Kautenbach

Former commune of Luxembourg in Diekirch

Kautenbach Kautebaach
Former commune of Luxembourg
Country	Luxembourg
District	Diekirch
Canton	Wiltz
Created	Original commune
Abolished	1 January 2006
Currently	Part of Kiischpelt

Kautenbach (Luxembourgish: Kautebaach) is a village in the commune of Kiischpelt, in northern Luxembourg. In 2024, the village had a population of 152.^[1]

Kautenbach was a commune in the canton of Wiltz until January 1, 2006, when it was merged with the commune of Wilwerwiltz to form the new commune of Kiischpelt. The law creating Kiischpelt was passed on 14 July 2005.^[2]

Until 17 April 1914, the commune was known as 'Alscheid', after its former administrative centre. On that date, the administrative centre was moved from Alscheid to Kautenbach.^[3]

The ancient Schuttbourg Castle is located near the Village of Kautenbach.

Former commune

The former commune consisted of the villages:

Alscheid
Kautenbach
Merkholz
Koenerhof (lieu-dit)
Schuttbourg-Château (lieu-dit)
Schuttbourg-Moulin (lieu-dit)

Footnotes

^ "Registre national des personnes physiques RNPP : Population par localité". data.public.lu. 2024-01-07.
^ "Mémorial A, 2005, No. 116" (PDF) (in French). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2006-08-15.
^ (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1914, No. 22" (PDF). Service central de législation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-26. Retrieved 2006-10-29.