Rosport () is the capital of the commune of

Rosport-Mompach Rosport-Mompach (Luxembourgish: ''Rouspert-Mompech'') is a commune of Luxembourg located in the canton of Echternach. History The commune was created on 1 January 2018 with the merging of the communes of Rosport and Mompach. Image:Map Ro ...

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 lan ...

. It is part of the canton of

Echternach Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in L ...

, which is part of the district of

Grevenmacher Grevenmacher (; ) is a commune with town status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. It gives its name to and is the capital of the canton of Grevenmacher, and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Grevenmacher. The town ...

. Until 31 December 2017, it was a commune. On 1 January 2018, the commune was merged with

Mompach Mompach () is a village in the commune of Rosport-Mompach in eastern Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Echternach Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of t ...

to form the new commune of

. Rosport Castle, built in 1892, was the home of the Luxembourg inventor

Henri Tudor Henri Owen Tudor (30 September 1859 – 31 May 1928) was a Luxembourg engineer, inventor, and industrialist. He developed the first commercially usable lead-acid battery. Life Henri Tudor was the son of John Thomas Tudor from Llanarth (Unite ...

. Since May 2009, the castle has been home to the Tudor Museum where there is an exhibition based on his development of the

lead–acid battery The lead–acid battery is a type of rechargeable battery first invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté. It is the first type of rechargeable battery ever created. Compared to modern rechargeable batteries, lead–acid batteries have ...

."Historique du musée"
, ''Musée Tudor''. . Retrieved 30 March 2011.

Former commune

The former commune consisted of the villages: * Dickweiler *

Girst Girst () is a village in the commune of Rosport, in eastern Luxembourg. , the village had a population of 109. See also * List of villages in Luxembourg This is a list of populated places in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. It is based on the o ...

* Hinkel *

Osweiler Osweiler () is a small town in the commune of Rosport, in eastern Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duc ...

* Rosport * Steinheim * Fromburg (lieu-dit) * Girsterklaus (lieu-dit)

References

External links

* Towns in Luxembourg Former communes of Luxembourg {{Echternach-geo-stub