Oberwampach

Oberwampach
Uewerwampech
Former commune of Luxembourg
Country Luxembourg
District Diekirch
Canton Clervaux
Created Original commune
Abolished 1 January 1978
Currently Part of Wincrange

Oberwampach (Luxembourgish: Uewerwampech) is a village in the commune of Wincrange, in northern Luxembourg. As of 2005, the village had a population of 172.

Oberwampach was a commune in the canton of Clervaux until 1 January 1978, when it was merged with the communes of Asselborn, Boevange, and Hachiville to form the new commune of Wincrange. The law creating Wincrange was passed on 31 October 1977.[1]

People

Soldier and military engineer Johan Caspar von Cicignon was born in Oberwampach circa 1625.

Footnotes

  1. "Mémorial A, 1977, No. 70" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-11.
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Coordinates: 50°01′N 5°52′E / 50.017°N 5.867°E / 50.017; 5.867


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