[3] The name Cents probably goes back to a tax, which the tenants of the Fetschenhof and its fields had to pay to the Altmünster Abbey.

In August 1255 Elisabeth, widow of the alderman Walter, had bequeathed 14 morgens of land on the Kuhberg to the nuns of the Abbey of the Holy Ghost in Luxembourg.

This encompassed 80 hectares of land, from the Kuhberg to Cents, and from the cliffs above Clausen and Neudorf to the valley of Hamm (Hammer Dällchen) and down to the Alzette.

In 1683 Marshal François de Créquy started the siege of Luxembourg, on the orders of French King Louis XIV.

The historian Leo Müller described how citizens of Metz observed "the eerie spectacle of the burning Luxembourg, which was blazing like an almighty torch".

The number of civilian casualties was quite low, but the suffering of the population was severe due to the winter cold.

Through the destruction of buildings and the weakened state of the population, it was easy for Marshall de Créqui to take over the city in April 1684 with 35,000.

However, further investigation showed that the ground around the Grund sluice was not viable enough to bear such a construction, and the plan was cancelled.