. In September 1944, U.S. troops have finished the German occupation.

Tourism - Nature Tourism

The area around Esch is characterized by wooded hills, prevailing rocks are slate and quartzite. Hallmark of the area are extensive slate rock walls, often coated by geological faults.

The heart of the 1999 officially opened Nature Park Oberauer is the Nature Centre, which is located in a two hundred year old former woolen mill. An exhibition of machines, some of which date from the early 20th century, showing the process of cloth production of the raw wool to finished goods. With the production of fabric upholstery and garments craftsmanship heritage of the region is still kept alive.

There are various educational footpath. There is also information on the national hiking trails as well as the leisure and overnight accommodation.

A special attraction is the ride with the solar boat.

Pictures

Castle with village

Castle town around 1860

Shore

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