Grevenmacher

Grevenmacher

Gréiwemaacher
Grevenmacher ; Gréiwemaacher
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Map of Luxembourg with Grevenmacher highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
	Coordinates: 49°40′50″N 6°26′30″E / 49.6806°N 6.4417°ECoordinates: 49°40′50″N 6°26′30″E / 49.6806°N 6.4417°E
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Grevenmacher
Area
• Total	16.48 km2 (6.36 sq mi)
Area rank	70th of 102
Highest elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
• Rank	96th of 102
Lowest elevation	133 m (436 ft)
• Rank	2nd of 102
Population (2018)
• Total	4,921
• Rank	31st of 102
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
• Density rank	25th of 102
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
	LU0001104
Website	grevenmacher.lu

Grevenmacher (Luxembourgish: Gréiwemaacher [ɡʀəɪvəˈmaːχɐ]) is a commune with town status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany.^[1] 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 is situated on the left bank of the river Moselle, in a wine growing region.^[2]

As of 2018, the commune of Grevenmacher has a population of 4,921.^[3]

The old Town Hall

Notable people[]

Frantz Seimetz (1858–1934) a Luxembourg Impressionist portrait and landscape artist
Joseph Lortz (1887–1975) a Roman Catholic church historian, Reformation historian and ecumenist
Marcel Paulus (1920–1987) a Luxembourgian footballer, competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics
Rob Krier (born 1938) a Luxembourgian sculptor, architect and urban designer
Octavie Modert (born 1966) a politician from Luxembourg