STARTSEITE    ADRESSEN    INHALT  IMPRESSUM/ÜBER UNS 
 

 
 
WELTWEIT
 
AFRIKA
ASIEN
EUROPA
NORDAMERIKA
SÜDAMERIKA
OZEANIEN

 

 

Luxembourg - (Europa)
(Druckversion)

Informationen über Luxembourg

Hauptstadt
Luxembourg
Fläche
2586 Quadratkilometer
Einwohnerzahl
422000
Religionen
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 1% and Jewish 2%
Christen (%)
98.00
Protestanten (%)
1.00
Reformierte (%)

Historically, Luxembourg is a RCath country. Protestantism, officially tolerated since 1768, came to Luxembourg through migration. The first Prot community was a garrison church. After the Vienna Congress of 1815 the country was awarded to King Wilhelm I of the Netherlands, who was a Calvinist. In 1817 the Trinity Church in the city of Luxembourg was built for Prussian soldiers serving the Duke and later made available to the Prot community. With the industrialization of the country Prot became more numerous, especially in the region of Esch-sur-Alzette.
In 1894 the Prot community in the city of Luxembourg was officially recognized; it included all Prot of the Helvetic and the Augsburg Confessions (“communauté protestante, confession unie”).
In 1961 French-speaking immigrants established the “Eglise protestante européenne d’expression française.” In 1982 the Prot in the region of Esch-sur-Alzette formed the Protestant- Reformed Church of Luxembourg (Helvetic Confession); they were granted the status of an officially recognized church by the state.
In addition to these churches there are in the city of Luxembourg several language communities which are under the jurisdiction of the churches in their country of origin (Germans, Danes, Dutch, English, Swedish). Since 1976 there is a “Council of Parishes and Communities in Luxembourg” in which the majority of the Prot communities are federated.

Verbände

Kirchen

 

 AKTUELL   WELTWEIT   RWB   BIBLIOTHEK   WEITERBILDUNG   LEXIKON   
 
nach oben

Copyright © 2011 reformiert online
Reformierter Bund in Deutschland
Knochenhauerstr. 42, 30159 Hannover, Deutschland
Telefon: +49 (0) 511 473 99 374
Internet: http://www.reformiert-online.net
Email: info@reformierter-bund.de
nach oben