Geislar

Geislar Federal city of Bonn Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 37 ″  N , 7 ° 7 ′ 37 ″  E
Height :	54 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	2681  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation :	1st August 1969
Area code :	0228
Location of the Geislar district in the Beuel district of Bonn

Geislar is a district and a self-contained settlement in the Beuel district of Bonn , located to the right of the Rhine and south of the Sieg . Large parts of the district are taken up by the Siegaue nature reserve .

history

Geislar was first mentioned in a document in 873 as Geislare. The place name is of Celtic-Germanic origin: Geis-lar - a settlement (-lar = protected area, cattle pen), which is located on sandy, light arable soil (geis-) or on the water, namely the estuary waters of the Sieg (geiß-, pour- , gyssel- = Kolk, Strudel).

In 1139 a noble family von Geislar was mentioned for the first time, but it died out in the 15th century. The location of his castle has not been recorded. However, it seems likely that the Bergerhof emerged from this, which was first mentioned in 1506 as the property of the nunnery Merten an der Sieg . Furthermore, Geislar, with only 36 houses in 1670, was primarily characterized by large courtyards. The course of the street and the lack of a definable town center and a church from this time indicate that Geislar was extremely insignificant in comparison to the southern Bonn districts of Schwarzrheindorf and Vilich-Rheindorf and must only be viewed as an agricultural settlement. The only historical sight is an old Jewish cemetery from 1623 on the flood dam.

traffic

Between Geislar and Troisdorf-Bergheim there is a yaw ferry for pedestrians and cyclists, the Sieg ferry . By weekdays at 20-minute intervals circulating line 640 providing direct access to Bonn Central Station via Beuel and Sankt Augustin Siegburg (for local ICE - station Siegburg / Bonn ). Furthermore, due to the direct proximity to the A565, there is a good connection to the other parts of Bonn as well as to Siegburg and Cologne.

See also

• List of architectural monuments in the Bonn district of Geislar
• List of streets in the Bonn district of Geislar
• List of crossroads and wayside shrines in the Bonn district of Geislar

literature

• Carl Jakob Bachem: From Heider's Court to the Cellitinnen Convent. A chapter from the local history of Geislar (= Monument and History Association Bonn-Rechtsrheinisch eV [Hrsg.]): Contributions to memorials and history in Bonn-Rechtsrheinisch . Volume 8 ). Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-9812164-1-7 (119 pages).
• German Hubert Christian Maaßen; Carl J. Bachem (Hrsg.): Pastor Maassen's history of Bonn on the right bank of the Rhine (= Monument and History Association Bonn-Rechtsrheinisch eV [Hrsg.]: Contributions to memorials and history in Bonn on the right bank of the Rhine . Volume 7 ). Bonn 2007, ISBN 978-3-9812164-0-0 (332 pages). Excerpts from Maaßen, history of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Cologne, 1890, with extensive notes and further references by Carl J. Bachem, on Geislar pages 129 to 136.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population in Bonn by districts (according to the main statute) on December 31 , 2018 , Federal City of Bonn - Statistics Office, February 2019

Web links

• Conservation plan Bonn-Beuel (PDF; 3.69 MB)
• Historical remarks by the Geislar Citizens' Association