Bad Honnef, the Nice on the Rhine
Wednesday, 6 April 2011 - 03:39 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Bad Honnef seen from Rolandseck © Leit
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Bad Honnef is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the border of the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate. To the north it lies on the slopes of the Drachenfels (“Dragons’s Rock”) mountain, part of the Siebengebirge.
Bad Honnef is home to a mineral spring called the Drachenquelle (“Dragon Spring”) which was discovered in 1897. This discovery led to Honnef, as the town was called at the time, transforming from a wine-growing town to a spa town, adding the prefix Bad to its name. The mineral spring has been used for both drinking and bathing.
The former residence of Konrad Adenauer, the first German chancellor © Sir James
Since the 1980s Bad Honnef has developed into an important place for conferences in Germany. Because of the close proximity to the still internationally important Federal City of Bonn, many federal institutions are located in Bad Honnef. The President of Germany resides there.
The headoffice of the Nationalpark Siebengebirge project was also planned to be in Bad Honnef; however the project was doomed by a referendum on sept. 27, 2009.
Bad Honnef has the highest purchasing power of all towns in North Rhine-Westphalia, its percentage of millionaires is also one of the highest.
To inform you about latest news most of the city, town or tourism websites offer a newsletter service and/or operate Facepage pages/Twitter accounts. Read more on
City of Bad Honnef (German only),
Service Bad Honnef (German only),
International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef and
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