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Bonn

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Bonn
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Humidity 90 %
Pressure 1004 mb
Wind 11 mph
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What You Need To Know

The Federal City of Bonn is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of 311,287. Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany’s largest metropolitan area, with over 11 million inhabitants. Founded in the first century BC as a Roman settlement, Bonn is one of Germany’s oldest cities. From 1597 to 1794, Bonn was the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne. In 1949, the Parliamentary Council drafted and adopted the German constitution, the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn. Though Berlin was symbolically named the de jure capital, from 1949 to 1990 Bonn was the seat of government and de facto capital of West Germany. In recognition of its former status as German capital, it holds the name of Federal City (Bundesstadt). Bonn currently shares the status of Germany’s seat of government with Berlin, with the President, the Chancellor and many government ministries maintaining sizable presences in Bonn. The two DAX-listed corporations Deutsche Post DHL and Deutsche Telekom have headquarters in Bonn. The city is also the location of 19 United Nations institutions and the University of Bonn. Bonn is the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven (born 1770).

Area: 141.1 km²

Population: 318,809

 

Currency

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  • The Euro is the official currency of Germany and Bonn.

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Churches

  • Bonn Minster
  • Doppelkirche 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, it is a stairway for Christian pilgrims

Economy

The head offices of Deutsche Telekom, its subsidiary T-Mobile,[28] Deutsche Post, Haribo, German Academic Exchange Service, and Solar World are in Bonn.

 

Language

German language, German Deutsch, official language of both Germany and Austria and one of the three official languages of Switzerland. German belongs to the West Germanic group of the Indo-European language family, along with English, Frisian, and Dutch (Netherlandic, Flemish).

Health

  • (Discuss) Proposed since March 2014. Germany has a universal multi-payer health care system with two main types of health insurance: “Statutory Health Insurance” (Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung) known as sickness funds (Krankenkasse) and “Private Health Insurance” (Private Krankenversicherung).

Transport

  • Bonn is connected to three autobahns (federal motorways) and the German rail network. Some InterCityExpress and most InterCity trains call at Bonn Hauptbahnhof whilst the Siegburg/Bonn railway station is situated on the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line outside of Bonn and serviced by InterCityExpress trains. Local transport is provided by the Bonn Stadtbahn, which also features two lines to Cologne.

    Bonn’s international airport is Cologne Bonn Airport.

 

Weather

Bonn has an oceanic climate (Cfb). In the south of the Cologne lowland in the Rhine valley, Bonn is in one of Germany’s warmest regions.