Editing Doesburg (section)

==History==
Doesburg received city rights in 1237, one year later than the neighbouring town of [[Doetinchem]]. Because of its strategic position along the Oude IJssel and Gelderse IJssel, Doesburg has been an important fortified city for a long time. The fortification of the city made Doesburg an important economic and administrative city. The [[Martinikerk (Doesburg)|Martinikerk]], the main church in Doesburg, is 94 meters tall. For many reasons, many of which have to do with the IJssel decreasing in depth, the prosperity of Doesburg stagnated after the 15th century. Due to its position near the [[Ijssel]] Doesburg would become the location of military conflicts, it was [[Capture of Doesburg (1572)|captured]] by [[Willem IV van den Bergh]] and [[Siege of Doesburg (1672)|besieged]] 100 years later by the French. Doesburg became a sleepy provincial town and so it would remain until after the second world war. The city was protected in 1974, designated as a historic town.

As Doesburg was officially a fortified city up to 1923, it could not be expanded. After the second world war the city grew rapidly. In the 1950s, a suburb called Molenveld ({{langx|en|mill field}}) was built on the Eastern side of the city. In the 1970s and 1980s a suburb called Beinum was built to the south of the Oude IJssel, and Campstede was subsequently built to the south of Beinum. At the beginning of the 21st century the construction of a new area at the IJsselkade was started with 44 houses and 124 apartments designed by the Italian architect Adolfo Natalini. In 2007, construction of a hotel called "Noabers" was started. After a few months it was insolvent, but was taken over and reopened a year later.