Bonn#Administration

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Situated in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany's largest metropolitan area with over 11 million inhabitants, Bonn lies within the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, on the border with Rhineland-Palatinate. Spanning an area of more {{cvt|141.2|km2|0}} on both sides of the river Rhine, almost three-quarters of the city lies on the river's left bank.

To the south and to the west, Bonn borders the Eifel region which encompasses the Rhineland Nature Park. To the north, Bonn borders the Cologne Lowland. Natural borders are constituted by the river Sieg to the north-east and by the Siebengebirge (also known as the Seven Hills) to the east. The largest extension of the city in north–south dimensions is {{cvt|15|km|0}} and {{cvt|12.5|km|0}} in west–east dimensions. The city borders have a total length of {{cvt|61|km|0}}. The geographical centre of Bonn is the Bundeskanzlerplatz (Chancellor Square) in Bonn-Gronau.

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is divided into five governmental districts ({{langx|de|link=no|Regierungsbezirk}}), and Bonn is part of the governmental district of Cologne ({{langx|de|link=no|Regierungsbezirk Köln}}). Within this governmental district, the city of Bonn is an urban district in its own right. The urban district of Bonn is then again divided into four administrative municipal districts ({{langx|de|link=no|Stadtbezirk}}). These are Bonn, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Bonn-Beuel and Bonn-Hardtberg. 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.

{{see also|Rhine-Ruhr#Climate}}

Bonn has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb; Trewartha: Dobk). In the south of the Cologne lowland in the Rhine valley, Bonn is in one of Germany's warmest regions.

The Bonn weather station has recorded the following extreme values:

• Its highest temperature was {{cvt|40.9|C|F}} on 25 July 2019.
• Its lowest temperature was {{cvt|-23.0|C|F}} on 27 January 1942.
• Its greatest annual precipitation was {{cvt|956.7|mm|in}} in 2007.
• Its least annual precipitation was {{cvt|381.5|mm|in}} in 1959.
• The longest annual sunshine was 2013.9 hours in 2018.
• The shortest annual sunshine was 1240.7 hours in 1981.

{{Weather box

|location = Bonn (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1933–present{{efn|The data from 1933 to 1999 comes from the Bonn-Friesdorf weather station, and the data from 2000 to date comes from the Bonn-Roleber weather station.}})

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|Jan record high C = 16.1

|Feb record high C = 20.7

|Mar record high C = 25.7

|Apr record high C = 30.7

|May record high C = 32.9

|Jun record high C = 37.9

|Jul record high C = 40.9

|Aug record high C = 37.4

|Sep record high C = 34.6

|Oct record high C = 27.5

|Nov record high C = 21.0

|Dec record high C = 17.5

|year record high C = 40.9

|Jan avg record high C = 12.7

|Feb avg record high C = 13.6

|Mar avg record high C = 19.0

|Apr avg record high C = 24.3

|May avg record high C = 27.5

|Jun avg record high C = 31.5

|Jul avg record high C = 32.9

|Aug avg record high C = 32.3

|Sep avg record high C = 27.4

|Oct avg record high C = 22.2

|Nov avg record high C = 16.4

|Dec avg record high C = 12.8

|year avg record high C = 34.9

|Jan high C = 5.6

|Feb high C = 6.7

|Mar high C = 10.7

|Apr high C = 15.8

|May high C = 19.3

|Jun high C = 22.5

|Jul high C = 24.1

|Aug high C = 23.9

|Sep high C = 20.0

|Oct high C = 15.0

|Nov high C = 9.7

|Dec high C = 6.4

|year high C = 15.0

|Jan mean C = 3.1

|Feb mean C = 3.5

|Mar mean C = 6.4

|Apr mean C = 10.6

|May mean C = 14.1

|Jun mean C = 17.2

|Jul mean C = 18.8

|Aug mean C = 18.5

|Sep mean C = 14.9

|Oct mean C = 11.0

|Nov mean C = 6.8

|Dec mean C = 4.0

|year mean C = 10.7

|Jan low C = 0.4

|Feb low C = 0.4

|Mar low C = 2.3

|Apr low C = 5.3

|May low C = 8.7

|Jun low C = 11.8

|Jul low C = 13.6

|Aug low C = 13.4

|Sep low C = 10.3

|Oct low C = 7.3

|Nov low C = 3.9

|Dec low C = 1.5

|year low C = 6.6

|Jan avg record low C = -7.5

|Feb avg record low C = -6.5

|Mar avg record low C = -4.3

|Apr avg record low C = -1.4

|May avg record low C = 2.1

|Jun avg record low C = 6.7

|Jul avg record low C = 8.8

|Aug avg record low C = 8.4

|Sep avg record low C = 4.8

|Oct avg record low C = 0.7

|Nov avg record low C = -2.5

|Dec avg record low C = -6.5

|year avg record low C = -9.4

|Jan record low C = -23.0

|Feb record low C = -20.2

|Mar record low C = -11.9

|Apr record low C = -5.3

|May record low C = -3.0

|Jun record low C = 1.8

|Jul record low C = 5.6

|Aug record low C = 4.0

|Sep record low C = -0.5

|Oct record low C = -5.7

|Nov record low C = -9.0

|Dec record low C = -18.3

|year record low C = -23.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 60.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 48.4

