Bad Godesberg
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| Bad Godesberg | |
| Stadtbezirk of Bonn | |
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
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| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Cologne |
| District | Bonn urban district |
| Bezirksvorsteherin | Annette Schwolen-Flümann (CDU) |
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| Area | 31.97 km2 (12.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 46–195 m (151–640 ft) |
| Population | 70,525 (1 January 2004) |
| - Density | 2,206 /km2 (5,713 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | BN |
| Postal codes | 53173-53179 |
| Area code | 0228 |
| Website | Official Website |
| Bad Godesberg within Bonn | |
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Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern 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.
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[edit] Geography
Bad Godesberg is located along the hills and cliffs of the west bank of the Rhine river, in west central Germany.
[edit] History
The following events occurred, per year:
- 722 - First official record of the town (then named Woudensberg), which is located near a mountain held holy to the god Wotan by the Ubii, a Germanic tribe.
- 1210 - On 15 October, Archbishop of Cologne Dietrich I lays foundation stone of the Godesburg.
- 1583 - On 17 December, Godesburg is destroyed by Bavarian troops 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.
- 1938 - Neville Chamberlain meets with Hitler over the Sudetenland crisis at the Rheinhotel Dreesen in Bad Godesberg.
- 1945 - Bad Godesberg is the first major German city to be handed over to the allied forces without fights.
- 1959 - The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) decides on a new party program, the Godesberg Program.
- 1969 - Godesberg is incorporated into the city of Bonn. Since that time, it has been referred to as the "posh part of Bonn".
[edit] Twin towns
The town is twinned with several towns:
Saint-Cloud in France (since 1957)
Frascati in Italy (since 1960)
Windsor and Maidenhead in the United Kingdom (since 1960)
Kortrijk in Belgium (since 1964).
Yalova in Turkey (since 1989)
[edit] Education
Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium, a secondary school
[edit] Trivia
- John le Carré's novel The Little Drummer Girl begins with the bombing of the house of the Israeli labor attaché in Bad Godesberg.
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[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
- Bad Godesberg section of Bonn city website (English)
- Blog by English Speaker new to the area with helpful info (English)
- Bad Godesberg webcam portal (German)
- Information for a popular stop/start along the KD Rhine Cruise (English)
| Districts of Bonn |
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Stadtbezirke: Bonn | Bad Godesberg | Beuel | Hardtberg |
