Bonn

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany

Germany

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
on the river Rhine

Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
, it was the capital of

Capital of Germany

The Capital of Germany is currently Berlin.Between 1949 and 1999, the capital was Bonn, but it was moved back to Berlin per the German reunification....
West Germany

West Germany

West Germany was the common English name for the Germany , from its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when East Germany was dissolved and its States of Germany became part of the Federal Republic, ending the more than 40-year division of Germany....
from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government

Seat of government

The seat of government is defined by Brewer's Politics as "the building, complex of buildings or city from which a government exercises its authority"....
of united Germany from 1990 to 1999. Starting in 1998, many national government institutions were moved from Bonn to Berlin

Berlin

Bundestag

The 'Bundestag' is the parliament of Germany. It was established with Germany's constitution of 1949 and is the successor of the earlier Reichstag ....
as well as the Bundesrat

Bundesrat of Germany

The German Bundesrat is the representation of the 16 States of Germany of Germany at the federal level. It has its seat at the former Prussian House of Lords in Berlin....
, were moved along with the Chancellery and the residence of German head of state, the Bundespräsident

President of Germany

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Bonn'

Start a new discussion about 'Bonn'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany

Germany

Cologne

Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

Capital of Germany

The Capital of Germany is currently Berlin.Between 1949 and 1999, the capital was Bonn, but it was moved back to Berlin per the German reunification....
West Germany

West Germany

Seat of government

Berlin

Bundestag

The 'Bundestag' is the parliament of Germany. It was established with Germany's constitution of 1949 and is the successor of the earlier Reichstag ....
as well as the Bundesrat

Bundesrat of Germany

President of Germany

The President of Germany is Germany's head of state.After the abdication of Wilhelm II, German Emperor in 1918 and the promulgation of the Weimar Constitution, the President of Germany was Head of State in Germany....
.

Bonn remains a centre of politics and administration, however. Roughly half of all government jobs were retained as many government departments remained in Bonn and numerous sub-ministerial level government agencies relocated to the former capital from Berlin and other parts of Germany. In recognition of this, the former capital now holds the title of Federal City

Federal City

The term Federal City is a title for certain cities in Germany, Switzerland and Russia, and a historic term in the United States.In Germany, Bonn has been designated as a Federal City....
("Bundesstadt").

Bonn has developed into a hub of international cooperation in particular in the area of environment and sustainable development. In addition to a number of other international organizations and institutions, such as, for instance, the IUCN

World Conservation Union

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organization dedicated to natural resource Conservation ethic....
Environmental Law Center (IUCN ELC) the City currently hosts 16 United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
institutions. Among these are two of the so-called Rio Conventions, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The number of UN agencies in Bonn, most of which are based at the newly established United Nations Campus in the city's former parliamentary quarter on the banks of the Rhine, continues to grow.

Bonn is the seat of some of Germany's largest corporate players, chiefly in the areas of telecommunications and logistics. Simultaneously, Bonn is establishing itself as an important national and international centre of meetings, conventions and conferences, many of which are directly related to the work of the United Nations. A new conference centre capable of hosting thousands of participants is currently under construction in the immediate vicinity of the UN Campus.

From 1597 to 1794, it was the residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne, and is the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
(born 1770).

History

||- ||- ||}

The history of the city dates back to Roman times. In about 11 BC, the Roman Army

Roman army

The Roman Army was employed by the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire, as part of the Roman military. Its most important infantry constituent for much of its history was the Roman legion....
appears to have stationed a small unit in what is presently the historical centre of the town. Even earlier, the Army had resettled members of a Germanic tribal group allied with Rome, the Ubii

Ubii

The Ubii were a Germanic tribes first encountered dwelling on the right bank of the Rhine in the time of Julius Caesar, who formed an alliance with them in 55 BC in order to launch attacks across the river....
, in Bonn. The Latin name for that settlement, "Bonna", may stem from the original population of this and many other settlements in the area, the Eburoni

