beethovens-bonn

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Beethoven's Bonn

The second part of the Bonner saga, where I explore the old town of the city. It is quaint as for the city of 320k people. And remember, that apart from its status as the capital of the West Germany, is famous as a university city, the birthplace of Beethoven, as well as the capital city of the Electorate of Cologne from 1597 to 1794 (as the residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne). The city was founded in the 1st century BC as a Roman settlement in the province Germania Inferior. In 1794, the city was seized by French troops, becoming a part of the First French Empire. In 1815 following the Napoleonic Wars, Bonn became part of the Kingdom of Prussia as a part of the Rheinprovinz. Currently, the city is of course within the borders of the Bundesland of Nordrhein-Westfallen, but it is also considered a part of the shared metro region with Cologne – Region Köln/Bonn. It is also part of the Regierungsbezirk Köln, but who cares, Regierungsbezirken in NRW does not have any special meaning. But well, at least the Stadtbahns in both cities are connected, as well as they share their Transport Association (VRS). Oh, and the airport is shared as well, it's often just called Köln/Bonn Flughafen (although it is named after Konrad Adenauer).

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Bonn Hauptbahnhof, the main railway station in the city. The first one was constructed in 1844 by the Bonn-Cologne Railway Company, as part of the West Rhine Railway, the current one however in 1884. In 1969, Bonn grew considerably by incorporating towns which includes the stations of Bad Godesberg, Beuel, Duisdorf, Oberkassel and Mehlem and, in 1971, the station was renamed Bonn Hauptbahnhof. The station sharply increased in importance in 1949, when Bonn became capital of the Federal Republic. During the planning phase of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed line in the 1980s and early 1990s, a proposal to build a new line via Bonn station was put into discussion. However, in the end, the line was constructed in a much cheaper way via Siegburg. The Siegburg/Bonn railway station is therefore now the HSR station for the city. This station can be reached by the 66 and 67 lines of the Bonn Stadtbahn.

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