Kessenich is a district of the former German capital city Bonn. It is best known for the German

confectionery Confectionery is the art of making confections, which are food items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates. Exact definitions are difficult. In general, however, confectionery is divided into two broad and somewhat overlapping categories ...

company

Haribo Haribo ( ) is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr.. It began in Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a syllabic abbreviation formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. The company created the first gummy candy in 1960 in the for ...

Geography

Kessenich is one of the southern districts of the

Stadtbezirk A ''Stadtbezirk'' (also called ''Ortsbezirk'' in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough". In Germany, ''Stadtbezirke'' usually only exist in a metropo ...

''Bonn'' in Bonn, with Venusberg and Poppelsdorf bordering to the west, Gronau to the east, Südstadt to the north and Dottendorf to the south. It is connected with the inner city (Bonn-Zentrum) and

Bonn central station Bonn Hauptbahnhof is a railway station located on the left bank of the Rhine along the Cologne–Mainz line. It is the principal station serving the city of Bonn. In addition to extensive rail service from Deutsche Bahn it acts as a hub for l ...

by tramlines 61 and 62. The railway station Bonn UN Campus is located on the border between Kessenich and the district of Gronau.

History

Kessenich is one of the oldest districts of today's Bonn. The first documented mention dates from the ninth century. In the 15th century it was the largest village of the

Amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...

Bonn. Kessenich was incorporated into Bonn in 1904. When Bonn was the capital of West Germany the ''Rosenburg'' in Kessenich was the location of the German Ministry of Justice.

Haribo

The confectionery company

was founded in 1920 in Kessenich by Hans Riegel. The first production site was in the ''Bergstraße''.History of Haribo
(in German language) In 2019 Haribo moved its headquarters to

Grafschaft A ''Grafschaft'' was originally the name given to the administrative area in the Holy Roman Empire over which a count, or ''Graf'', presided as judge. It is often, therefore, translated as 'county'. The term has survived as a placename in German- ...

References

{{Authority control Urban districts and boroughs of Bonn