- Bad Godesberg
Infobox German Location
name = Bad Godesberg
name_local =
Art =Stadtbezirk
Town = Bonn
image_coa = Wappen-bezirk-badgodesberg.svg
image_plan= Bonn-Bad_Godesberg.png
plansize= 140px
plantext= Bad Godesberg within Bonn
state = North Rhine-Westphalia
regbzk = Cologne
district = Bonn urban district
population = 70525
population_as_of = 2004-01-01
area = 31.97
elevation = 46
elevationmax = 195
lat_deg = 50
lat_min = 41 | lat_sec=0
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 07
lon_min = 9 | lon_sec=0
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 53173-53179
area_code = 0228
licence = BN
mayor = Annette Schwolen-Flümann ( CDU)
Bürgermeistertitel = Bezirksvorsteherin
website = [http://www.bonn.de/rat_verwaltung_buergerdienste/stadtbezirke/bad_godesberg/index.html Official Website]Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of
Bonn , southernNorth 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.Geography
Bad Godesberg is located along the hills and cliffs of the west bank of the
Rhine river, in west central Germany.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 godWotan by theUbii , aGermanic tribe .
* 1210 - OnOctober 15 , Archbishop of Cologne Dietrich I lays foundation stone of theGodesburg .
* 1583 - OnDecember 17 , Godesburg is destroyed byBavarian troops after Archbishop GebhardTruchsess vonWaldburg-Zeil hid there following his conversion toProtestantism .
* 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 theSudetenland 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 - TheSocial Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) decides on a new party program, theGodesberg Program .
* 1969 - Godesberg is incorporated into the city of Bonn. Since that time, it has been referred to as the "posh part of Bonn".Twin towns
The town is twinned with several towns:
*flagicon|FranceSaint-Cloud in France (since 1957)
*flagicon|ItalyFrascati in Italy (since 1960)
*flagicon|United Kingdom Windsor and Maidenhead in the United Kingdom (since 1960)
*flagicon|BelgiumKortrijk in Belgium (since 1964).
*flagicon|TurkeyYalova in Turkey (since 1989)Education
Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium , a secondary schoolTrivia
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John le Carré 's novel "The Little Drummer Girl " begins with the bombing of the house of theIsraeli laborattaché in Bad Godesburg.External links
* [http://www.godesberg.de/ Official website] de icon
* [http://www.bonn.de/rat_verwaltung_buergerdienste/stadtbezirke/bad_godesberg/index.html?lang=en Bad Godesberg section of Bonn city website] en icon
* [http://www.soontobe.co.uk Blog by English Speaker new to the area with helpful info] en icon
* [http://www.godesberger-webcam.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=69&Itemid=72 Bad Godesberg webcam portal] de icon
* [http://www.kdrhine.com Information for a popular stop/start along the KD Rhine Cruise] en icon
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