Bad Godesberg

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Bad Godesberg
Stadtbezirk of Bonn
Godesburg ruins

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Bad Godesberg
Coordinates: 50°41′0″N 07°9′0″E / 50.68333°N 7.15000°E / 50.68333; 7.15000Coordinates: 50°41′0″N 07°9′0″E / 50.68333°N 7.15000°E / 50.68333; 7.15000
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Cologne
District Bonn urban district
Town Bonn
Government
  Bezirksvorsteherin Annette Schwolen-Flümann (CDU)
Area
  Total 31.97 km2 (12.34 sq mi)
Population (2004-01-01)
  Total 70,525
  Density 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 53173-53179
Dialling codes 0228
Vehicle registration BN

Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1990 (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.

Geography

Aerial view of Mehlem, Bad Godesberg

Bad Godesberg is located along the hills and cliffs of the west bank of the Rhine river, in west central Germany. Godesberg is also the name of the steep hill, of volcanic origin, on the top of which are the ruins of the Godesburg, a castle destroyed in 1583 during the Cologne War.

History

The following events occurred, per year:

  • 722 - First official record of the town, which was named after a nearby mountain, the Woudenesberg (later Godesberg), a basalt cone where the Ubii, a Germanic tribe, worshipped the god Wotan.[1]
  • 1210 - On 15 October, Archbishop of Cologne Dietrich I lays the foundation stone of the Godesburg fortress on the Godesberg mountain.
  • 1583 - On 17 December, the Godesburg is destroyed by Bavarian troops after Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg converted to Protestantism (see Cologne War).
  • 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.
  • 1938 - Neville Chamberlain meets with Hitler over the Sudetenland crisis at the Rheinhotel Dreesen in Bad Godesberg.
  • 1945 - Bad Godesberg was the first major German city to be transferred to Allied forces control without a battle.
  • 1959 - The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) decided on a new party program, the Godesberg Program.
  • 1969 - Godesberg was incorporated into the city of Bonn. Since that time, it has been referred to as the "posh part of Bonn".

Infrastructure

Bonn-Bad Godesberg station is on the Left Rhine line and the line 16 and 63 of the Bonn Stadtbahn.

Twin towns

The town is twinned with several towns:

Education

Secondary schools

  • Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium (NCG)
  • Aloisiuskolleg (AKO), partnerschool of the CFG
  • Amos-Comenius-Gymnasium Bonn (AMOS/ACG)
  • Clara-Fey-Gymnasium (CFG), partnerschool of the AKO
  • Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium (KAG)
  • Pädagogium Godesberg - Otto-Kühne-Schule (PÄDA)

International schools

Trivia

References

  1. Stiehl, Eckart (1997). Die Stadt Bonn und ihr Umland: ein geographischer Exkursionsführer. Ferd. Dümmlers Verlag. ISBN 978-3-427-71661-7. 

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Districts of Bonn

Stadtbezirke: Bonn | Bad Godesberg | Beuel | Hardtberg
Ortsteile: Alt-Godesberg | Auerberg | Beuel-Mitte | Beuel-Ost | Bonn-Castell | Bonn-Zentrum | Brüser Berg | Buschdorf | Dottendorf | Dransdorf | Duisdorf | Endenich | Friesdorf | Geislar | Godesberg-Nord | Godesberg-Villenviertel | Graurheindorf | Gronau | Hardthöhe | Heiderhof | Hochkreuz | Hoholz | Holtorf | Holzlar | Ippendorf | Kessenich | Küdinghoven | Lannesdorf | Lengsdorf | Lessenich/Meßdorf | Limperich | Mehlem | Muffendorf | Nordstadt | Oberkassel | Pennenfeld | Plittersdorf | Poppelsdorf | Pützchen/Bechlinghoven | Ramersdorf | Röttgen | Rüngsdorf | Schwarzrheindorf/Vilich-Rheindorf | Schweinheim | Südstadt | Tannenbusch | Ückesdorf | Venusberg | Vilich | Vilich-Müldorf | Weststadt

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