Heffingen, where one of Luxembourg's earliest people was found

Heffingen is a farming village on the western side of the Mullerthal, and it wouldn’t have much of a story if it weren’t for what came out of its soil. In the 1930s, excavations run with the National Museum of Natural History turned up mostly Mesolithic and Neolithic remains, among them the Loschburmann, the skeleton of a man who lived about 8,000 years ago and one of the oldest traces of people in Luxembourg.

Three localities and a medieval core

Heffingen was home to 1,597 people at the start of 2026, per STATEC, in three official localities, Heffingen, Reuland and Scherbach. The commune is proud that the village has kept a medieval core of picturesque lanes and heavy farmhouses, even after throwing itself fully into modern life after the war. Officially it belongs to the canton of Mersch; on the tourist map it’s the Mullerthal.

Who was the Loschbur man?

A man from roughly 8,000 years ago whose skeleton was found at the spot called Loschbur. The commune also mentions prehistoric remains at the Aatzebach and several Gallo-Roman traces. A reconstruction of the Loschburmann is displayed at the National Museum of Natural History in the capital, and local path H1 leads to the find site. It’s a visit that needs context, if you ask me, because there’s nothing dramatic to see in the woods, but knowing someone lived here eight thousand years ago changes how the place feels.

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Lords, castles and shifting boundaries

Written history begins in 1271, with a lord of «Heifkinges». According to the commune, this was a modest lordship next to Fels, Steinborn or Beaufort, but its lords soon entered the service of the counts of Luxembourg. The Fels-Heffingen line, a branch of the lords of Larochette Castle, lasted until 1662, after which the estates passed by inheritance to the d’Autel family. The Steinborn plateau, which has a castle of its own, once belonged to Larochette and was absorbed into Heffingen after the French Revolution.

Walking from Heffingen

Route 3 of the Mullerthal Trail crosses the commune, and the Trail website suggests Heffingen-Soup as one of the overnight bases along the path. visitluxembourg suggests a family discovery trail through the White Ernz valley at Heffingen-Supp and lists the Héikräiz viewpoint. The commune had one hotel in 2025, according to STATEC. If you’re walking the Trail in stages, Heffingen-Soup makes a quieter overnight than Echternach or Berdorf, but with a single hotel I’d book well ahead, especially for summer weekends.

On public transport, bus 234 runs from Mersch station to Heffingen via Larochette, and buses and trains are free across Luxembourg, so you can come straight from Luxembourg City or Findel. From here, Larochette is right next door and Nommern, with its Noumerleeën rocks, a little further west.

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