Bad Godesberg (Kölsch: Bad Jodesbersch) is a borough (Stadtbezirk) of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 to 1999, while Bonn was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, most foreign embassies were in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings are still used as 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. Godesberg is also the name of the steep hill, of volcanic origin, on the top of which are the ruins of the Godesburg, a castle destroyed in 1583 during the Cologne War.
History
The following events occurred, per year:
- 722 - First official record of the town, which was named after a nearby mountain, the Woudenesberg (later Godesberg), a basalt cone where the Ubii, a Germanic tribe, worshipped the god Wotan.[2]
- 1210 - On 15 October, Archbishop of CologneDietrich I lays the foundation stone of the Godesburg fortress on the Godesberg mountain.
- 1583 - On 17 December, the Godesburg was destroyed by Bavarian troops after Archbishop Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg converted to Protestantism (see Cologne War).
- 1792 - Godesberg becomes a spa resort, with the opening of the Redoute, which later saw receptions of the President of Germany.
- 1822 – Godesberg becomes part of the Rhine Province of Prussia
- 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. Hitler's demands concerning Czechoslovakia expressed in Godesberg Memorandum.
- 1944–1945 - Bad Godesberg was the location of a Nazi-operated forced labour camp.[3]
- 1945 - El 8 de marzo, Bad Godesberg fue el primer distrito urbano alemán importante que pasó a estar bajo el control de las fuerzas aliadas sin que se librara una batalla.
- 1946 – con la disolución de Prusia, la ciudad pasó a formar parte del nuevo estado federado de Renania del Norte-Westfalia.
- 1959 - El Partido Socialdemócrata de Alemania (SPD) decidió adoptar un nuevo programa político, el Programa de Godesberg .
- 1969 - Godesberg se incorporó a la ciudad de Bonn. Desde entonces, se la conoce como la "zona elegante de Bonn".
Infraestructura
La estación de Bonn-Bad Godesberg se encuentra en la línea del Rin Izquierdo y en las líneas 16 y 63 del ferrocarril urbano de Bonn (Bonn Stadtbahn) .
Hacia 2018 se estaba construyendo una nueva comisaría en los terrenos que antes pertenecían a Haribo . [ 4 ]
Política
Lista de ciudades gemelas/ciudades hermanas

Bad Godesberg está hermanada con: [ 5 ]
Saint-Cloud , Francia (1957)
Frascati , Italia (1960)
Windsor y Maidenhead , Inglaterra, Reino Unido (1960)
Kortrijk , Bélgica (1964)
Ciudades amigables
Bad Godesberg tiene relaciones amistosas con: [ 5 ]
Steglitz-Zehlendorf (Berlín) , Alemania (1962)
Yalova , Turquía (1969)
Cultura y atracciones
Instalaciones públicas
- Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg (Teatro Bad Godesberg), el teatro más grande de la ciudad de Bonn
- Kleines Theater im Park (Pequeño Teatro del Parque), espacio para teatro, teatro callejero y musicales con pocos actores.
- Haus an der Redoute (Casa en la Redoute), antiguamente un teatro electoral, es hoy en día un espacio para exposiciones de arte temporales/rotativas.
- Piccolo Puppenspiele (El espectáculo de marionetas de Piccolo), teatro de marionetas itinerante
- La pequeña sala Beethoven sirve como sede del Heimatbühne Muffendorf (Teatro de Muffendorf).
Bad Godesberg en la literatura
A whole series of literary works take place in Bad Godesberg. The protagonists of Juli Zeh’s novel "Spieltrieb" (Gaming instinct) are students at the school Päda. Occurring locations in the novel are the school and the villa district. Heinrich Böll’s novel "Frauen vor Flußlandschaft" is set in the villa district between Bonn and Bad Godesberg. On October 30 the documentary piece "Zwei Welten" ("Two worlds") by Ingrid Müller-Münch had its premiere as a chamber play. The author explains that it shows Bad Godesberg in the change of time. It is a city where the worlds of "rich German people" and migrants collide. Nine actors perform excerpts from a protocol of mostly young inhabitants of Bad Godesberg, that Müller Münch took record of. In the pre-report of the piece, the Frankfurter Rundschau called it a "Bad-Godesberg-Phänomen" (Bad Godesberg phenomenon). According to Müller-Münch, these two worlds were closer in Bad Godesberg than they were anywhere else.
