Godesburg
The Godesburg is a castle in Bad Godesberg, a formerly independent part of Bonn, Germany. Built in the early 13th century on the Godesberg, a hill of volcanic origin, it was largely destroyed following a siege in 1583 at the start of the Cologne War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle ruin
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Michael Chapel (Bad Godesberg) and Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg.
Saint Michael Chapel (Bad Godesberg)
Church
Photo: Hagman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Michael Chapel (Bad Godesberg) is a church.
Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg
Theater building
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg is the largest theatre in the city of Bonn and the first new theatre building in the Federal Republic of Germany in the post-war period. Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg is situated 320 metres southeast of Godesburg.
St. Marien
Church
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St. Marien is a church, which is situated 220 metres south of Godesburg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bad Godesberg and Hochkreuz.
Bad Godesberg
Suburb
Photo: Dickbauch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bad Godesberg is a borough 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.
Friesdorf
Quarter
Photo: kaffeeeinstein, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Friesdorf is a quarter of city district Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany.
Godesburg
- Categories: castle ruin, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Bonn, Cologne District, Cologne Lowland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.68519° or 50° 41′ 7″ northLongitude
7.15077° or 7° 9′ 3″ eastElevation
96 metres (315 feet)Open location code
9F29M5P2+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 115092313OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Godesburg” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Godesburg”
- Chinese: “戈德斯堡”
- Dutch: “Godesburg”
- French: “forteresse de Godesburg”
- French: “Forteresse de Godesburg”
- German: “Burg Godesberg”
- German: “Godesburg”
- Japanese: “ゴーデスブルク”
- Polish: “Godesburg”
- Romanian: “Godesburg”
- Russian: “godesburg”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Godesburg”. Photo: Dickbauch, CC BY-SA 3.0.