The Siebengebirge ( German pronunciation ), occasionally Sieben Mountains or Seven Mountains , are a hill range of the German Central Uplands on the east bank of the Middle Rhine , southeast of Bonn .
5-509: The area, located in the municipalities of Bad Honnef and Königswinter , consists of more than 40 hills. The hills are of ancient volcanic origin and came into being between 28 and 15 million years ago. Much of the territory covered by Sieben Hills belongs to the Sieben Hills Nature Park ( Naturpark Siebengebirge ), which is under environmental protection. The highest peak is the Ölberg at 460 metres above sea level. It
10-732: 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 (“Dragon'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
15-443: Is a popular tourist destination for hiking, because of its natural environment. The seven most important hills: Other hills: Although some sources translate the name literally as Seven Hills , where sieben is modern German for "seven" and a Gebirge is a hill range, alternative derivations for the name have been suggested. Three theories exist: Bad Honnef Bad Honnef ( German: [baːt ˈhɔnəf] )
20-675: 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. Bad Honnef includes several districts, such as Aegidienberg , Rhöndorf, and Lohfelderfähre , which is located near the Rhine ferry crossing to Rolandseck . During his term as first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (then West Germany), Konrad Adenauer lived (and died) in Bad Honnef, as it
25-515: Was near Bonn, then the capital of the republic. Also, German politician and leader of the Free Democratic Party Guido Westerwelle was born in Bad Honnef. 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 head office of
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