Recurring events
- Rhein in Flammen on the first Saturday of May: Large Fireworks and a Ship tour from the Linz am Rhein along Erpel, Unkel, Remagen, Rheinbreitbach, Rhine island Nonnenwerth at Rolandswerth/Bad Honnef, Bad Godesberg, Königswinter to the Rheinaue in Bonn
- FeenCon
Over the course of each year, there are always many diverse events and festivals that are being organized by the Stadtmarketing Bad Godesberg e.V. (city marketing department of Bad Godesberg). Some of which are flea and antique markets, a French market, a kids’ rally ("Tag der Kleinen Bad Godesberger"/"Day of the small Bad Godesbergers"), a city party, a Christmas Market, and a street food festival. The 23rd German Fire department day took place in Bad Godesberg from June 21 until June 25, 1961. The first CTIF Games took place in Bad Godesberg, since then the International Association of Fire and Rescue Services CTIF organizes the event every four years in different cities.
Rhenish traditions
Several Carnival clubs have devoted themselves to the upkeep of Rhenish traditions, especially the Godesberger Stadtsoldatenkorps (city soldier corps), the Fidelen Burggrafen (merry burgraves) and the AKP (Allgemeine Karnevals Gesellschaft, General Carnival Society). The Coordination Committee of each Carnival Association is the FAGK (Festausschuss Godesberger Karneval, Festival Committee of Godesberger Carnival). In the carnival season, the clubs also organize a variety of meetings, and on the carnival Sunday a lavish parade. All clubs engage in youth work.
Education
Secondary schools
- Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium (NCG)
- Aloisiuskolleg (AKO), partnerschool of the CFG
- Amos-Comenius-Gymnasium Bonn (AMOS/ACG) (DE)
- Clara-Fey-Gymnasium (CFG), partnerschool of the AKO
- Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium (KAG) (DE)
- Pädagogium Godesberg - Otto-Kühne-Schule (PÄDA)
International schools
- Bonn International School (BIS)
- Independent Bonn International School (IBIS)
- King Fahd Academy (closed)[6]
Notable residents
- Paul Kemp (1896–1953), stage and film actor
- Klaus Barbie (1913–1991), SS and Gestapo functionary during WW II, war criminal known as "the butcher of Lyon".
- Michaela Endler (born 1945), former cross-country skier
- Harald Weinberg (born 1957), politician (The Linke)
- Johannes B. Kerner (born 1964), television host and journalist.
- Margret Dieck (1941 – 1996) was born here and became a noted gerontologist
Trivia
- John le Carré's novel The Little Drummer Girl begins with the bombing of the house of the Israeli labour attaché in Bad Godesberg.
References
- ↑"Bevölkerung in der Bundesstadt Bonn Stichtag 31.12.2020"(PDF). Bundesstadt Bonn Statistikstelle. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ↑Stiehl, Eckart (1997). Die Stadt Bonn und ihr Umland: ein geographischer Exkursionsführer. Ferd. Dümmlers Verlag. ISBN 978-3-427-71661-7.
- ↑"Arbeitserziehungslager Bonn-Bad Godesberg". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ↑"Haribo is leaving Kessenich – almost". General-Anzeiger. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ " Städtepartnerschaften. Städtefreundschaften" . bonn.de (en alemán). Bonn . Consultado el 10 de febrero de 2021 .
- ↑ " Las autoridades cerrarán una escuela musulmana en Bonn ". Deutsche Welle . 11 de noviembre de 2003. Consultado el 24 de julio de 2016.
Enlaces externos
- Página web oficial (en alemán)
- Sección Bad Godesberg del sitio web de la ciudad de Bonn (en inglés)
- Visita Bad Godesberg (en inglés)
- Distritos urbanos y municipios de Bonn
- Ciudades balneario en Alemania
- Antiguos municipios de Renania del Norte-Westfalia