Septfontaines ( lb, Simmer, german: Simmern) is a small town in western

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 commune of

Habscht Habscht is a commune in central Luxembourg, in the canton of Capellen. It was established on 1 January 2018 from the amalgamation of the communes of Hobscheid and Septfontaines.Capellen Capellen ( lb, Cap/Capellen ) is a town in the commune of Mamer, in south-western Luxembourg, 12 km west of Luxembourg City. , the town has a population of 1,336. Despite not having a commune named after it, Capellen lends its name to the ...

, which is part of the district of

Septfontaines Castle Septfontaines Castle (french: Château de Septfontaines, lb, Buerg vu Simmer) in central Luxembourg is one of the castles belonging to the Valley of the Seven Castles. Located high above the village of Septfontaines, the medieval castle is now pr ...

is one of the castles belonging to the

Valley of the Seven Castles The Valley of the Seven Castles () is an informal name given to the Äischdall, the valley of the Eisch river, in central Luxembourg. The valley stretches from the confluence with the Alzette upstream to Steinfort, on the border with Belgium. Th ...

. Located high above the town of Septfontaines, the medieval castle is now privately owned."Château de Septfontaines"
''Fortresses, Châteaux, Manoirs''. Retrieved 16 March 2011. Septfontaines was the administrative centre of a commune by the same name until 2018, when it was merged with the commune of

Hobscheid Hobscheid () is a town in western Luxembourg. It is part of the commune of Habscht, in the canton of Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg. Hobscheid was the administrative centre of a commune by the same name until 2018, when ...

to form the commune of Habscht.

Former commune

The former commune consisted of the villages: *

Greisch Greisch () is a village in the commune of Habscht, in western Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché ...

Roodt-sur-Eisch Roodt-sur-Eisch (, ) is a village in the commune of Habscht, in western Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Gran ...

* Septfontaines * Simmerfarm * Simmerschmelz * Leesbach

Name

The name ''Septfontaines'' is a French neologism (the local population is almost entirely

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of th ...

-speaking), derived from the older name ''Siebenborn'' (literally, 'seven springs'), which appears as the name of the town in Latin and German documents from the nineteenth century and earlier. This name is also seen in ''Siewebueren'', the name of the town's fountain. The name ''Siebenborn'' was often abbreviated ''7born'' in vital records.

References

External links

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Commune of Septfontaines official website
Towns in Luxembourg Former communes of Luxembourg {{Capellen-geo-stub