Inhaltsverzeichnis

Allgemeine Geschichte

Gérald Arboit
Troisvierges (1er août 1914) : un « petit incident » et la soi-disant germanophilie de Paul Eyschen [Troisvierges, 1st August 1914 : a “little incident” and Paul Eyschen’s alleged germanophilia], S. 261–278.

This article looks at the uprooting of tracks at the Luxembourg railway station in Troisvierges, on August 1st, 1914, as a clandestine action of the German intelligence service. It was more than a “little incident”, as evoked by the President of the Luxembourg Government, Paul Eyschen, the following day in the Chamber of Deputies. The article shows that this operation had been planned for a long time, repeating an 1870 action, in order to test Luxembourg’s independence. Eyschen had feared this action and put the country in a state of defence and made a choice in favour of France. In the absence of any intelligence service at his disposal, he developed a secret activity that calls into question the apparent germanophilia that the left reproached him for.

Félix Streicher
Une drôle de petite armée in der drôle de guerre. Die luxemburgische Force Armée zwischen September 1939 und Mai 1940 [“A phoney little army” in the Phoney War. The Luxembourgish Armed Forces between September 1939 and May 1940], S. 279–309

By September 1939, Luxembourgish diplomatic efforts to see the neutral status of the Grand Duchy reaffirmed by a multilateral declaration of the European powers had reached a dead end. With the outbreak of hostilities, the country found itself caught between the Maginot and Siegfried Line, hence risking to become a battle contested area between the war-waging armies. To make the situation even more difficult, neutral Luxembourg could not call upon a strong military to protect its national integrity but had to rely merely on its 700-head strong Force Armée. Besides their numerical inferiority, these armed forces were – due to their police-like
character – neither organized, trained nor equipped to meet the requirements of a “real” military deployment along the national borders facing Germany and France. Worst of all, an internal order even forbade the troops to use their weapons in case of an enemy invasion – seemingly making it a national military without any military value or raison d’être in the face of the imminent conflict. This contribution aims to discuss the role of the Luxembourgish armed forces in the Phoney War by analysing their functions and tasks through military documents in the Foreign affairs section of the Luxembourgish National Archives. By examining the steps and measures taken by the Force Armée in face of the conflict, the paper focusses on its potential room for maneuver, its role and its actual raison d’être in the Phoney War. In the face of a largely inexistent Luxembourgish military historiography, the contribution finally also tries to provide a clearer picture of the Luxembourgish armed forces before 1940 in general by giving deeper insight into the institutional characteristics and dispositions of the Force Armée.

Gilles Genot
Luxemburg in der UNESCO. Die Anfangsjahre (1943 bis ca. 1950) [Luxembourg in the UNESCO. The early years (1943 to ca. 1950)], S. 311–324

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg became a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on 27 October 1947. However, little is known about the participation of Luxembourgish delegates at the ‘Conference of the Allied Ministers of Education’ (1943 to 1945) and the ‘United Nations Conference for the establishment of an educational and cultural organisation’ (November 1 to 16, 1945). The Constitution was ratified in 1947 and two years later the National Commission was founded. For the period from 1943 to ca. 1950, the present study illustrates the actual benefits and difficulties of this membership and analyses the decision-making processes in the context of Luxembourg’s foreign policy ambitions.

Lokalgeschichte

Thomas Lutgen
Neue Erkenntnisse zur Baugeschichte der mittelalterlichen St.-Hubertus-Kirche in Munshausen [New insights into the building history of the medieval St-Hubert-church in Munshausen], S. 325–346

The historical and restoration investigations carried out between 2016 and 2017 have provided new insights into the architectural history of the parish church in Munshausen. The church building in Munshausen, with its core dating from the 13th/14th century, was extended in the 15th century to be used as a burial place for the Lords of Clervaux. The ownership of the building changed from 1460 onwards: first the parish, then the Lords of Clervaux and finally the Augustian monastery of Hosingen contributed to various phases of construction and conversion of the church. An analysis of the building itself and the processing of historical sources, together with dendrochronological dating of the timbers, allowed to solve these complicated building sequences for the first time. The article presents the results of this research and shows how new insights into the history of buildings can be gained through interdisciplinary scientific cooperation between various fields of building research.

Forschungsberichte
S. 347–358

Kevin Simon
Das römische Mosaik von Vichten. Betrachtung, Analyse, Kontextualisierung.
Abschlussarbeit im Master en histoire européenne contemporaine an der Universität Luxemburg 2018. Betreuerin: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Binsfeld, Zweitgutachter: Dr. Jean Krier

Johannes Abdullahi
Das Geld und der Kaisersohn. Freigebigkeit und Prachtentfaltung König Johanns von Böhmen (1296–1346). Dissertation an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 2016; Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Knut Görich.

