Kiischpelt, seven villages between the Clerve and the Wiltz

Hardly anyone knows the name Kiischpelt, although walkers heading north will recognise more of what’s in it. It’s the commune of the Clerve valley between Clervaux and the river’s meeting with the Wiltz, with 1,309 residents on 1 January 2026, which puts it among the least populated in the country. Its seven villages are Wilwerwiltz, the seat, Kautenbach, Alscheid, Enscherange, Lellingen, Merkholtz and Pintsch. The Our nature park includes it.

Wilwerwiltz, the seat with a station

Wilwerwiltz sits at the heart of the commune and, the commune notes, has a station with national and international connections. The most visible sight is the tower of its old castle. visitluxembourg explains that the lordship dates from the 14th century under the Basenheim family, that in 1586 Maria von der Heiden renovated the castle and added an inscribed gateway, and that in 1928, on the verge of collapse, the municipality bought it at auction. Only the tower and the gateway survived the demolition, and the tower now stands as part of the village square.

On the path towards Lellingen there’s a small chapel to St Willibrord with a spring. Legend says the saint struck the ground with his staff and water gushed out, and the village church is dedicated to him too.

Enscherange, the mill and the grid

Enscherange is the village I wouldn’t skip. It has a late 17th-century castle, private and visible only from outside, and the Rackésmillen, a watermill dated 1334 by the commune, the last intact one on the Clerve and, according to visitluxembourg, the oldest working water-driven mill in the country. At the entrance to the village stand the buildings of an old tannery.

Close by, at a spot called the Loh, 413.8 metres up, the 50th parallel north crosses the 6th meridian east. The commune says it’s the only place in the Grand Duchy where a whole degree of latitude and longitude coincide, and a sundial in the ground marks it. It’s a bit of geographical trivia that tickles me, the kind of thing Greenwich fans will appreciate.

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A walk that joins three villages

The Auto-Pédestre Wilwerwiltz, 9.65 km and about 2 hours 50 minutes with 230 m of climbing, leaves from the Am Duerf car park, passes the chapel, crosses the Clerve and the railway, reaches Lellingen, whose restored centre is worth the detour, climbs the Hongerbierg to Pintsch and comes down via the Loh to Enscherange. For longer hikes, Kautenbach is the start of the Éislek Trail and the finish of the Lee Trail on the Escapardenne trail.

Schuttbourg, from the outside

Upstream from Kautenbach, on a narrow slate spur, stands Schuttbourg Castle, made up of a fortress and a Renaissance house. It’s privately owned and can’t be visited. I cover it on the Kautenbach page, since that’s the side it shows off best.

Once your dates are set, check which hotels are still free in Clervaux before prices climb.

Where to stay

STATEC counted one hotel and three campsites in Kiischpelt in 2025. If you’d rather stay somewhere with more choice, Wiltz and Clervaux are close by, both with stations.

If you would rather have a local show you round, book a guided tour in Clervaux and choose by the reviews.

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