Eburones

The Eburones , were a people of Germanic or Celtic descent that lived in the upper north of Gaul largely between the Rhine and the Maas, east of the Menapii....
. The Eburoni were members of a large tribal coalition effectively wiped out during the final phase of Caesar

Julius Caesar

'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
's War in Gaul

Gallic Wars

The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman Republic proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gaul, lasting from 58 BC to 51 BC....
. After several decades, the Army gave up the small camp linked to the Ubii-settlement. During the 1st century AD, the Army then chose a site to the North of the emerging town in what is now the section of Bonn-Castell to build a large military installation dubbed Castra

Castra

The Latin language word castra, with its singular castrum, was used by the ancient Romans to mean buildings or plots of land reserved to or constructed for use as a military defensive position....
Bonnensis, i.e., literally, "Fort Bonn". Initially built from wood, the fort was eventually rebuilt in stone. With additions, changes and new construction, the fort remained in use by the Army into the waning days of the Western Roman Empire

Western Roman Empire

The Western Roman Empire refers to the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 285; the other half of the Roman Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire, today widely known as the Byzantine Empire....
, possibly the mid-5th century AD. The structures themselves remained standing well into the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

File:Karl 1 mit papst gelasius gregor1 sacramentar v karl d kahlen.jpgThe Middle Ages of European history are a period in history which lasted for roughly a millennium, commonly dated from the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century to the beginning of the Early Modern Period in the 16th century, marked by the division of Western Christi...
, when they were called the Bonnburg. They were used by Frankish kings

List of Frankish Kings

The Franks were originally led by Dux and Rex . The Salian Franks Merovingian dynasty rose to dominance among the Franks and conquered most of Roman Gaul....
until they fell in disuse. Eventually, much of the building materials seem to have been reused in the construction of Bonn's 13th century city wall. The Sterntor (star gate) in the center of town is a reconstruction using the last remnants of the medieval city wall.

To date, Bonn's Roman fort remains the largest fort of its type known from the ancient world, i.e. a fort built for one full-size Imperial Legion and its auxiliaries. The fort covered an area of approximately 250,000 square meters. Between its walls it contained a dense grid of streets and a multitude of buildings, ranging from spacious headquarters and large officers' houses to barracks

Barracks

Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a military post. They are typically very plain and all of the buildings in the housing unit are often uniform structures....
, stables and a military jail. Among the legions stationed in Bonn, the "1st", i.e. the Prima Legio Minervia, seems to have served here the longest. Units of the Bonn legion were deployed to theaters of wars ranging from modern-day Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, second largest in the Arab World, and the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area....
to what is now the Russian republic of Chechnya

Chechnya

The Chechen Republic , or, informally, Chechnya , sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , Chechnia, Chechenia or Nox?iyn, is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia....
.

The chief Roman road

Roman road

The Roman roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move Military history of ancient Rome and Roman commerce goods and to communicate news....
linking the provincial capitals of Cologne

Cologne

Mainz

Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the Germany States of Germany of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was a politically important seat of the Prince-elector of Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman Empire fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine River and formed part of the northernmost frontier of th...
cut right through the fort where it joined the fort's main road (now, Römerstraße). Once past the South Gate, the Cologne-Mainz road continued along what are now streets named Belderberg, Adenauerallee et al. To both sides of the road, the local settlement, Bonna, grew into a sizeable Roman town.

In late antiquity, much of the town seems to have been destroyed by marauding invaders. The remaining civilian population then holed up inside the fort along with the remnants of the troops stationed here. During the final decades of imperial rule, the troops were supplied by Germanic chieftain

Germanic chieftain

In pre-Christian times tribal chiefs were both political and religious leaders, tasked to use their luck to secure the people fred . Arminius was a famous example....
s employed by the Roman administration. When the end came, these troops simply shifted their allegiances to the new barbarian rulers. From the fort, the Bonnburg, as well as from a new, medieval settlement to the South centred around what later became the minster

Bonn Minster

The Bonn Minster is one of Germany's oldest churches having been built between the 11th and 13th centuries. At one point the church served as the cathedral for the Archbishopric of Cologne, however, the M?nster is now Papal Basilica....
, grew the medieval city of Bonn.

