City fortifications (Linz am Rhein)

The engraving depicts the city of Linz with its city fortifications in the middle of the 17th century

The construction of the city ​​fortifications of Linz am Rhein , consisting of basalt and slate quarry, began at the time of the elevation of Linz to city by the Cologne Archbishop Heinrich von Virneburg in 1320. In 1329 the fortification of the city was completed.

After completion, a 3.5 to 6 meter high, 1 meter thick and 1.5 kilometer long city ​​wall surrounded the city. It was broken through by originally four city gates, of which the Rhine and Neutor are still preserved today. The moat gate on the north wall was demolished in 1863 and the leet gate in the south in 1879.

Of the rest of the fortifications, there is still the powder tower , a round tower located on the southwest corner of the fortification , and a section of wall. Most of the rest of the walls were removed in 1861. The remains of the city walls stand as cultural monument under monument protection .

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  Section of the wall on Kaiserbergstrasse

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  Neutor

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  Rhine gate

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  Powder tower

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ City fortifications - remnants of it in Linz am Rhein , accessed on January 31, 2015
2. ↑ If someone in Linz wants to rebuild the wall , article in the Rhein-Zeitung on May 5, 2013; accessed on January 31, 2015
3. ↑ Linzer Stadtbefestigung on regionalgeschichte.net , accessed on January 31, 2015
4. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Neuwied district. Mainz 2019, p. 26 (PDF; 6.4 MB).