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Grevenmacher (; ) is a commune with 
town status City status is a symbolic and legal designation given by a national or subnational government. A municipality may receive city status because it already has the qualities of a city, or because it has some special purpose.
Historically, city status ...
in eastern Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ...
, near the border with Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. It gives its name to and is the capital of the canton of Grevenmacher
Grevenmacher is a canton in the east of Luxembourg. Its capital is Grevenmacher, a commune with town status. The canton's name derives from its principal municipality. Neither the canton, town, or commune of Grevenmacher should be confused with th ...
, and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Grevenmacher. The town is situated on the left bank of the river Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
, in a wine growing
Viticulture (from the Latin word for ''vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ran ...
region.
, the commune of Grevenmacher has a population of 4,921.
Population
Twin towns — sister cities
Grevenmacher istwinned
Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to:
* In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so;
* Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning
* Twinning inst ...
with:
* Aubière
Aubière (; Auvergnat: ''Aubèira'') is a commune located in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeast France. As of 2017 its population was 10,061.
The town is home to the Cézeaux campus of the University of ...
, France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
Notable people
*Frantz Seimetz
Frantz Seimetz (21 April 1858 – 26 October 1934) was a prolific Luxembourg artist who painted portraits and landscapes in the Impressionist style."Seimetz, Frantz", ''Luxemburger Lexikon'', Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg, 2006.
Early life
...
(1858–1934) a Luxembourg Impressionist portrait and landscape artist
* Joseph Lortz
Joseph (Adam) Lortz (13 December 1887 in Grevenmacher, Luxembourg – 21 February 1975 in Luxembourg) was a Roman Catholic church historian. He was a highly regarded Reformation historian and ecumenist. Beginning in the 1940s, Lortz made his ec ...
(1887–1975) a Roman Catholic church historian, Reformation historian and ecumenist
* Marcel Paulus
Marcel Paulus (20 July 1920 – 19 October 1987) was a Luxembourgian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as Lond ...
(1920–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
* Rob Krier (born 1938) a Luxembourgian sculptor, architect and urban designer
* Octavie Modert (born 1966) a politician from Luxembourg
See also
* HagelsdorfReferences
External links
* Cities in Luxembourg Communes in Grevenmacher (canton) Towns in Luxembourg {{Grevenmacher-geo-stub