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Orsoy City Wall

North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf District

Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Kreis Wesel

Rheinberg

Orsoy City Wall

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Orsoy City Wall

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Location: Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Walsum–Orsoy Rhine Ferry – Walsum Lift Bridge loop from Orsoy

10.4km

02:39

30m

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2. Mill Tower (Powder Tower) – Walsum–Orsoy Rhine Ferry loop from Baerl

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3. View of Waldsee Moers – Lohheider Lake loop from In den Haesen

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Jochen

October 1, 2017

Remains of the fortress walls built between 1273 and 1640.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

February 17, 2023

"... The town is largely surrounded by a medieval city wall with 4 city gates (1st fortification ring). The last of the remaining historic city gates (Kuhtor) was destroyed in the course of the war in 1945. The gates themselves were double gate systems with a front gate, Zwinger and the main gate.At the main gate (Kuhtor) an upstream barbican (see illustration: Orsoy Fortress around 1650) was erected early on.The flood protection gate (water gate or Rhine gate) that is still used today was not built until 1937. There were also various wall towers and four Corner towers.The still existing 18 meter high powder tower (formerly the mill tower – originally the only corner tower of the city wall integrated into the wall) illustrates the dimensions of the city fortifications.Only the foundation and remains of the foundation walls of the blue tower have been preserved.

The 2nd fortification ring - 5 bulwarks (bastions), main wall, main moat - is completely preserved. The five bulwarks are made of earth with a brick foundation at moat level. This brick base of the bulwarks is covered by earth and vegetation, but in two places in Orsoy this base is exposed. The five bastions and the accessible curtain walls between them are accessible by paths (as part of the Wallpromenadenring). They still stand out clearly from the landscape and are listed monuments. ..."
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orsoy

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DANFELD

May 14, 2023

The medieval city wall that surrounds Orsoy has, among other things, 4 city gates.

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Location: Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Orsoy City Wall

1. Walsum–Orsoy Rhine Ferry – Walsum Lift Bridge loop from Orsoy

2. Mill Tower (Powder Tower) – Walsum–Orsoy Rhine Ferry loop from Baerl

3. View of Waldsee Moers – Lohheider Lake loop from In den Haesen

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