Between the 11th and 13th centuries, the Romanesque

Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which evolved into the Gothic architecture style beginning in the 12th century....
style Bonn Minster was built, and in 1597 Bonn became the seat of the Archdiocese of Cologne. The town gained more influence and grew considerably. The elector Clemens August (ruled 1723-1761) ordered the construction of a series of Baroque

Baroque

In the the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural Epoch , starting roughly at the beginning of the 17th century in Rome, Italy. It was exemplified by drama and grandeur in Baroque sculpture, Baroque painting, literature, Baroque dance, and Baroque music....
buildings which still give the city its character. Another memorable ruler was Max Franz (ruled 1784-1794), who founded the university and the spa quarter of Bad Godesberg

Bad Godesberg

Ludwig van Beethoven

Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
.

In 1794, the town was seized by French

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
troops, becoming a part of the First French Empire

First French Empire

The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....
. In 1815 following the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
, Bonn became part of the Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
. Administered within the Prussian Rhine Province

Rhine Province

The Rhine Province , also known as Rhenish Prussia and the Rhineland , was a Provinces of Prussia of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1822-1946....
, the town became part of the German Empire

German Empire

The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I, German Emperor as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became Weimar republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of William II, German Emperor ....
in 1871 during the Prussian-led unification of Germany

Unification of Germany

The unification of Germany took place on January 18, 1871, when Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, managed to unify a number of independent German people states into a nation-state, and thus create the German Empire, from which all of the states since that time bearing the name of Germany descend....
. Bonn was of little relevance in these years.

Modern history

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, Bonn had some military significance due to its population.

Following World War II, Bonn was in the British

United Kingdom

West Germany

West Germany was the common English name for the Germany , from its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when East Germany was dissolved and its States of Germany became part of the Federal Republic, ending the more than 40-year division of Germany....
. The choice of Bonn was made mainly due to the advocacy of Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer , 5 January 1876 ? 19 April 1967) was a Germany statesman.Although his political career spanned sixty years, beginning as early as 1906, he is most noted for his role as the Chancellor of Germany of West Germany from 1949?1963 and chairman of the Christian Democratic Union from 1950 to 1966....
, a former Cologne

Cologne

Frankfurt

is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
already had most of the required facilities and using Bonn was estimated to be 95 Mill DM more expensive than using Frankfurt. Because of its relatively small size for a capital city, Bonn was sometimes referred to, jokingly, as the Bundeshauptstadt ohne nennenswertes Nachtleben (Federal capital with no night-life worthy of the name) or the 'Bundesdorf' (Federal Village). At one point in the post-WWll/Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between a number of world powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, United Kingdom and those countries' respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s....
era, the U.S. Embassy in Bonn was America's largest, "comparable, with its thousands of staff, to the [U.S.] Baghdad

Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
embassy today."

German reunification

German reunification

German reunification took place twice after 1945: first in 1957, the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany, and again on 3 October 1990, when the five re-established states of the German Democratic Republic joined the Germany , and Berlin was united into a single city-state....
in 1990 made Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
the nominal capital of Germany again. This decision did not mandate that the republic's political institutions would also move. There was heated debate about whether the capital of the newly reconstituted Germany should be in Berlin, Bonn, or another city. Berlin's history as Germany's capital was strongly connected with Imperial Germany

German Empire

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
. It was felt that a new peacefully united Germany shouldn't be governed from a city connected to such overtones of war. The debate was only concluded by the Bundestag
Bundestag

The 'Bundestag' is the parliament of Germany. It was established with Germany's constitution of 1949 and is the successor of the earlier Reichstag ....
(Germany's parliament) on 20 June 1991, concluding that Berlin should be the capital city of the reunified republic. While the government and parliament moved, as a compromise, some of the ministries largely remained in Bonn, with only the top officials in Berlin. There was no plan to move these departments, and so Bonn remained a second, unofficial capital with the new title "Federal City" (Bundesstadt). Because of the necessary construction work, the move took until 1999 to complete.

