Godesburg
The ruins of the Godesburg today
The Godesburg was probably as Fliehburg in Bad Godesberg on the Rhine - built by the Franks - now in Bonn district of Alt-Godesberg in the district of Bad Godesberg. The top of the turret of today's ruins is located at 122 meters above sea level. NN, the local platform enables a unique view over the Rhine Valley.
History
The castle is located on an extinct volcano in prehistoric times, which is the only striking elevation within the Godesberg Rhine Valley hopper. A pre- Roman settlement has been demonstrated by a walled- in the Godesburg altar stone. 722 of the mountain as a place of worship ubische Woudensberg ( Wotan Berg) was mentioned.
On October 15, 1210, the Archbishop of Cologne, Dietrich I of Hengebach laid the foundation stone for a new building. Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden expanded the castle in 1244 to the first five floors of the keep. Archbishop Walram of Jülich increased this to 32 meters, leaving the bailey built.
During the Reformation, the Archbishop of Cologne, Gebhard I von Waldburg violated the Religious Peace of Augsburg, when he married Countess Agnes von Mansfeld and went over to Calvinism. He thus triggered the Sewer War. Troops of the newly elected Elector Ernst of Bavaria besieged the plant 1583rd Ruined was the Godesburg by the demolition of the wall in the wake of an attack. The conquest succeeded on 17 December 1583 as a Catholic mercenaries could pass through the abortion in the castle. In the same way he was followed by another attacker, so that the crew threatened within and outside the partially destroyed walls, had to surrender eventually.
1891, Emperor Wilhelm II, the ruins of the former town Godesberg.
22 Kösener Corps founded in May 1951 on the Godesburg the " community of interest ", the forerunner of the reconstituted Kösener Senior Convents Association.
In 1959 the castle was rebuilt according to the plans of Gottfried Böhm. An extension was home at the beginning of a hotel restaurant, today, is only the restaurant in operation. The former hotel wing is - divided into smaller units - let. The city of Bonn offers the possibility of civil marriage in the Godesburg on selected dates.
On the castle cemetery Bad Godesberg in the Michael Chapel are many richly decorated tombs of the upper classes from the 19th century. Also the politician Herbert Wehner, the film actor Paul Kemp and the famous Aennchen Schumacher found their final resting here.
The Godesburg from destruction ( Merian engraving from 1646)
Drawing the Godesburg on a church window, built around 1506; the only surviving depiction of the castle before its destruction in 1583
In recent years, the Godesburg was restored in large parts. By 2003, 2.7 million euros were spent on the reconstruction of the gastronomy of the city of Bonn. In June 2006, the renovation of the keep was completed in which a small information center has been established to the history of the castle. In July 2006, the city of Bonn was fit to the viewing platform on top of the tower orientation boards in all four directions. From September 2012 to February / March 2014, the keep was restored and had scaffolding around it. The courtyard of Godesburg is accessible via a lift.
Votive stone
Since 1981, the replica of a Roman Votivsteins from the period is situated around 200 AD in the courtyard. He was consecrated to the healing gods Asclepius and Hygeia and 1583 was found on the Godesburg.