Page "Ommen" Paragraph 25

To safeguard the eastern borders of the newly established Kingdom of the Netherlands, plans were drawn by order of Baron Krayenhoff in 1819 to convert Ommen into a city with fortifications.

However, these radical plans ( Ontwerp ter bevestiging van Ommen 1819 ) were not carried out in the end, as the IJssel river to the west was considered a more natural line of defence.