At present, the private sector plays a major role in Bonn's economy. With 5 stock listed companies, Bonn has the 4th highest market capitalisation amongst German towns. With headquarters of DHL, T-Mobile and other renowned companies, managers have replaced the public sector.

Main sights

|- ||- |

|}

Beethoven's birth place is located at Bonngasse. Next to the market place is the Old Town Hall, built in 1737 in Rococo

Rococo

Rococo is a style of 18th century French art and interior design. Rococo rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings....
style, under the rule of Clemens August of Bavaria. It's used for receptions of guests of the town, and as a bureau for the mayor. Nearby is the Kurfürstliches Schloss, built as a residence for the prince-elector and now the main building of the University of Bonn

University of Bonn

The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in 1818 the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany....
.

The Poppelsdorfer Allee is an alley flanked by chestnut trees

Chestnut

Chestnut , is a genus of eight or nine species of deciduous trees and shrubs in the Beech family Fagaceae, native to temperate climate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
which had the first horsecar

Horsecar

A horsecar was an animal-powered streetcar or tram.These early forms of transit developed out of industrial haulage routes or from the the bus that first ran on public streets in the 1820s, using the newly-invented iron or steel rail or 'Tramway '....
of the town. It connects the Kurfürstliches Schloss with the Poppelsdorfer Schloss, a palace that was built as a resort to prince-electors in the first half of the 18th century. This axis is interrupted by a railway line and Bonn Central Station, a building erected in 1883/84.

The three highest buildings in the city are the radio mast

Radio masts and towers

Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures designed to support antenna s for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television....
of WDR

Westdeutscher Rundfunk

The Westdeutscher Rundfunk is a Germany public broadcasting institution based in the States of Germany of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in K?ln....
in Bonn-Venusberg (180 m), the headquarters of the Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post Aktiengesellschaft , operating under the trade name Deutsche Post World Net, is the world's largest logistics group. With its headquarters in Bonn, the corporation has 470,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide and generated revenue of ? 63.5 billion in 2007....
called Post Tower
Post Tower

File:Post Tower Bonn.jpgPost Tower in Bonn, Germany is a 163-meter, 42-story office building. It was the winner of the 2002 Silver Emporis Skyscraper Award....
(162.5 m) and the former building for the German members of parliament Langer Eugen (114.7 m) now the new location of the UN

United Nations

Churches

Bonn Minster
Bonn Minster

The Bonn Minster is one of Germany's oldest churches having been built between the 11th and 13th centuries. At one point the church served as the cathedral for the Archbishopric of Cologne, however, the M?nster is now Papal Basilica....
Doppelkirche (Double Church
Double church

Double Churches are buildings with two separated churches. The main reason for this construction was a different rite in church service.The most Double Churches were built in the 11th and 12th century and are located in Germany....
) Schwarzrheindorf built in 1151
Old Cemetery Bonn, one of the best known ones in Germany
Kreuzbergkirche built in 1627 with Johann Balthasar Neumann's Heilige Stiege, a stairway for Christian pilgrims

Castles and residences

Godesburg fortress ruins

Modern buildings

Bundesviertel (federal quarter) with lots of government structures including

Post Tower, the tallest building in the state North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
, housing the headquarters of the Deutsche Post
Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post Aktiengesellschaft , operating under the trade name Deutsche Post World Net, is the world's largest logistics group. With its headquarters in Bonn, the corporation has 470,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide and generated revenue of ? 63.5 billion in 2007....
AG and DHL
DHL

DHL Express , is a division of Deutsche Post World Net providing international express mail services....
Maritim Bonn, 5 star hotel and convention centre
Schürmann-Bau
Schürmann-Bau

The Sch?rmann-Bau is an office building in Bonn, named after its architect Joachim Sch?rmann. The building houses the headquarters of the Deutsche Welle, after being originally planned for the members of Bundestag....
, headquarters of Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle

