Abstract. Luminescence properties of divalent europium in the mixedanion hydride chloride EuHCl were studied for the first time. Olivegreen single crystals of EuHCl (PbFCl-type structure: tetragonal, P4/nmm, a = 406.58(3) pm, c = 693.12(5) pm, c/a = 1.705, Z = 2) resulted from the reaction of elemental europium (Eu), sodium hydride (NaH) and sodium chloride (NaCl), while powder samples were prepared from the binary components europium dihydride (EuH 2 ) and dichloride (EuCl 2 ). Low temperature X-ray powder diffraction proved the absence of phase transitions for 12(2) K Յ T Յ 295(2) K. Bright green emission was observed under UV-excitation and assigned to the