Wesel citadel

The Wesel fort is the biggest intact fortification machine of the Rhineland and turned into built 1688–1722 in Wesel in keeping with plans through Johan de Corbin, in the form of a pentagonal superstar, with every factor of the superstar being a bastion. The citadel become the core of the fort of Wesel. It is presently used as a cultural centre. The principal architectural functions of the fortress can be derived from the principles of Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, the maximum prominent constructor of fortifications at the time. The construction prices of the phase constructed between 1668 and 1700 are expected at 373,452 Reichsthaler. In subsequent years also, a huge quantity of budget flowed into the construction, for the years 1701 and 1702 the fees had been 221,six hundred Reichsthaler.

The complete Wesel fortification become right now armed with 250 cannons. In 1687 Frederick William I of Brandenburg ordered the development of a citadel to show Wesel right into a fortified city. It turned into to be constructed in the south of the town and be related to the existing city defences, and be equipped with five bastions and 5 ravelins. The principal gate of the fortress become built in 1718. Probably before the mid-18th century, the castle was accelerated and reinforced on its south and east aspects. In the length while the French occupied it, they built in the fort a 2-floor brick building, which still stands today: the vintage Kaserne VIII.