Deutsche Welle or DW, is Germany International broadcasting. It Broadcastings news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio in 29 languages ....
Langer Eugen, since 2006 the centre of the United Nations Campus, formerly housing the offices of the members of the German parliament

Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom Aktiengesellschaft is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the European Union....
headquarters
T-Mobile
T-Mobile

T-Mobile is a mobile network operator headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom and belongs to the FreeMove Business alliance....
headquarters

Museums

Museum Mile with

Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany) showing the Guggenheim Collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1937 by philanthropist Solomon R. Guggenheim and artist Hilla von Rebay....
in 2006-2007
Kunstmuseum Bonn (Bonn Museum of Modern Art)
Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Museum of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany)
Museum Koenig
Museum Koenig

The Alexander Koenig Research Museum is a natural history museum and Zoology research institution in Bonn, Germany. The museum is named after Alexander Koenig, who donated his collection of specimens to the institution....
where the Parlamentarischer Rat
Parlamentarischer Rat

The Parlamentarischer Rat was a predecessor of the West German Bundestag. Its primary purpose was to prepare a new constitution for Germany. It was elected in 1948 and disassembled once it had finished its purpose, i.e....
first met

Beethoven House, birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (Rhinish Regional Museum Bonn)

Nature

Botanischer Garten (Botanical Garden), where Titan arum
Titan arum

The titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The largest single flower is borne by the Rafflesia arnoldii; the largest branched inflorescence in the plant kingdom belongs to the Talipot palm ....
set a world record
Rheinaue (Bonn), a leisure park on the banks of the Rhine
Kottenforst, a large area of protected woods on the hills west of the city center
Rhine promenade and the Alter Zoll (Old Toll Station)
In the very south of the city, on the border with Wachtberg
Wachtberg

Wachtberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south of Bonn. In 2005 the Wachtberg municipality had approximately 20,000 inhabitants....
and Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz....
, is the extinct volcano
Volcano

A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or Crust , which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface....
Rodderberg
Rodderberg

The Rodderberg is an extinct volcano volcano in the east of the municipality of Wachtberg near Bonn, Germany. The last eruption was 250,000 years ago....

Education

The Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn (University of Bonn

University of Bonn

Private Schools

Bonn International School (BIS), a private English-speaking school set in the former American Compound in the Rheinaue, which offers places from Kindergarten to 12th grade. It follows the curriculum of the International Baccalaureate.
Aloisiuskolleg
Aloisiuskolleg

The Aloisiuskolleg is a co-educational, Private school and Catholic University-preparatory school in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany with an affiliated boarding school directed by the Jesuits....
, a Jesuit private school
Private school

Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds....
in Bad Godesberg
Bad Godesberg

Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1999 , the majority of foreign embassy to Germany were located in Bad Godesberg....
with boarding facilities
Amos-Comenius-Gymnasium, a protestant
Protestantism

Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the three principal traditions of Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
private school
Private school

Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds....
in Bad Godesberg
Bad Godesberg

Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1999 , the majority of foreign embassy to Germany were located in Bad Godesberg....
King Fahd Academy, a private school
Private school

Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds....
in Mehlem, Bad Godesberg
Bad Godesberg

Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1999 , the majority of foreign embassy to Germany were located in Bad Godesberg....
, which also includes a mosque
Libysch-Arabische El-Fateh Schule, private Arabic high school
Independent Bonn International School, private primary school (serving from kindergarten, reception, and years 1 to 6)
École de Gaulle - Adenauer, private French-speaking school serving grades 1 to 12
Ernst-Kalkuhl-Gymnasium, private boarding and day school
Otto-Kühne-Schule Godesberg ("PÄDA"), private boarding and day school

Additionally there are six private Catholic schools.

Districts

|- ||- ||- ||- ||- ||}

In 1969, the independent towns of Bad Godesberg

Bad Godesberg

Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1999 , the majority of foreign embassy to Germany were located in Bad Godesberg....
and Beuel as well as several villages were incorporated into Bonn, resulting in a city more than twice as large as before. Bad Godesberg and Beuel became districts (Stadtbezirke) of Bonn with some independence and populations of about 70,000 each.

