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Maison Kirsch, Luxembourg
Maison Kirsch is an abandoned house and brandy distillery in Luxembourg. The house itself dates back to the 1790s. The house has been left to decay for at least two decades. His family was once very wealthy, and made liqueur/brandy from cherries (likely where the codename for this house was derived). The house was also attached to farm, where bottled fruits and distilling equipment can still be found.
On the ground floor is an old, solid wooden desk with matching bookcase. On the desk is a rather primitive wooden weighing scales, which has a pile of feathers on one side (surely the work of other explorers). There are piles of books and papers on the desk, and an old phone book from 1981. A dark wooden chandelier hangs from the ceiling, suspended in the middle of a decorative ceiling rose. A heavy iron reading lamp sits on the desk.
The master bedroom features several framed images of Jesus, and a cross hung prominently above the large double bed. The bed is still neatly made, sporting a vintage flower-pattern duvet and striped pillow. A beige/pink ladies nightgown hangs off the door, and a parasol/umbrella hangs casually off the bed footboard. This room is packed with small details on the various tables; dusty rosary beads, small medicine bottle, minute prayer books, trinket boxes.
We arrived at Maison Kirsch at the end of a very long drive across Germany, on our way back to England. The group was tired and clearly wanted food and to put some more miles behind us, so we had only a fleeting visit to this forgotten house. This room is very dark in the late afternoon summer light, and was difficult to photograph (many features only becoming apparent after editing the photographs at home).
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The owner is not alive anymore but his grand son live just on the other side of the road…
And it’s not abandonned since de 60’s as you can find some documents from the 90’s and 2000 …
Too bad, that you hadn’t more time, you missed a lot of interesting places here in Luxembourg 🙂
Thanks for the extra info, we were rushing as this was the end of a long road trip so I fully admit to not checking documents too thoroughly ;).
I have visited quite a lot of places in Luxembourg in subsequent trips, some very nice industry and residential decay 😀
Hi, just a question. I’m researching my father’s handwritten 1945 US Army travel itinerary going east through Luxembourg/Germany and came across a 2-day stop listed as Kirsh. Dad recorded it as Germany, but I couldn’t find a Kirsh Germany. Also Dad didn’t speak German, so could easily be Kirsch. It’s right after a stop in Luxembourg. Do you have more info on location? Meanwhile will try to find it myself on map. Thanks!
Hi Patricia. What a wonderful research exercise! “Kirsch” simply means “cherry” in German. This house was owned by a cherry brandy distiller, and the house is codenamed “Maison Kirsch” by photographers, who do not wish to share the name/location publicly. So, Kirsch is not the name of the town or the real name of the house….just an informal online name which is suspect may not be very useful to you in your search. I suspect this informal name is very recent. I will email you and discuss the location with you privately, I hope I can assist you in your family history project in some way 🙂
Hi! I am an art student and I am currently working on a photography project and I would love to get to this location. Do you happen to know how to get into contact with the owner or who I sould email to ask for permission to shoot there?
Btw I love your website!
Hi Lara, sorry I don’t have any contact details for the owner/family of the owner ☹️