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Town FortificationGörlitz
Town Fortification Görlitz - Ochsenbastei
The Ochsenbastei in Görlitz is part of the former city fortifications near St. Peter's Church. While the actual "Gate on the Kahle" was demolished in 1834, the rotunda of the bastion and the Ochsenzwinger remained and are now protected as cultural monuments. Through the "Gate on the Kahle", a side exit of the city, a path led from the city to the cattle pasture directly on the Neisse since the Middle Ages, from which the bastion and the nearby Ochsenzwinger got their names. The bastion was built to protect the gate and remained after its demolition in 1834. Together with the Kaisertrutz and the Nikolaiturm, the Ochsenbastei is one of the remarkable remains of the Görlitz city fortifications. The entrance to the Ochsenbastei is on Uferstraße and the exit on Bergstraße.
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On the Brunnen terrace, a small baroque-style garden was created as a public green space from 1962 to 1963. The plans came from the then garden director Henry Kraft. This facility was built as part of the National Reconstruction Program with free help from the Görlitz city population. Previously, economic buildings of houses on Kränzelstraße stood on the Upper Terrace. In the 1960s, an open space was created. In 2000, the area was redesigned in a contemporary manner. In 1999/2000, the bastion and garden were extensively renovated and restored.
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