Dusseldorf hotel directory, Germany
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Düsseldorf’s development from an insignificant
farming settlement on the banks of the Düssel into
a lively cosmopolitan metropolis bursting with culture,
fashion, media, and shopping is an outstanding success
story.
At the time when Roman civilisation was making itself
felt through the rapid construction of roads and buildings,
only a few Germanic tribes stubbornly clung on to their
marshy territory on the other side of the Rhine, where
the city was later to spring up. In the Frankish period
of the 7th and 8th centuries, the odd farming or fishing
settlement could be found at the point where the small
river Düssel flows into the Rhine. The first written
mention of the town – Dusseldorp – dates back
to 1135. Under Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa the little
town of Kaiserswerth, lying at the northern edge of
Düsseldorf, became a well fortified outpost of
the Empire. From the Palace of Barbarossa, a heavily
fortified castle built between 1174 and 1184, soldiers
kept a watchful eye on every movement over the Rhine.
Kaiserswerth was made into an official district of Düsseldorf
in 1929.
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