Schieren
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Schieren | |
|---|---|
| Schieren train station and church Schieren train station and church | |
| Map of Luxembourg with Schieren highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red Map of Luxembourg with Schieren highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red | |
| Coordinates: Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 611: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Country | File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg |
| Canton | Diekirch |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jean-Paul Zeimet |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.41 km2 (4.02 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 94th of 100 |
| Highest elevation | 515 m (1,690 ft) |
| • Rank | 15th of 100 |
| Lowest elevation | 198 m (650 ft) |
| • Rank | 24th of 100 |
| • Rank | 79th of 100 |
| • Rank | 39th of 100 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| LAU 2 | LU0000609 |
| Website | schieren.lu |
Schieren (German pronunciation: [ˈʃiːʁən]) is a commune and town in central Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Diekirch.
Schieren is served by a railway station, and the commune encompasses the hamlet of Birtrange, which contains Birtrange castle.
Schieren was formed on 1 July 1850, when it was detached from the commune of Ettelbruck, along with the commune of Erpeldange. The law forming Schieren was passed on 22 January 1850.[1]
In 1894, Schieren established a fire station with five volunteer firefighters. It contains a church.
Population
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Footnotes
[edit | edit source]External links
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- (in French) Commune of Schieren official website
- (in German) Unofficial website on local activities
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