Echternach Iechternach
Administration
Country	Luxembourg
District	Grevenmacher
Canton	Echternach
LAU 2	LU00006005
Mayor	Marc Diederich
Geography
Area   - Rank	20.49 km² 53rd of 116
Highest point   - Rank	393 m =65th of 116
Lowest point   - Rank	154 m 11th of 116
Population
Population (2005)   - Rank	4,507 26th of 116
Density (2005)   - Rank	220.0 /km² 28th of 116
List of communes of Luxembourg

Echternach (Luxembourgish: Iechternach) is a commune with city 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 (current population 4,610) in Luxembourg. Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_echternach_luxbrg. ... Image File history File links Map_Echternach. ... This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... Administratively Luxembourg is divided into three districts, which are subdivided into cantons: Diekirch (district) Diekirch Clervaux Redange Vianden Wiltz Grevenmacher (district) Grevenmacher Echternach Remich Luxembourg (district) Luxembourg Capellen Esch-sur-Alzette Mersch The cantons were created in the early 1840s. ... The District of Grevenmacher is one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ... This is a list of Cantons of Luxembourg, grouped by district. ... Echternach is a canton in the east of Luxembourg, in the district Grevenmacher. ... Generally, a local administrative unit (LAU) is an area of governmental administration below a province, region, state or other major national subdivision. ... This is a list of communes of Luxembourg by area. ... This is a list of communes of Luxembourg by highest point, in order of descending altitude. ... This is a list of communes of Luxembourg by lowest point, in order of ascending altitude. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of communes of Luxembourg by population. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of communes of Luxembourg by population density. ... This is a list of Communes of Luxembourg. ... Luxembourgish (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuergesch, French: , German: , Walloon: ), also spelled Luxemburgish, is a West Germanic language spoken in Luxembourg. ... This is a list of Communes of Luxembourg. ... For a complete list of communes of Luxembourg see: Communes of Luxembourg. ... Echternach is a canton in the east of Luxembourg, in the district Grevenmacher. ... The District of Grevenmacher is one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ...

Basilica in Echternach

It grew around the walls of the Abbey of Echternach, which was founded in 698 AD by St. Willibrord, an English monk of Ripon, who became the first bishop of Utrecht and worked to Christianize the Frisians. As bishop, he directed the monastery as abbot until his death in 739. It is in his honour that the dancing procession takes place annually on Whit Tuesday. This is the only such dance which survives in the region; there was formerly also one at the Mont St. Jean in Dudelange. Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 813 KB) The Basilica in Echternach, picture taken by Cornischong. ... Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 813 KB) The Basilica in Echternach, picture taken by Cornischong. ... The façade of the Abbey of Echternach. ... Events Tiberius III deposes Leontius and becomes Byzantine Emperor. ... Saint Willibrord (c. ... Utrecht ( (help· info)) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... Satellite view of the German Bight (the Frisian Coast). ... Charles Martel drives the Moors out of France. ... Whit Tuesday (syn. ... Mont St. ... Dudelange is the fourth largest town in Luxembourg with 15000 inhabitants. ...

The River Sauer that flows past the town now forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany, but in the later Roman Empire and under the Merovingians this was not a marcher land at all. The Roman villa at Echternach (traces of it were rediscovered in 1975) which was part of the see of Trier (now in Germany) was presented to Willibrord by Irmina (Irmine), daughter of Dagobert II, king of the Franks. Other parts of the Merovingian's Roman inheritance were presented to the Abbey by Pepin. Sauer (German and Luxembourgish; in French: Sûre) is a river of Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. ... Mark or march (or various plural forms of these words) are derived from the Frankish word marka (boundary) and refer to a border region, e. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Trier (French: ; Luxembourgish Tréier) is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. ... Saint Willibrord (c. ... Saint Adela (? - 735) and Saint Irmina (? - c. ... Dagobert II (c. ... Pippin the Younger Pippin the Younger or Pepin[1] (714 – September 24, 768), often known under the mistranslation Pippin the Short or the ordinal Pippin III, was the king of the Franks from 751 to 768 and is best known for being the father of Charlemagne, or Charles the Great. ...

Echternach continued to have royal patronage from the house of Charlemagne. Though the monks were displaced by secular canons of the bishop of Trier, 859 - 971, and though Willibrord's buildings burned down in 1017, the Romanesque basilica with symmetrical towers (illustration, above right) still houses his tomb in its crypt. As the abbey, with a famous library and scriptorium flourished, the town of Echternach formed around the abbey's outer walls and was granted a city charter in 1236. The abbey was rebuilt in a handsome Baroque range in 1737. The monks were dispersed in 1797, and the abbey's contents and its famous library were auctioned off. Some of the library's early manuscripts are at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. A porcelain factory was established in the abbey, and the town declined, until the railroad brought tourists. Charlemagne (left) and Pippin the Hunchback. ... Events Battle of Abelda: Asturias beats the Muslims. ... Events Births Deaths Culen of Scotland Categories: 971 ... Events Canute the Great is acclaimed king of England. ... St. ... // Events May 6 - Roger of Wendover, Benedictine monk and chronicler of St Albanss Abbey dies. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The new buildings of the library. ... This article is about the capital of France. ...

Echternach City Hall

There are two churches at Echternach. The larger is the Abbey's basilica of St Willibrord , now surrounded by the 18th century abbey (now a school)in the town's historical and cultural centre. The other is the parish church of St Peter and Paul. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1024 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1024 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Saint Willibrord (c. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

The picturesque town, still surrounded by its medieval walls with towers, was badly damaged in World War II and has been thoroughly restored; it has been the site of a May and June International Music Festival since 1975. Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official Website of Echternach
• Tourist attractions in Echternach
• Surroundings of Echternach
• Harmonie Municipale Echternach
• Intramuros asbl. - For the development of the historical center of Echternach

Echternach City Hall Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1024 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

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