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Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Nordkanal (Grand Canal du Nord)

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Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Nordkanal (Grand Canal du Nord)

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Nordkanal (Grand Canal du Nord)

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    Location: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    1. Green Pond – Jröne Meerke (Green Little Lake) loop from Furth-Süd

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    01:49

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    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    2. Hagel Cross Monument – Neuss City Forest loop from Neuss Hbf

    11.9km

    03:01

    20m

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    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    3. Frog Pond in the Neuss City Forest loop from Dreikönigenviertel

    6.15km

    01:33

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    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    May 17, 2021

    The paths along the North Canal are very popular with pedestrians and cyclists as they are a real highlight. The route in the Neuss city forest is particularly beautiful. A wide avenue, lined with chestnut trees, runs just under one kilometer in length.

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      August 17, 2021

      Napoleon planned to finance it from spirits taxes and it should lead from the Rhine to the Meuse and on to the Scheldt: His Gran Canal du Nord should be about 200 kilometers long and Antwerp, at that time a French seaport, and the southern Dutch areas with the trade centers on the shortest route Connect the Rhine.

      In addition, Napoleon planned to prevent all trade with mainland Europe - to the annoyance of the Dutch. Similar plans already existed in the 17th century, when the Habsburg regent Eugeniana wanted to network the Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt with the construction of the Fossa Eugeniana - the canal was never completed. Napoleon also had big plans for his northern channel. The route was divided into two sections - the Noordervaart from Antwerp to Venlo and the North Canal from Venlo to Neuss.

      So the Northern Canal fared like the Fossa Eugeniana. It remained unfinished - although it was realized in fragments (Louisenburg lock, earth walls, bridges, bridge keeper's houses, canals, Neuss port) and later the original canal plots were occupied with new routes for railways and roads: the course is still traceable in places today. where it was no longer realized. Street names such as "Am Nordkanal" also refer here and there to the historical project.

      Source: niederrhein-edition.de/magazin/artikeldetails/per-rad-auf-den-spuren-napoleons

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        February 25, 2022

        In such seemingly untouched nature, hiking is great fun.

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          Location: Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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