Hamm, Luxembourg

Hamm is a quarter in eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the home of the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, the final resting place of 5,076 American servicemen, including General Patton.

, the quarter has a population of 1,566 inhabitants.

History
Hamm's origins lie in the convent of St. Catharine, founded in the 14th century, around which a village developed. The proximity to the Alzette river facilitated the construction of several mills, which formed the basis for spinning and weaving wool from 1835. In the course of the next years, the Godchaux were able to expand their wool production by buying up almost all the mills on the Alzette, which were combined with another factory in Ettelbrück into the „Draperies de Luxembourg“. At their high point, the cloth mills employed up to 2,000 people. Due to the economic boom, Hamm was split off from the commune of Sandweiler in 1873 and received its own administration.

Hamm was a commune in the canton of Luxembourg between 20 December 1873, when it was split from the commune of Sandweiler, and 26 March 1920, when it was merged into the city of Luxembourg, along with Hollerich and Rollingergrund.