Bad Honnef

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Bad Honnef
image_photo = Bad Honnef Drachenfels2.jpg
imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Bad Honnef seen from the Drachenfels
Wappen = Bad Honnef.svg
lat_deg = 50 | lat_min = 38 | lat_sec = 42
lon_deg = 7 | lon_min = 13 | lon_sec = 37
Lageplan = Rsk bad honnef.pngBundesland = Nordrhein-Westfalen
Regierungsbezirk = Köln
Kreis = Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Höhe = 55 - 455
Fläche = 48.3
Einwohner = 25141
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 53604
Vorwahl = 02224
Kfz = SU
Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 3 82 008
Gliederung = 20
Straße = Rathausplatz 1
Website = [http://www.bad-honnef.de/ www.bad-honnef.de]
Bürgermeister = Wally Feiden
Partei = SPD

Bad Honnef is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the border of the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate. To the north it lies on the slopes of the Drachenfels (“Dragons's Rock”) mountain, part of the Siebengebirge.

Bad Honnef is home to a mineral spring called the _de. "Drachenquelle" ("Dragon Spring") which was discovered in 1897. This discovery led to Honnef, as the town was called at the time, transforming from a wine-growing town to a spa town, adding the prefix Bad to its name. The mineral spring has been used for both drinking and bathing.

The villages of Aegidienberg, Selhof and Rhöndorf are considered to be part of Bad Honnef. During his term as first chancellor of Germany, Konrad Adenauer lived in Bad Honnef, as it was near Bonn, then the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. Also, German politician and leader of the Free Democratic Party Guido Westerwelle was born in Bad Honnef.

The current mayor is Wally Faiden, a SPD politician. The next local election will take place in autumn 2008.

Since the 1980s Bad Honnef has developed into an important place for conferences in Germany. Because of the close proximity to the still internationally important Federal City of Bonn, many federal institutions are located in Bad Honnef.

The headoffice of the Nationalpark Siebengebirge project is also planned to be in Bad Honnef. [ [http://www.naturschutz-fachinformationssysteme-nrw.de/7-gebirge/content/de/start.html?jid=0o0 Informationssystem zum geplanten 'Bürgernationalpark Siebengebirge' ] ]

Bad Honnef has the highest purchasing power of all towns in North Rhine-Westphalia, its percentage of millionaires is also one of the highest. [ [http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/index.php?k=news&itemid=10002&detailid=255769 Bad Honnefer haben das meiste Geld (16.12.2006) | Wirtschaft | Lokales | News | General-Anzeiger Online - Bonn ] ]

External links

* [http://www.bad-honnef.de/ Stadt Bad Honnef] de icon
* [http://www.honnefer-bilderbogen.de About 2,000 Pictures from Bad Honnef]
* [http://www.fh-bad-honnef.de/ International University of Applied Sciences, Bad Honnef] en icon
* [http://www.pbh.de/en/index.shtml Physikzentrum Bad Honnef] en icon
* [http://www.campus-germany.de/english/4.22.3.858.html Information about Bad Honnef, from campus-germany.de] en icon

References

*1911