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GODESBERG

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 171 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GODESBERG , a See also:

spa of See also:Germany, in the Prussian See also:Rhine See also:province, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Rhine, almost opposite See also:Konigswinter, and 4 M. S. of See also:Bonn, on the railway to See also:Coblenz. It is a See also:fashion-able summer resort, and contains numerous See also:pretty villas, the residences of merchants from See also:Cologne, See also:Elberfeld, See also:Crefeld and other Rhenish manufacturing centres. It has an Evangelical and three See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches, a See also:synagogue and several educational establishments. Its chalybeate springs annually attract 'a large number of visitors, and the See also:pump-See also:room, See also:baths and public grounds are arranged on a sumptuous See also:scale. On a conical See also:basalt See also:hill, See also:close by, are the ruins, surmounted by a picturesque See also:round See also:tower, of Godesberg See also:castle. Built by See also:Arch-See also:bishop See also:Dietrich I. of Cologne in the 13th See also:century, it was destroyed by the Bavarians in 1583. See Dennert, Godesberg, eine Perle See also:des Rheins (Godesberg, 1900).

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