Bornheim ( Ripuarian: ''Bonnem'') is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. It is situated on the West bank of the

Rhine The Rhine ; french: Rhin ; nl, Rijn ; wa, Rén ; li, Rien; rm, label=Sursilvan, Rein, rm, label=Sutsilvan and Surmiran, Ragn, rm, label=Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader and Puter, Rain; it, Reno ; gsw, Rhi(n), including in Alsatian dialect, Al ...

, approx. 10 km north-west of

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

, 20 km south of

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

. The town borders on

to the south, the towns of

Alfter Alfter ( ksh, Alefte) is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km west of Bonn. Location The community of Alfter lies west of former capital of Bonn, on the southern rid ...

and

Swisttal Swisttal is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Swisttal received its names from a brook named Swist, which flows in the middle of the municipality. Geography Swisttal is situated approximately 15 k ...

to the southwest, the town of

Weilerswist Weilerswist () is a municipality in the district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approximately 10 kilometers north of Euskirchen, and 20 kilometers south-west of Cologne Cologn ...

to the west, the towns of Brühl and

Wesseling Wesseling () is an industrial German city on the Rhine bordering Cologne city on the south. With three chemical plants and a petroleum refinery within its city limits, it has an important place in the international petrochemical industry. Histo ...

to the north, as well as the Rhine-bordering town of

Niederkassel Niederkassel ( Ripuarian: ''Neddekaaßel'') is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of around 37,000 people. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. north-east of Bonn and sout ...

in the east.

Subdivisions

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

Economy

Bornheim has a strong agricultural industry and is famous for its

white asparagus Asparagus, or garden asparagus, folk name sparrow grass, scientific name ''Asparagus officinalis'', is a perennial flowering plant species in the genus ''Asparagus''. Its young shoots are used as a spring vegetable. It was once classified in ...

Twin towns – sister cities

Bornheim is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: *

Bornem Bornem (, old spelling: ''Bornhem'') is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the village of Bornem proper, Hingene, and Weert, and . There are also the hamlets of Branst, Buitenland, Eikevl ...

, Belgium *

Mittweida Mittweida () is a town in Saxony, Germany, in the Mittelsachsen district. Geography Mittweida is situated on the river Zschopau (river), Zschopau, 18 km north of Chemnitz, and 54 km west of Dresden. Embedded within the steep hills and ...

, Germany *

Zawiercie Zawiercie is a city in the south of Poland located in the Silesian Voivodeship with 49,334 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland near the source of the Warta River. The town lies near the historical region of ...

, Poland

Notable people

Paul von Rusdorf Paul von Rusdorf (c. 1385 - 1441) was the 29th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1422 to 1441. The Treaty of Melno was one of von Rusdorf's first acts; it brought stability to the Order and its relations, but fighting resumed ...

(c. 1385–1441), the master of the Teutonic Order in 1422–1441, came from the knighthood of the lords of Roisdorf. He is buried in the Annenkapelle of the Marienburg *

Ernst Volckheim Ernst Volckheim (11 April 1898 – 1 September 1962) was one of the founders of armored and mechanized warfare. A German officer in the First and Second World War, Volkheim rose to the rank of colonel, during World War II in the German Arm ...

(11 April 1898 – 1 September 1962) was one of the founders of armored and mechanized warfare *

Günter Lamprecht Günter Hans Lamprecht (21 January 1930 – 4 October 2022) was a German film and stage actor, best-known internationally for his leading role in the Fassbinder miniseries ''Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1980) and as a ship captain in the epic war fi ...

(born 1930), actor, lives in Bornheim *

Hans-Helmuth Knütter Hans-Helmuth Knütter (born May 9, 1934) is a German political scientist and politician ( CDU). He habilitated with the work “Die Juden und die deutsche Linke in der Weimarer Republik 1918-1933”. Knütter was one of the many doctoral students o ...

(born 1934), political scientist and author, lives in Bornheim *

Anton Schumacher Anton "Toni" Schumacher (born 1 December 1938 in Bonn) is a German former professional football goalkeeper. Career Schumacher played for 1. FC Köln since 1950, from 1963 to 1968 the team played in the Bundesliga. In 1964, he won the German C ...

(born 1938), football goalkeeper, lives in Bornheim-Hemmerich *

Franz Bosbach Franz Bosbach (born 11 January 1952) is a German historian and university professor. Life Bosbach was born in Bornheim, a small town situated on the left bank of the Rhine, between Cologne and Bonn. He received his doctorate from Bonn University ...

(born 1952), historian *

Klaus Ludwig Klaus Karl Ludwig (born 5 October 1949) is a German racing driver. Biography He also known as ''König Ludwig'' (" King Ludwig") for his success in touring cars and in sports car racing. In the 1970s, Ludwig drove for Ford in the Deutsch ...

(born 1949), race car driver, lived in Bornheim-Roisdorf *

Bernd Stelter Bernd Stelter (born 19 April 1961 in Unna) is a German comedian, a writer and a television presenter. Life As a writer, Stelter has published several books. On German radio and television he has been working as comedian and presenter. In the ...

(born 1961), carnival and television comedian, lives in Hersel *

Johannes B. Kerner Johannes Baptist Kerner (born 9 December 1964) is a German television host, journalist, and former sportscaster. Early life Born in Bonn, Kerner was raised in Hersel, Bornheim, in a Catholic household. He attended boarding school at Aloisiu ...

(born 1964), sportsmoderator, lived as a child in Hersel *

Arnd Schmitt Arnd Schmitt (born 13 July 1965 in Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a German fencer and Olympic champion in the épée competition. He won a gold medal in the individual épée and a team silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

(born 1965), Olympic champion in fencing 1988, lives in Bornheim *

Christian Knees Christian Knees (born 5 March 1981) is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2020, for the Wiesenhof, and teams. He won the German National Road Race Championship in 2010. In 2011 he was orig ...

(born 1981), cyclist, lives in Bornheim *

Célia Šašić Célia Šašić (; ; born 27 June 1988) is a German former footballer who played as a striker for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, 1. FFC Frankfurt and the Germany national team before retiring in 2015. Club career Youth career and SC 07 Bad Neuenahr Ša� ...

(born 1988), footballer, lives in Hersel

Honorary citizen

Heinrich Böll Heinrich Theodor Böll (; 21 December 1917 – 16 July 1985) was a German writer. Considered one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers, Böll is a recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize (1967) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1972). ...

(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.

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