Each district has its own quarters:

Bad Godesberg
Bad Godesberg

Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1999 , the majority of foreign embassy to Germany were located in Bad Godesberg....
: Alt-Godesberg, Friesdorf, Godesberg-Nord, Godesberg-Villenviertel, Heiderhof, Hochkreuz, Lannesdorf, Mehlem, Muffendorf, Pennenfeld, Plittersdorf, Rüngsdorf, Schweinheim
Beuel: Beuel-Mitte, Beuel-Ost, Geislar, Hoholz, Holtorf, Holzlar
Holzlar

HolzlarIs an enclosed settlement in Bonn's district Beuel, east of the Rhine and north of the Siebengebirge in Germany. Holzlar has a population of about 11.000 and consists out of the former villages Holzlar, Kohlkaul, Heidebergen, Roleber and Gielgen....
, Küdinghoven, Limperich, Oberkassel, Pützchen/Bechlinghoven, Ramersdorf, Schwarzrheindorf/Vilich-Rheindorf, Vilich, Vilich-Müldorf
Bonn: Auerberg, Bonn-Castell (until 2003: Bonn-Nord), Bonn-Zentrum, Buschdorf, Dottendorf, Dransdorf, Endenich
Endenich

Endenich is a neighborhood of Bonn, Germany, since 1904.The village of Endenich was founded in the 8th century, first mentioned in 804 as Villa quae vocatur Antiche ....
, Graurheindorf, Gronau, Ippendorf, Kessenich, Nordstadt, Poppelsdorf, Röttgen, Südstadt, Tannenbusch
Tannenbusch

Tannenbusch is a section of Bonn, Germany with approx. 17,000 inhabitants. It is split between the subsections Alt-Tannenbusch and Neu-Tannenbusch....
, Ückesdorf, Venusberg, Weststadt
Hardtberg
Hardtberg

Hardtberg is a municipal district of Bonn, Germany. In 1969 it developed from the villages Duisdorf, Hardth?he and Lengsdorf that previously belonged to the Amt Duisdorf....
: Brüser Berg, Duisdorf, Hardthöhe, Lengsdorf,Lessenich/Meßdorf

Transport

Bonn is connected to three autobahn

Autobahn

is the German language word for a major high-speed road restricted to motor vehicles capable of driving at least and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries....
s (federal motorways) and the German rail

Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn AG is the Germany national railway company, a private joint stock company . It came into existence in 1994 as the successor of the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDR of East Germany....
network. Some InterCityExpress

InterCityExpress

File:ICE 3 Fahlenbach.jpgThe Intercity-Express ? in Austria and Switzerland: InterCityExpress ; abbreviation: ICE ? is a system of high-speed rail predominantly running in Germany and neighbouring countries....
and most InterCity

Intercity

Intercity or Inter-city means "between cities". It can refer to inter-city transportation by Rail transport, bus, truck or airline. There are many transport companies with Intercity or Inter-city as their brand....
trains call at Bonn Hauptbahnhof

Bonn Hauptbahnhof

is a railway station located on the left bank of the Rhine along the Linke Rheinstrecke 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 local bus, tram, and Bonn Stadtbahn services....
whilst the Siegburg/Bonn railway station

Siegburg/Bonn railway station

Siegburg/Bonn is a railway station located in Siegburg, Germany. The station is located on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and sees service by several InterCityExpress lines as well as Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn trains....
is situated on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line

Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line

|}The Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway is a long railway line in Germany, connecting the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt. Its route follows the Bundesautobahn 3 for the greater part....
outside of Bonn and serviced by InterCityExpress

InterCityExpress

Stadtbahn

Stadtbahn , or Premetro, is a tramway or light railway which includes segments built to rapid transit standards, usually as part of a process of conversion to a rapid transit railway, mainly by the building of tunnels in the central city area....
(light rail), which also features two lines to Cologne

Cologne

Cologne Bonn Airport

Cologne/Bonn Airport is an international airport located in the Wahner Heide nature reserve, 15 km southeast of Cologne Central business district and 16 km northeast of Bonn....
.

