Heinerscheid

Former commune in Clervaux, Luxembourg

Heinerscheid Hengescht
Former commune
Coat of arms
Map of Luxembourg with Heinerscheid highlighted in orange, and the canton in dark red
Coordinates: 50°05′45″N 6°05′15″E / 50.0958°N 6.0875°E / 50.0958; 6.0875
Country	Luxembourg
Canton	Clervaux
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	heinerscheid.lu

Heinerscheid (Luxembourgish: Hengescht) is a small town in northern Luxembourg, in the commune of Clervaux.

It was its own commune until its merger with Clervaux in 2009.^[1]

As of 2023^[update], the town of Heinerscheid has a population of 678.^[2]

Former commune

The former commune consisted of the villages:

Fischbach (Fëschbech)
Grindhausen (Grandsen)
Heinerscheid (Hengescht)
Hupperdange (Hëpperdang)
Kalborn (Kaalber)
Lieler (Léiler)
Fossenhof (Fossenhaff) (lieu-dit)
Kaesfurt (Kéisfuert) (lieu-dit)
Kalborn-Moulin (Kaalber Millen) (lieu-dit)
Lausdorn (Lausduer) (lieu-dit) - partially shared with the Commune of Wäisswampech
Tintesmühle (Tëntesmillen) (lieu-dit)

Pierre Johanns (1882–1955), a Luxemburger Jesuit priest, missionary in India and Indologist.

^ "Fusion des communes de Clervaux, Heinerscheid et Munshausen". Legilux. Government of Luxembourg. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
^ "Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité". data.public.lu. 2024-01-07.