Remnants of the city wall on August-Klotz-Strasse / Wallstrasse

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The remains of the city wall

The remains of the city wall August-Klotz-Strasse / Wallstrasse is a remnant of the city fortifications of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The rest of the city fortifications of Düren date back to the beginning of the 13th century. It is made of rubble stones and is approx. 5 m high and 35 m long. The wall is provided with buttresses on the field side. The inside has pointed arched brick arcades as a substructure for the battlements .

The Düren Paper Museum is directly opposite the remains of the city wall .

The building is registered under No. 1/011 in the list of monuments of the city of Düren.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Pawliczek: Directory of monuments of the city of Düren 1984. In: Dürener Geschichtsblätter. No. 76, Düren 1987, ISSN  0416-4180

Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 2.6 ″  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 45.4 ″  E