Twin towns

Since 1983, the City of Bonn has established friendship relations with the City of Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
, Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, and since 1988 Bonn, in former times the residence of the Princes Electors of Cologne, and Potsdam

Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....
, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, the formerly most important residential city of the Prussian rulers, have established a city-to-city partnership.

Downtown Bonn is surrounded by a number of traditional towns and villages which were independent up to several decades ago. As many of those communities had already established their own contacts and partnerships before the regional and local reorganisation in 1969, the Federal City of Bonn now has a dense network of city district partnerships with European partner towns.

The city district of Bonn is a partner of the English university city of Oxford

Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
, England

England

United Kingdom

Budafok

Budafok is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It is situated in the southwestern part of Buda, near the Danube, and belongs to District XXII....
, District XXII of Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
, Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
(since 1991) and of Opole

Opole

Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 129,553 and is the capital of the Opole Voivodeship, and also the seat of Opole County....
, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
(officially since 1997; contacts were established 1954).

The district of Bad Godesberg has established partnerships with Saint-Cloud

Saint-Cloud

Saint-Cloud is a commune in France in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.6 kilometres from the Kilometre Zero.Like other communes of the Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine or Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of the wealthiest cities in France ....
in France

France

Frascati

Frascati is a town and commune in the province of Rome in the Latium region of central Italy. It is located 20 km south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum....
in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, Windsor and Maidenhead

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is a Royal Borough of Berkshire, in South East England England. It became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998....
in England

England

United Kingdom

Kortrijk

Kortrijk is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium West Flanders. The wider municipality comprises the city of Kortrijk proper and the towns of Aalbeke, Bellegem, Bissegem, Heule, Kooigem, Marke , and Rollegem....
in Belgium

Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
; a friendship agreement has been signed with the town of Yalova

Yalova

Yalova is a city located in northwestern Turkey, on the eastern coast of the Sea of Marmara, and is the capital of the Yalova Province. Yalova has a city population of 70,858, while the population of the Yalova Province is 188,440....
, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
.

The district of Beuel on the right bank of the Rhine and the city district of Hardtberg foster partnerships with towns in France

France

Mirecourt

Mirecourt is a commune in France of the Vosges D?partements of France in France. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, and is known for lace-making and musical instrument building, particularly violins....
and Villemomble

Villemomble

ap=Villemomble_map.svg|mapcaption=Paris and inner ring d?partements|lat_long=|r?gion=?le-de-France |d?partement=Seine-Saint-Denis|arrondissement=Bobigny|...
.

Moreover, the city of Bonn has developed a concept of international co-operation and maintains sustainability oriented project partnerships in addition to traditional city twinning, among others with Minsk

Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
in Belarus

Belarus

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
, Bukhara

Bukhara

Bukhara , also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian ?uxarak , is the Capital of the Bukhara Province of Uzbekistan. The nation's fifth-largest city, it has a population of 237,900 ....
in Usbekistan, Chengdu

Chengdu

Chengdu , located in southwest People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan provinces of China and a sub-provincial city. Chengdu is also one of the most important economic centers and transportation and communication hubs in Southwestern China....
in China

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
and La Paz

La Paz

Nuestra Se?ora de La Paz is the administrative Capital of Bolivia, as well as the departmental capital of La Paz Department, Bolivia. As of the 2001 census, the city of La Paz had a population of 789,585, and together with the neighboring cities of El Alto and Viacha, make the biggest urban area of Bolivia, with a population of over 1.6 mill...
in Bolivia

Bolivia

The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
.

