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. In 1891, the German emperor Wilhelm II donated the castle's ruin to the city of Bad Godesberg.

In 1959, the ruin was rebuilt according to plans by Gottfried Böhm, to house a hotel and restaurant. Today, the restaurant is still in operation, but the hotel tract has been divided into apartments.

Text adapted from “Godesburg” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Godesburg ranks #2,166 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #148 of the 254 mapped in Germany. Founded 1210, it is older than 79% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 356 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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