Hautcharage (French pronunciation: [oʃaʁaʒ]; Luxembourgish: Uewerkäerjeng, German: Oberkerschen) is a small town in the commune of Käerjeng, in south-western Luxembourg. As of 2024, it had a population of 1,971.[1]
Geography edit
Neighbouring towns include Clemency, Fingig, Hivange, Schouweiler, Bascharage and Linger.
The small river Mierbaach, which rises south of the Boufferdenger Muer, flows through Hautcharage.
History edit
The church of St. Denis was built in 1744 and consectrated on 15 August 1761 by the auxiliary bishop of Trier Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim. Its furnishings are of Baroque style. [2]
Sport edit
Hautcharage's former football club FC Jeunesse Hautcharage won the 1970–71 Luxembourg Cup and qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup. In the first round, Hautcharage drew the title holders Chelsea and lost 21–0 on aggregate, which remains a European record defeat.[3] In 1997, the club merged with the neighbouring Union Sportive Bascharage, forming UN Käerjeng 97. UN Käerjeng 97 was based in Hautcharage until 2011, when it moved to a new stadium in Bascharage.
Notable residents edit
- Henri Kellen (1927–1950), racing cyclist and participant in the 1948 Summer Olympics;[4]
- Michel Wolter (born 1962), mayor and member of the Chamber of Deputies, former Minister of the Interior.
References edit
- ^ "Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité". data.public.lu. 2024-01-07.
- ^ "Kierch Hellegen Dionysus (Denis)". Service Kommunikatioun a Press - Bistum Lëtzebuerg (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ McCracken, Craig (2016-11-30). "How a team from Luxembourg with a one-armed striker lost 21-0 to Chelsea". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ^ "Henri Kellen Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
External links edit
- Official website Archived 2018-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, Gemeng Käerjeng (in Luxembourgish and French)