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Bad Godesberg became a municipal district of Bonn in 1969. It is located in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Statistics
- Population: 69,381 (year-end 2003)
- Position: 50°41'5" North, 7°9'18" East
- Area: 31.97 km²
History
- 722 First official record
- 1210 15 October: Archbishop of Cologne Dietrich I lays foundation stone of the Godesburg.
- 1583 17 December: Godesburg 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
- 1969 Incorporated into the city of Bonn
External links
- Official Website (http://www.bonn.de/rat_verwaltung_buergerdienste/stadtbezirke/bad_godesberg/index.html?lang=de) (German)
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