Bornheim (Rheinland)

Bornheim
Bornheim
	Church of Saint Sebastian in Bornheim-Roisdorf
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bornheim within Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district
	Bornheim Bornheim
	Coordinates: 50°45′33″N 7°0′18″E
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Köln
District	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Subdivisions	14
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Henseler (SPD)
Area
• Total	82.72 km2 (31.94 sq mi)
Elevation	55 m (180 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	48,321
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	53332
Dialling codes	02222, 02227, 02236 (Widdig)
Vehicle registration	SU
Website	www.bornheim.de

Bornheim is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the West bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km north-west of Bonn, 20 km south of Cologne.

Bornheim Palace, around 1860, Edition by Alexander Duncker

Bornheim Palace

The town borders on Bonn to the south, the towns of Alfter and Swisttal to the southwest, the town of Weilerswist to the west, the towns of Brühl and Wesseling to the north, as well as the Rhine-bordering town of Niederkassel in the east.

Bornheim is divided up into 14 districts: Bornheim, Brenig, Dersdorf, Hemmerich, Hersel, Kardorf, Merten, Rösberg, Roisdorf, Sechtem, Uedorf, Walberberg, Waldorf and Widdig.

Bornheim has a strong agricultural industry and is famous for its white asparagus.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Heinrich Böll (1917-1985) lived from 1982 to 1985 in the district Merten and is buried there in the old cemetery. On the occasion of his 25th death, Böll was posthumously appointed honorary citizen.

Personalities connected with the town

Paul von Rusdorf (c. 1385-1441), the master of the Teutonic Order 1422 to 1441, came from the knighthood of the lords of Roisdorf. He is buried in the Annenkapelle of the Marienburg / West Prussia

Franz Bosbach (* 1952), historian
Günter Lamprecht (born 1930), actor, lives in Bornheim.
Hans-Helmuth Knütter (born 1934), political scientist and author, lives in Bornheim
Anton Schumacher (born 1938), football goalkeeper, lives in Bornheim-Hemmerich
Klaus Ludwig (born 1949), race car driver, lived in Bornheim-Roisdorf
Bernd Stelter (born 1961), carnival and television comedian, lives in Hersel.
Johannes B. Kerner (born 1964), sportsmoderator, lived as a child in Hersel.
Arnd Schmitt (born 1965), Olympic champion in fencing 1988, lives in Bornheim
* Christian Knees (born 1981), cyclist (and a 'winner' 'Around Cologne 2006' 'and participant of the' 'Tour de France 2006' ') lives in Bornheim.
Célia Šašić (born 1988), soccer player from Hersel

References

"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

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[1] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2019" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 17 June 2020.