page_title: Bad Godesberg
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Bad Godesberg / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: aerial view of Mehlem, Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany - looking west over the Rhine
context_page_description: Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 to 1999, while Bonn was the capital of West Germany and later Germany, most foreign embassies were in Bad Godesberg. Some buildings are still used as branch offices or consulates.
context_section_description: Bad Godesberg is located along the hills and cliffs of the west bank of the Rhine river, in west central Germany. Godesberg is also the name of the steep hill, of volcanic origin, on the top of which are the ruins of the Godesburg, a castle destroyed in 1583 during the Cologne War.
caption: Aerial view of Mehlem, Bad Godesberg
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