Bonn

Bonn is a city on the Rhine in western Germany. It served as the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until reunification in 1990.

Bonna: Bonna was a Roman military camp and settlement on the Rhine at the site of modern Bonn. The Roman camp established the settlement that grew into Bonn.
Bundeshaus: The Bundeshaus is a former parliamentary complex in Bonn that housed the Bundestag and Bundesrat. It was the central workplace of West Germany’s federal legislature.
German reunification: German reunification was the 1990 process that ended the division of Germany into two states. Reunification made the relocation of the federal government from Bonn to Berlin politically possible.
Rhine: The Rhine is a major European river flowing from the Swiss Alps through western Europe to the North Sea. Bonn’s position on the river shaped its trade, transport, and urban geography.
Electorate of Cologne: The Electorate of Cologne was an ecclesiastical principality in the Holy Roman Empire ruled by prince-electors. Bonn became the electorate’s residence and political center in the late sixteenth century.
Palais Schaumburg: Palais Schaumburg is a neoclassical palace in Bonn that served as the Federal Republic of Germany’s chancellor’s office. It housed the chancellery during much of Bonn’s capital era.
Berlin: Berlin is Germany’s capital and largest city, located in the country’s northeast. The Bundestag’s 1991 decision made Berlin the seat of parliament and government, unlike Bonn.
Cologne: Cologne is a major city on the Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Bonn and Cologne form neighboring urban centers within the same Rhine corridor.
Clemens August of Bavaria: Clemens August of Bavaria was an eighteenth-century prince-elector and archbishop of Cologne. His court commissioned major Baroque buildings that shaped Bonn’s historic center.
Villa Hammerschmidt: Villa Hammerschmidt is a nineteenth-century villa in Bonn used as the official residence of German presidents. It served as the president’s official residence while Bonn was the capital.

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