Aegidienberg is a borough (Stadtbezirk) of Bad Honnef in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It consists of thirteen villages and is located east of the Siebengebirge range in the Niederwesterwald foothills. Until 1969, Aegidienberg was an independent municipality in the former district (Kreis) of Sieg. The name refers to Saint Aegidius, the patron saint of the local Catholic parish church; until the 16th century, the locality was known as Hunferode or Honnefer Rott. Population: 7089 (2013).
Monument in Hövel to those who fell fighting against the separatists in the 1923 Siebengebirge insurrection
View of Aegidienberg, in the background the Siebengebirge: left to right Löwenburg, Lohrberg, Großer Ölberg
Marketplace in the village of Aegidienberg
St. Aegidius' (St. Giles') church, which gives the district its name
Bad Honnef 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 mountain, part of the Siebengebirge.
Bad Honnef seen from the Drachenfels
Honnef, Aerial view