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Godesberg
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
a spa of Germany, in the Prussian Rhine province, on the left bank of the Rhine, almost opposite Kiinigswinter, and 4 m. S. of Bonn, on the railway to Coblenz. It is a fashionable summer resort, and contains numerous pretty villas, the residences of merchants from Cologne, Elberfeld, Crefeld and other Rhenish manufacturing centres. It has an Evangelical and three Roman Catholic churches, a synagogue and several educational establishments. Its chalybeate springs annually attract a large number of visitors, and the pump-room, baths and public grounds are arranged on a sumptuous scale. On a conical basalt hill, close by, are the ruins, surmounted by a picturesque round tower, of Godesberg castle. Built by Archbishop Dietrich I. of Cologne in the 13th century, it was destroyed by the Bavarians in 1583.
See Dennert, Godesberg, eine Perle des Rheins (Godesberg, 1900).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Godesberg'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/godesberg.html. 1910.