The Rhine Gate was built in 1937/38 as part of dike reinforcements and completely renovated in the late 1990s. It represents a breakthrough of the dike and thus enables access to the ferry to Duisburg Walsum.

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"If you should not be Niederrheiner: The district of Rheinberg, which was incorporated in 1975, is pronounced Orsau." If one interchanges the first two letters, the meaning of the place name is obvious to strangers: Rossaue or Rosswiese, and the coat of arms of Orsoy shows accordingly three horse heads over a city wall - this wall is still largely preserved today. "

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Orsoy is a district of the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Rheinberg on the left bank of the Lower Rhine. Translated, the word Orsoy means (spoken: in the dialect short and …

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1. Mill Tower (Powder Tower) – Walsum–Orsoy Rhine Ferry loop from Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl

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2. View of Waldsee, Moers – Lake Lohheide loop from In den Haesen

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06:02

70m

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3. View of Lohheidesee – Baerler Busch loop from Orsoy

21.6km

05:36

130m

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Elevation 70 m

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Saturday 24 January

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Rhine Gate, Orsoy

1. Mill Tower (Powder Tower) – Walsum–Orsoy Rhine Ferry loop from Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl

2. View of Waldsee, Moers – Lake Lohheide loop from In den Haesen

3. View of Lohheidesee – Baerler Busch loop from Orsoy

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