Garnich

The Story

The oldest known document mentioning the village of Garnich is dated April 12, 1128. In it, Pope Honorius II placed the Abbey of Münster in Luxembourg under the protection of Saint Peter and confirmed the donations made to it, including those of freehold properties located in “Garnische” and elsewhere.

The first recorded mention of the parish of Garnich comes from a document dated June 11, 1260. The year 1200 is engraved on the cornice of the church’s massive bell tower. A chronicle reports that the church in Garnich was consecrated on June 11, 1697, by the auxiliary bishop of Trier.

Under the municipal law of February 24, 1843, eleven municipalities were incorporated into the canton of Capellen, to which Garnich still belongs today.

In 1904, the Garnich district had 548 residents and 122 occupied homes.

Among the artisans present at the time were:

  • a roofer (Mart. Back)
  • a leather manufacturer (J. P. Paquet)
  • a glazier (H. Back)
  • a cooper (Nik. Geimer)
  • two haberdashers (Ad. Kerschenmeyer, Theod. Weyland)
  • two blacksmiths (J. Erpelding, N. Wolff)
  • three tailors (N. Kalmes, Th. Rotty, J. Steinmetzer)
  • three carpenters (B. Krier, D. Schmit, Michel Schmit)
  • two wheelwrights (J. P. Jacobs, F. Pierrot)
  • a weaver (Peter Wolff)
  • five innkeepers (the widow N. Hames, N. Michaelis, J. P. Paquet, M. Sinner, and Th. Weyland)

Teacher sisters were active here for a total of 47 years, until 1917.

KAHLER

The story of

The church in Kahler is first mentioned in 1317. The first known lord of Kahler, who appears toward the end of the 11th century, is Hemethis von Kahler…

In 1658–59, it was noted that no one had lived in Kahler since 1635 and that all the houses there lay in ruins as a result of the Thirty Years' War.

On May 24, 1843, the parish of Garnich saw the separation of the Kahler branch. The reason for this separation was the particularly arduous journey to the church, which required crossing the Garnich hill.

A major railway network, the “Attertlinn,” began operating on August 1, 1873, on the line connecting Pétange to Steinfort. From then on, trains passed through Kahler regularly. In 1879, the extension of the network to Ettelbruck was celebrated. On October 1, 1897, a stop as well as a station equipped with a ticket window and a barrier were added in Kahler. On September 23, 1967, the last passenger train ran on this line, and shortly thereafter, in April 1969, freight service was also discontinued. Today, part of the current bike path follows the old route of the “Attertlinn.”

Hivange

The Story

The village of Hivange is first mentioned in historical records in 1256. Hivange is a chaplaincy and has a simple chapel, built in 1833. The estimate came to 2,866 francs, but construction cost only 2,200 francs, as the residents of Hivange performed the manual labor themselves and took turns providing meals for the masons… In the past, Hivange actually referred only to the cluster of houses surrounding the old chapel. However, this chapel was located further down in the village than the current one. But the locality of Hivange also included hamlets now forgotten or farms situated on the hill, on the Fingig side: the Klengbéiweng farm (called Rosenhof, now renovated) and the Groussbéiweng farm (toward Dahlem). The name of a bus stop still preserves the memory of this. It is interesting to note that Groussbéiweng, although part of the municipality of Garnich until 1885, belonged to the parish of Hautcharage. At the request of the

 

Under the ownership of the then-landowner, the estate was incorporated into the parish of Garnich by episcopal decree on May 15, 1885. By 1911, the first large water reservoir had been completed on the Réibierg, near Hivange, and an intermunicipal water pipeline was put into service. In 1927, the first water tower was built at this location. Since 2007, two underground reservoirs have been supplying 30,000 m³ of water daily, making it the largest water collection system in the country. Water from 65 springs is collected there, supplying 23 municipalities in the cantons of Capellen and Esch. It is also worth noting that the water temperature in the reservoir remains a constant 9 degrees, and that the modern structure stands 30 meters tall, with its summit located exactly 429 meters above sea level.

Dahlem

The story of

Dahlem is one of those villages that, over the past hundred years, has transformed from a purely agricultural area into a primarily residential community.

The village of Dahlem is first mentioned in historical records in 1251. On May 12, 1785, a fire reduced the entire village, along with the parish church and the rectory, to ashes. Before this disaster, the village consisted of 11 thatched-roof houses. In 1806, the Dahlem Chapel was built on the foundations of the old parish church. Shortly before that, in 1803, the village had been incorporated into the parish district of Garnich.

It is also worth noting that the village of Dahlem remained part of the municipality of Dippach until 1823 and was not incorporated into the municipality of Garnich until that year.