Rhine-Area City Guide

Bonn Municipality Bonn

With an area of 64,2 km², Bonn is the largest of the four districts of federal town of Bonn. The district Bonn is the part within the federal city of Bonn where most of the facilities for education, culture and leisure as well as most of the offices of the local authorities and institutions are located. The “political” Bonn with the second official location of the German Chancellor and the Federal President, ministries, 29 diplomatic consulates and embassies as well as many high level government offices are located in the district of Bonn. The quarter Südstadt is one of the favourite residential areas within Bonn. In walking distance to the river along the alleys many “Günderzeit”-Villas are now residentially used but also host a number of art galleries and law offices in a very representative surrounding. Dottendorf is another well accepted residential area in the nearby countryside. It has kept its village charm. Röttgen and Ippendorf are also favoured residential areas due to their hillside location about 5 km form Bonn city centre. The absolutely high class residential location is the quarter Venusberg with its direct access to the natural park “Kostenforst-Ville” and its villa-like residences. Bad Godesberg Bad Godesberg is situated in the most southern part of Bonn and located at the river Rhine. Many diplomats used to live and work in this area when Bonn was the capital of West Germany before re-unification in 1989. It mainly consists of family homes and the two international schools are located in Bad Godesberg as well. The city of Bad Godesberg offers a pedestrian area with plenty of shopping facilities, bars and restaurants. There is also a big park at the river (Rheinaue) and a big forest close to Wachtberg (Kottenforst). There is a train station to Bonn/Köln plus the tram line number 16. Beuel Beuel is a booming and lovable district. Due to the increasing economic power and a broad range of leisure activities in the neighbourhood, living and working in this area have become very popular and attractive. The special attractiveness of the landscape shapes this district in its very own manner. The recreation areas like the mouth of the river Sieg, Ennert and the “Siebengebirge”, the 10,2 km long Rhine boardwalk and the Rheinauenpark on the right hand of the River Rhine invite to take long walks. This landscape conveys the picture of typical German scenery. The individually designed detached and semi-detached houses on spacious properties in the northern and eastern part of Holzar, about 5 kilometres from the city centre, are highly preferred residential areas. The residential areas south of the Weiheimer Str. in Holtorf are one of the best locations in the whole of Bonn. Geislar is surrounded on one side by the relatively crowded residential area Beuel and on the other side one finds the idyllic water castle “Lede”. Geislar’s calm location and the nearby motorway are positive assets of this quarter. Vilich-Müldorf, with its village charm is about 3 km away from the city centre of Beuel. Towards the north one can find the very rural and relatively calm quarters Vilich, Vilich-Rheindorf and Scharzrheindorf.

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