Schieren

Coordinates: 49°50′00″N 6°06′00″E / 49.8333°N 6.1°E / 49.8333; 6.1
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Schieren
Schieren
Schieren train station and church
Schieren train station and church
Diekirch
Area
 • Total10.41 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
 • Rank94th of 100
Highest elevation
515 m (1,690 ft)
 • Rank15th of 100
Lowest elevation
198 m (650 ft)
 • Rank24th of 100
Population
 • Total2,149
 • Rank
LAU 2
LU0000609
Websiteschieren.lu

Schieren is a

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

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

[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1850, No. 18" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
  2. ^ "Population par canton et commune". statistiques.public.lu. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

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