Janos Incze
“Our Lord the King Looks for Money in Every Corner”. Sigismund of Luxembourg’s Pledgings in Hungary. Doctoral dissertation, Central European University, Budapest, 2018; supervisors: prof. Dr Katalin Szende and prof. Dr Balázs Nagy.

Elisabeth Hoffmann
La mémoire de la « Résistance » au prisme d’une histoire comparée des associations d’anciens résistants du Luxembourg, de l’Alsace, de la Moselle et de la Belgique de l’Est (1944–2017). Thèse de doctorat soutenue sous la direction des prof. assoc. Sonja Kmec et prof. Jean-Noël Grandhomme à l’Université du Luxembourg et à l’Université de Lorraine, 2018.

Buchbesprechungen (Volltext einsehbar auf recensio.net)
S. 359–382

Andrea Binsfeld, Rezension zu:
Hiltrud Merten, Die frühchristlichen Inschriften aus St. Maximin bei Trier (Kataloge und Schriften des Museums am Dom Trier, 8), Trier: Selbstverlag des Museums am Dom, 2018; 328 S.; ISBN 978-3-945277-05-8; 39 €.

Hans-Werner Goetz, Rezension zu:
Michel Margue / Hérold Pettiau (éd.), La Lotharingie en question. Identité, oppositions, intégration. Lotharingische Identitäten im Spannungsfeld zwischen integrativen und partikularen Kräften. Actes des 14es Journées Lotharingiennes (Publications de la Section Historique de l’Institut Grand-Ducal, 126 / Publications du CLUDEM, 26), Luxembourg: CLUDEM a.s.b.l. 2018 ; 551 p.; ISBN 978-2-919979-21-3 ; 39 €.

Guy Thewes, Rezension zu:
Julien Trapp/Mylène Didiot (dir.), Défendre Metz à la fin du Moyen Âge. Étude de l’enceinte urbaine, Nancy : PUN – Éditions Universitaires de Lorraine, 2017, 559 p. ; ISBN 978-2-8143-0332-4 ; 25 €.

Michel Pauly, Rezension zu:
Emmanuel Bodart, Société et espace urbains au bas Moyen Âge et au début de l’époque moderne. Morphologie et sociotopographie de Namur du XIIIe au XVIe siècle (coll. Namur. Histoire et Patrimoine, 4), Namur : Société archéologique de Namur, 2017, 496 p. ; ISBN 978-2-87502-064-2 ; 50 €.

Thomas Kolnberger, Rezension zu:
Quellen zur Geschichte der Stadt Trier in der frühen Preußenzeit (1815-1850) (Publikationen aus dem Stadtarchiv Trier, 4), hrg. v. Jort Blazejewski, Stephan Laux und Nina Schweisthal, Trier: Verlag für Geschichte und Kultur, 2018; 941 S., 5 Abb.; ISBN 978-3-945768-04-4; 49,90 €.

Edmond Thill, Rezension zu:
Luciano Pagliarini & Laura Caregari, Eugène Mousset, Le maître d’Esch 1877-1941, Esch-sur-Alzette : Éditions Schortgen, 2017, 176 pages ; ISBN 978-99959-36-54-9 ; 55 €.

Franck Colotte, Rezension zu:
Toute la noblesse de sa nature. Recueil des écrits publiés par Aline Mayrisch de Saint-Hubert réunis par Cornel Meder avec postfaces des professeurs Frank Wilhelm et Hans Manfred Bock et une chronologie, Luxembourg : Cercle des Amis de Colpach, 2014 ; 495 p. ; ISBN 978-99959-613-1-2 ; 34 €.

Nathalie Roelens, Rezension zu:
Claude D. Conter & Myriam Sunnen (éd.), Texte & Image – Dialog/ues – Schrift & Bild, Mersch: Centre national de littérature, 2018 ; 303 p. ; ISBN 978-2-919903-66-5 ; 35 €.

Estelle Evrard, Rezension zu:
Thomas Vercruysse (dir.), Luxembourg – Ville créative, Luxembourg : capybarabooks 2015, 269 p. ; ISBN 978-99959-43-03-5 ; 19,95 €.

Fabio Spirinelli, Rezension zu:
Romain Meyer, François Bausch. Der Un-Geduldige. Skizzen eines politischen Lebens, 168 S.; Luxemburg: Editions Guy Binsfeld, 2018; 168 S.; ISBN 978-99959-42-39-7; 24 €.