the name grevenmacher is formed by two words: "greven" and "macher". "macher" comes from the latin word "maceria" ("very old walls"); "greven" comes from the old german word "grafen" (modern german: "graf") that means "count, earl". the town "macher of the count" was, since 1346, different from other "machern" found in the region: königsmacher, kleinmacher, rodemacher, mecher, mézières etc. the present name of grevenmacher has been in use since 1769.