[2] Hamm's origins lie in the convent of St. Catharine, founded in the 14th century, around which a village developed.

The proximity to the Alzette river facilitated the construction of several mills, which formed the basis for spinning and weaving wool from 1835.

In the course of the next years, the Godchaux were able to expand their wool production by buying up almost all the mills on the Alzette, which were combined with another factory in Ettelbrück into the „Draperies de Luxembourg“.

Due to the economic boom, Hamm was split off from the commune of Sandweiler in 1873 and received its own administration.

Initially, after the strong growth of the drapery industry in Schleifmühl around the 1870s when 800 workers were employed by the Godchaux family, residents had addressed a petition to the mayor of Sandweiler, demanding that the above three wards receive an increased number of councilors.