Where it all began - The village on the Düssel
Before the town was granted its town charter in the year 1288, there was just a small village around the church of St. Lambert. The monument to the charter of the town (see picture on the left) at Burgplatz illustrates what preceded the nomination of the town by Graf von Berg: the Battle of Worringen, in which the Düsseldorfers threw in their lot on the side of the Graf. For anyone looking for more information, the City Archive has compiled a history of the city (German pages), you can also look up an English City Chronicle.