Rollingergrund

Rollingergrund Rollengergronn (Luxembourgish)
Former commune of Luxembourg
Country	Luxembourg
District	Luxembourg
Canton	Luxembourg
Created	8 May 1849
Abolished	26 March 1920
Currently	Part of Luxembourg City

Rollingergrund (Luxembourgish: Rollengergronn, pronounced [ˌʀoleŋɐˈɡʀon] ^ⓘ) is an area of north-western Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It forms the majority of the quarter of Rollingergrund-North Belair.

Rollingergrund developed around the porcelain factory of Villeroy & Boch.[1] While it originally belonged to Luxembourg City, after the territorial reorganisation under the French regime (1795-1814) it was part of the commune of Eich.[1] After it received its own parish in 1843, the population sought political autonomy, and it became a commune in the canton of Luxembourg from 8 May 1849, when it was split from the commune of Eich.[2][1] On 26 March 1920 it was again merged into the city of Luxembourg, along with Hamm and Hollerich.[3]

Michel Engels (1851–1901), the celebrated illustrator, author and art teacher, was born in Rollingergrund.[4]

Footnotes

1. Bange, Evamarie (2012). "Je größer desto besser? Die Eingemeindungen der Stadt Luxemburg" (PDF). ons stad (in German) (99): 26–31.
2. (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1849, No. 56" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
3. (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1920, No. 23" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
4. "Engels, Michel", Luxemburger Lexikon, Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg, 2006. (in German)

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Further reading

• Ney, Marc (1 October 2007), "Elections dans la commune de Rollingergrund: Depuis sa constitution en 1849 jusqu'à son rattachement à la ville de Luxembourg en 1920", Hémecht (in French), vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 429ff, retrieved 29 October 2023