Bad Godesberg

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Bad Godesberg


Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region	Cologne
District	Bundesstadt Bonn
Population	70,525 (2004)
Area	31.97 km²
Population density	2,206 /km²
Elevation	46-195 m
Coordinates	50°41′ N 07°9′ E
Postal code	53173-53179
Area code	0228
Licence plate code	BN
Mayor	Annette Schwolen-Flümann (CDU)
Website	Official Website

Bad Godesberg became a municipal district of Bonn in 1969. It is located in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1999 (while Bonn was the capital of (West) Germany), the majority of foreign embassies to Germany were located in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings are still used as embassy branch offices or consulates.

[edit] History

Godesburg Ruins

722 First official record of the town, which is located near a mountain (Godesberg) held holy to the god Wotan by the Ubii, a Germanic tribe.
1210 15 October: Archbishop of Cologne Dietrich I lays foundation stone of the Godesburg.
1583 17 December: Godesburg destroyed after Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg-Zeil hid there following his conversion to Protestantism.
1792 Godesberg becomes a spa resort
1925 Godesberg is allowed to call itself "Bad" Godesberg, identifying it as a spa.
1935 Bad Godesberg attains the status of a town
1959 The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) decides on a new party program, the Godesberg Program
1969 Incorporated into the city of Bonn. Since that time, called "posh-part of Bonn".

The town is twinned with Saint-Cloud in France (since 1957), Frascati in Italy, Windsor and Maidenhead in the United Kingdom (both since 1960) and Kortrijk in Belgium (since 1964).