Orsoy, Germany

Orsoy
Coat of arms of Orsoy
The borough of Orsoy within the town of Rheinberg.
Orsoy is located in Germany
Orsoy
Orsoy
Orsoy is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Orsoy
Orsoy
Coordinates: 51°31′28″N 6°41′12″E / 51.52444°N 6.68667°E / 51.52444; 6.68667
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
DistrictWesel
TownRheinberg
Area
 • Total14.75 km2 (5.70 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total4,192
 • Density280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
47495
Dialling codes02844

Orsoy [ˈɔʁzaʊ̯], from approximately 1273 to 1974 an independent town, most recently within the Kreis Moers district, is today a district (officially a residential area) and one of four boroughs of the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Rheinberg on the left bank of the Lower Rhine in the Kreis Wesel district.[2]

The word Orsoy, pronounced Oschau or Orsau means "horse pasture" (Rossaue). Orsoy itself was in the Middle Ages[3] a powerful fortified town with high walls and four gates. Although much of the fortifications were destroyed by Louis XIV in 1672 and some remains later in the Second World War, a tower, circa 50 percent of the walls and part of the moat remain today giving some indication of the scale of the fortifications.[4][5][6][7]

The borough of Orsoy includes the Orsoyerberg district, as well as the hamlets of Drießen, Plank, Hasenfeld and Milchplatz.

  1. ^ Statistiken, Stadt Rheinberg. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Start". Orsoy.net. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  3. ^ "Verein zur Erhaltung historischer Gebäude und Örtlichkeiten in Orsoy e.V." Historisches-orsoy.de. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  4. ^ Heinz van de Linde: Die unendlich lange Egerstraße. Erinnerungen an die kleine Stadt Orsoy, (Books on Demand, 2005).
  5. ^ Heinz Janssen: Orsoy in alten Ansichten, Verlag Europäische Bibliothek Zaltbommel (Niederlande) 1985,
  6. ^ Emil Stein: Geschichtliches über die evangelisch-reformierte Gemeinde Orsoy, Spaarmann, Moers 1893.
  7. ^ Johann Heinrich Schürmann: Altes und Neues aus Orsoy, Selbstverlag, Orsoy, 1849.