Schieren

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Schieren
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Schieren train station and church
Coat of arms schieren luxbrg.png
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Map of Luxembourg with Schieren highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 49°50′00″N6°06′00″E / 49.8333°N 6.1°E / 49.8333; 6.1
Country Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Canton Diekirch
Area
  Total10.41 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
Population
  Total2,156
  Rank 73rd of 100
  Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
   Rank 39th of 100
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
LAU 2 LU0000609
Website schieren.lu

Schieren is a commune and town in central Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Diekirch.

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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

[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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