Bornheim (Rheinland)

Bornheim (Ripuarian: Bonnem) 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.

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.

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.

Twin towns – sister cities
Bornheim is twinned with:
 * 🇧🇪 Bornem, Belgium
 * 🇩🇪 Mittweida, Germany
 * 🇵🇱 Zawiercie, Poland

Notable people

 * Paul von Rusdorf (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 (11 April 1898 – 1 September 1962) was one of the founders of armored and mechanized warfare
 * Günter Lamprecht (born 1930 - 4 October 2022), 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
 * Franz Bosbach (born 1952), historian
 * 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, lives in Bornheim
 * Célia Šašić (born 1988), footballer, lives in Hersel

Honorary citizen

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