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Esch may refer to: * Esch (surname) * Esch-sur-Alzette, the second largest city in Luxembourg * Esch-sur-Sûre, a village in Luxembourg * Esch, Bernkastel-Wittlich, a municipality in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Esch, Vulkaneifel, a municipality in the district Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Esch, Netherlands Esch is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Boxtel. History The village was first mentioned in 773 or 774 as Hesc, and probably means "ash (''Fraxinus excelsior'') forest". Esch is a church vill ..., a former municipality now part of the municipality of Haaren * ESCH, NASDAQ symbol for Eschelon Telecom, Inc. {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch (surname)
Esch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arno Esch (1928-1951), German politician * Edward Esch (born 1970), lyricist for, and possibly pseudonym of, composer Eric Whitacre *En Esch (born 1968), German musician *Eric Esch (born 1966), American boxer better known as Butterbean * Jake Esch (born 1990), American baseball player * Jan van Essen (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs *John J. Esch (1861–1941) * Marvin L. Esch (1927–2010), U.S. Representative from Michigan *Mathilde Esch (1815–1904), Austrian genre painter *Natasha Esch, Canadian model *Nicolaus van Esch (1507–1578), Dutch theologian *Vincent Esch Vincent Jerome Esch, (20 July 1876 – 9 December 1950) was a British architect who worked in India. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Indo-Saracenic architecture, Indo-Sarcenic architectural style, which developed during the British rule in the ... (1876–1950), British architect See also * Von der Esch, surname * Oesch, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch-sur-Alzette
Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, . It lies in the south-west of the country, on the border with France and in the valley of the Alzette, which flows through the city. The city is usually referred to as just Esch; however, the full name distinguishes it from the village and commune of Esch-sur-Sûre which lies further north. The country's capital, Luxembourg City, is roughly to the north-east. Esch was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2022, alongside Kaunas and Novi Sad. History For a long time Esch was a small farming village in the valley of the Uelzecht river. This changed when important amounts of iron ore were found in the area in the 1850s. With the development of the mines and the steel industry the town's population multiplied tenfold in a couple of decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch-sur-Sûre
Esch-sur-Sûre ( lb, Esch-Sauer, , german: Esch-Sauer ) is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch. At one point it was the second smallest commune by area in Luxembourg (after Remich), until Neunhausen and Heiderscheid were merged into it in 2011. , the town of Esch-sur-Sûre, which lies in the north of the commune, has a population of 314. Esch-sur-Sûre is situated by the river Sauer, just east and downstream of the artificial '' Upper Sauer Lake''. The town's prominent AD 927 castle, and the main part of the town below, sit on a spur of a land within a sharp meander of the river. The suffix to its name distinguishes Esch-sur-Sûre from the city of Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch, Bernkastel-Wittlich
Esch is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The municipality lies in the southern Salm valley at the edge of the Moselle Mountains. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. History In 1086, Esch had its first documented mention under the name ''Asche''. In the 15th century, Esch was the residential seat of the Blessed Eberhard, who founded the pilgrimage village of Klausen. Beginning in 1794, Esch lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch, Vulkaneifel
Esch is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Gerolstein, whose seat is in the municipality of Gerolstein. Geography The municipality lies in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth. History Esch lies on the Roman road that led from Trier to Cologne (Via Agrippa). In the 12th century, it had its first documentary mention. In the 16th century, there was a court in Esch that exercised high jurisdiction over several places in the nearby country. Esch became notorious for its witch trials in the 17th century. The village sustained very heavy damage in the Second World War. South of Esch lies a war graveyard witnessing the heavy fighting in March 1945. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esch, Netherlands
Esch is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Boxtel. History The village was first mentioned in 773 or 774 as Hesc, and probably means "ash (''Fraxinus excelsior'') forest". Esch is a church village which developed in the Early Middle Ages along the Esserstroom. The Abbey of Echternach had possessions in Esch back in the 8th century. The tower of the St Willibrordus Church dates from the late-15th century. The church was built between 1926 and 1927 in Byzantine Revival Neo-Byzantine architecture (also referred to as Byzantine Revival) was a revival movement, most frequently seen in religious, institutional and public buildings. It incorporates elements of the Byzantine style associated with Eastern and Ortho ... style. The convert Sancta Monica was built in 1895 by the missionary sisters Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe van Afrika (Our Lady of Africa). In 2012, the convent was convert into an apartment building. Esch was home to 245 peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
