Title: Grevenmacher Content: Grevenmacher  is a commune with city status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. Grevenmacher is the capital city of the Grevenmacher canton and of the district of Grevenmacher. The city is on the left bank of the Moselle river. ==Name== The name Grevenmacher is formed by two words: "Greven" and "Macher". "Macher" comes from the Latin word maceria ("very old walls"); "Greven" comes from the old German word Grafen (modern German: Graf) that means "count, earl". The town "Macher of the Count" was, since 1346, different from other "Machern" found in the region: Königsmacher, Kleinmacher, Rodemacher, Mecher, Mézières etc. The present name of Grevenmacher has been in use since 1769. ==History== The valley of the Moselle, which owes its wealth to the fact that it is close to the water and it has fertile land, was settled long before the Roman era. As for Grevenmacher, the first town was behind the Holy Cross Chapel at the place called "Buerggruef", not far from the Roman road to the city of Luxembourg. A few centuries later, the Counts of Luxembourg chose a safe place to protect their land against the powerful archbishops of Trier. They found it in Grevenmacher, that was the place where the road going from the city of Luxembourg to Trier meet with the one going from Trier to Thionville. Here a strong fortress was built, probably on the orders of Count Henry V. In 1252, this same count made Grevenmacher a city. ==Geography== thumbnail|left|The new bridge over the Moselle. The commune of Grevenmacher, which is in the eastern part of the canton on the left bank of the Moselle river, has an area of , with of forests and of vineyards. The altitude of the commune is high. At the church, the altitude is high. The most important river is the Moselle (; German: Mosel; ). ==Population== There were 4,923 persons living in the commune in 2017, for a population density of inhabitants/km². Evolution of the population in Grevenmacher Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:5000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:200 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:a text:1960 bar:b text:1970 bar:c text:1981 bar:d text:1991 bar:e text:2001 bar:f text:2011 bar:g text:2017 PlotData= color:barra width:25 align:left bar:a from:0 till: 2722 bar:b from:0 till: 2918 bar:c from:0 till: 2996 bar:d from:0 till: 3029 bar:e from:0 till: 3734 bar:f from:0 till: 4347 bar:g from:0 till: 4923 PlotData= bar:a at: 2722 fontsize:S text: 2,722 shift:(-10,5) bar:b at: 2918 fontsize:S text: 2,918 shift:(-14,5) bar:c at: 2996 fontsize:S text: 2,996 shift:(-14,5) bar:d at: 3029 fontsize:S text: 3,029 shift:(-14,5) bar:e at: 3734 fontsize:S text: 3,734 shift:(-14,7) bar:f at: 4347 fontsize:S text: 4,347 shift:(-14,8) bar:g at: 4923 fontsize:S text: 4,923 shift:(-14,4) ==Sights== Famous sights in Grevenmacher are, for exampleː * "Huelen Zant", remains from an old castle; * Chapel "Saint-Croix" (this is French and means "holy cross"); * The "Kelsbach", a beautiful piece of nature; * The "Jardin des papillons" (this is French again and means "garden of butterflies"), a building which contains a lot of butterflies and other insects; * The "Kulturhuef" which is a museum and a cinema. ==Sport== The city has three soccer places, two in "Op Floor" (there is also the stadium from the CSG, the soccer club from Grevenmacher) and one on the bank from the Mousel. The city has also six tennis fields, three in a hall and the other three on the bank of the Mousel. Next to the tennis fields is an outdoor swimming pool. Grevenmacher has also two sports halls. ==Twinned and partner towns== Grevenmacher is twinned withː * Aubière, France == Gallery == File:GrevenmacherNeuesRathaus.JPG|The new Town Hall File:GrevenmacherMarktplatz.JPG|Market square File:Grevenmacher Staustufe.JPG|Moselle barrage at Grevenmacher File:GrevenmacherSchmetterlinge.JPG|Butterfly Garden File:Grevenmacher Moselbruecke.JPG|Bridge over the Moselle. ==Related pages== * Cantons of Luxembourg * Communes of Luxembourg * List of cities in Luxembourg