Famous Residents

Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical music era and Romantic music eras in classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time....
(* born December 17, 1770; died March 26, 1827 in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
) composer and virtuoso pianist
Bushido (rapper)
Bushido (rapper)

Bushido , is a German rap rapper. He also uses the pseudonym Sonny Black....
(born September 28, 1978 as Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi) rapper
Sonja Fuss
Sonja Fuss

Sonja Fuss is a German football defender. She currently plays for FCR 2001 Duisburg and the German national team.References...
(* born November 5, 1978) football defender, plays for Germany women's national football team
Germany women's national football team

The German women's national football team represents Germany in international women's association football and is directed by the German Football Association ....
Johannes B. Kerner
Johannes B. Kerner

Johannes Baptist Kerner is a Germany TV personality best known as a sportscaster.Kerner was raised in Hersel, Germany in a catholic household....
(born December 9, 1964) TV presenter
Johanna Kinkel
Johanna Kinkel

Johanna Kinkel was a Germany composer, writer, and revolutionary.Johanna Kinkel was born in Bonn. In 1840, after five months of unhappy marriage, she was divorced from the Cologne bookseller Matthieux....
(* born July 8, 1810; died November 15, 1858 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
) composer and writer
Karlrobert Kreiten
Karlrobert Kreiten

Karlrobert Kreiten was a Germany pianist, though holding Dutch citizenship his entire life due to his Dutch father.He was seen by Wilhelm Furtw?ngler and others as one of the most talented young pianists in Germany....
(born June 26, 1916; murdered by the Nazis September 7, 1943 Berlin-Ploetzensee) noted pianist
Peter Joseph Lenné
Peter Joseph Lenné

Peter Joseph Lenn? was a Prussian gardener and landscape architecture from Bonn who worked in the German classicism style. His father was Jewish and his mother was Prussian....
(* born September 29, 1789; died January 23, 1866) gardener and landscape architect
Thomas de Maizière
Thomas de Maizière

Thomas de Maizi?re [] is a German politician .Thomas de Maiziere graduated at the Aloisiuskolleg in Bonn. After studies of law and history at the Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t in M?nster and the University of Freiburg, he passed his first state examination in law in 1979 and his second 1982, earning his doctorate of law in 1986....
(born January 21, 1954) politician
Norman Rentrop
Norman Rentrop

Norman Rentrop is a German publisher, author and investor.He is owner/shareholder of the Germany - based "Rentrop publishing group", "Rentrop & Straton" in Romania, "Wiedza i Praktyka" in Poland....
(born 1957) publisher, author and investor
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is one of the most famous Romantic music composers of the 19th century....
(born 8 June, 1810 – died 29 July, 1856) Composer and pianist
Heide Simonis
Heide Simonis

Heide Simonis is a Germany politician. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.She was Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1993 to 2005, the first and till today the only woman to hold this position in any German state in Germany's history....
(* born July 4, 1943 as Heide Steinhardt) politician SPD
Roger Willemsen
Roger Willemsen

Roger Willemsen is a German author, essayist and TV presenter....
(born August 15, 1955) author, essayist and TV presenter
Natalie Horler
Natalie Horler

Natalie Horler is an England-Germany singer and television presenter, known internationally as the lead singer for the German Eurodance/Eurotrance group Cascada....
(born 23 September 1981) singer, Cascada
Cascada

Cascada is a Germany Eurodance group most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch " and "What Hurts the Most". They have so far sold an estimated 4 million copies of their two albums worldwide....

Twin Towns - Sister Cities

Bonn is twinned

Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
with:

Belfast
Belfast

Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of Devolution#United Kingdom Northern Ireland Executive and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly in Northern Ireland....
in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
Oxford
Oxford

Oxford is a City status in the United Kingdom, and the county town of Oxfordshire, in South East England. It has a population of 151,000. The rivers River Cherwell and River Thames run through Oxford and meet south of the city centre....
in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
Opole
Opole

Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 129,553 and is the capital of the Opole Voivodeship, and also the seat of Opole County....
in Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
in Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
Minsk
Minsk

Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....
in Belarus

Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
(since 1993) Budafok
Budafok

Budafok is a neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It is situated in the southwestern part of Buda, near the Danube, and belongs to District XXII....
in Hungary

Hungary

Bonn

History

Modern history

Main sights

Churches

Castles and residences

Modern buildings

Museums

Nature

Education

Private Schools

Districts

Transport

Twin towns

Famous Residents

Twin Towns - Sister Cities

External links