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Bad Godesberg
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| Bad Godesberg | |
| Stadtbezirk of Bonn | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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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) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 31.97 km² (12.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 46-195 m (151-640 ft) |
| Population | 70,525 (01/01/2004) |
| - Density | 2,206 /km² (5,713 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| 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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Bad Godesberg is located along the hills and cliffs of the west bank of the Rhine river, in west central Germany.
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 October 15, Archbishop of Cologne Dietrich I lays foundation stone of the Godesburg.
- 1583 - On December 17, Godesburg is 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 - Godesberg is incorporated into the city of Bonn. Since that time, it has been called the "posh-part of Bonn".
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).
- John le Carré's novel The Little Drummer Girl begins with the bombing of the house of the Israeli labor attaché in Bad Godesburg.
- Official website (German)
- Bad Godesberg section of Bonn city website (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 |