Bonn - Districts, Buildings and structures, Transportation

50°43N 7°06E, pop (2000e) 300 000. Capital city of former West Germany, in Cologne district; on R Rhine, 25 km/15 mi SSE of Cologne; early Roman fort on the Rhine; seat of Electors of Cologne (13th–16th-c); part of Prussia, 1815; badly bombed in World War 2; capital status since 1949; airport at Cologne; railway; university (1818); service industries, plastics, packaging materials, aluminium; birthplace of Beethoven; spa resort at Bad Godesberg; 11th–13th-c minster, Beethovenhalle; International Beethoven Festival every three years (Sep).

Coordinates: 50°44′N 7°6′E

Bonn
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Administrative region	Cologne
District	urban district
Population	312,295 source (2005)
Area	141.22 km²
Population density	2,211 /km²
Elevation	46-195 m
Coordinates	50°44′ N 7°6′ E
Postal code	53000-53359
Area code	0228
Licence plate code	BN
Mayor	Bärbel Dieckmann (SPD)
Website	bonn.de

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany, located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The choice of Bonn was made mainly due to the advocacy of Konrad Adenauer, a former Cologne Mayor and Chancellor of West Germany after World War II, who came from that area, despite the fact that Frankfurt had most of the needed facilities already and using Bonn was estimated to be 95 Mill DM more expensive than using Frankfurt.

Districts

In 1969, the independent towns of Bad Godesberg and Beuel as well as several villages were incorporated into Bonn, resulting in a city more than twice as large as before.

Each district has its own quarters:

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, 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, Graurheindorf, Gronau, Ippendorf, Kessenich, Lessenich/Meßdorf, Nordstadt, Poppelsdorf, Röttgen, Südstadt, Tannenbusch, Ückesdorf, Venusberg, Weststadt Hardtberg: Brüser Berg, Duisdorf, Hardthöhe, Lengsdorf

Buildings and structures

Churches

Minster Bonn Doppelkirche (Double Church) Schwarzrheindorf built in 1151 (german) Old Cemetery Bonn, one of the best known ones in Germany (german)

Castles and residences

University of Bonn with the Kurfürstliches Schloss (residence of the prince-elector) (german) Poppelsdorf Palace (german) Godesburg fortress ruins , (german)

Modern Buildings

Bundesviertel (federal quarter) with lots of government structures including Langer Eugen, new location of the United Nations Campus (german) Post Tower, headquarters of Deutsche Post AG (german) T-Mobile headquarters Maritim Bonn, 5 star hotel in the fe Schürmann-Bau, headquarters of Deutsche Welle (german)

Museums

Museum Mile with Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany) showing the Guggenheim Collection 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 Alexander Koenig where the Parlamentarischer Rat first met (german) Deutsches Museum Bonn (German Museum Bonn) (german) Beethoven House Ägyptisches Museum (Egyptian Museum) Akademisches Kunstmuseum (Academic Museum of Art) (german) Arithmeum, research institute for discrete mathematics including a museum Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (Rhenish Regional Museum Bonn) (german)

Nature

Botanischer Garten (Botanical Garden), where Titan arum reached a world record (german) Rheinaue (Bonn), a leisure park on the banks of the Rhine (german) Rhine promenade and the Alter Zoll (Old Toll Station) In the very south of the city on the border to Wachtberg and Rhineland-Palatinate is the extinct volcano Rodderberg

Transportation

Bonn is connected to three autobahns (federal motorways) and the Deutsche Bahn network. Bonn's international airport is Cologne Bonn Airport with connections to many European cities and a direct connection to Newark, New Jersey via Continental Airlines.