|Mar precipitation mm = 51.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 43.5

|May precipitation mm = 70.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 81.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 83.9

|Aug precipitation mm = 87.3

|Sep precipitation mm = 62.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 60.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 60.5

|Dec precipitation mm = 57.6

|year precipitation mm = 767.1

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 17.5

|Feb precipitation days = 15.6

|Mar precipitation days = 14.7

|Apr precipitation days = 12.0

|May precipitation days = 14.1

|Jun precipitation days = 14.1

|Jul precipitation days = 15.8

|Aug precipitation days = 15.8

|Sep precipitation days = 13.6

|Oct precipitation days = 15.3

|Nov precipitation days = 16.9

|Dec precipitation days = 18.6

|year precipitation days = 183.8

|Jan snow depth cm = 4.3

|Feb snow depth cm = 2.8

|Mar snow depth cm = 2.5

|Apr snow depth cm = 0

|May snow depth cm = 0

|Jun snow depth cm = 0

|Jul snow depth cm = 0

|Aug snow depth cm = 0

|Sep snow depth cm = 0

|Oct snow depth cm = 0

|Nov snow depth cm = 0.5

|Dec snow depth cm = 2.4

|year snow depth cm = 6.6

|humidity colour = green

|Jan humidity = 84.0

|Feb humidity = 80.0

|Mar humidity = 74.1

|Apr humidity = 68.5

|May humidity = 71.2

|Jun humidity = 72.5

|Jul humidity = 71.9

|Aug humidity = 74.3

|Sep humidity = 78.6

|Oct humidity = 83.3

|Nov humidity = 85.7

|Dec humidity = 85.7

|year humidity = 77.5

|Jan sun = 57.4

|Feb sun = 80.4

|Mar sun = 132.9

|Apr sun = 177.5

|May sun = 201.6

|Jun sun = 208.3

|Jul sun = 205.6

|Aug sun = 197.4

|Sep sun = 158.6

|Oct sun = 103.1

|Nov sun = 59.3

|Dec sun = 49.1

|year sun = 1631.2

|source 1= Deutscher Wetterdienst / SKlima.de{{cite web |url=http://sklima.de/datenbank_auswertung.php?tab=2 |title=Monatsauswertung |website=sklima.de |publisher=SKlima |language=de |access-date=13 October 2024 |archive-date=7 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607181253/http://sklima.de/datenbank_auswertung.php?tab=2 |url-status=live }}}}

{{for timeline|Timeline of Bonn}}

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File:2008-12-25 Bonn Sterntor.jpg

The history of the city dates back to Roman times. In about 12 BC, the Roman army appears to have stationed a small unit in what is presently the historical centre of the city. Even earlier, the army had resettled members of a Germanic tribal group allied with Rome, the Ubii, 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. Bona is Celtic for tribe.Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, Errance 2003. S. 82. The Eburoni were members of a large tribal coalition effectively wiped out during the final phase of Caesar's War in Gaul. 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 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, possibly the mid-5th century. The structures themselves remained standing well into the Middle Ages, when they were called the Bonnburg. They were used by Frankish kings until they fell into disuse. Eventually, much of the building materials seem to have been re-used in the construction of Bonn's 13th-century city wall. The {{ill|Sterntor (Bonn)|de|Sterntor|lt=Sterntor}} (star gate) in the city center 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 to accommodate a full-strength Imperial Legion and its auxiliaries. The fort covered an area of approximately {{convert|250000|m2|acre}}. Between its walls it contained a dense grid of streets and a multitude of buildings, ranging from spacious headquarters and large officers' quarters to barracks, 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 theatres of war ranging from modern-day Algeria to what is now the Russian republic of Chechnya.

File:Altes Rathaus Bonn.jpg style.]]

The chief Roman road linking the provincial capitals of Cologne and Mainz 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. On both sides of the road, the local settlement, Bonna, grew into a sizeable Roman town. Bonn is shown on the 4th century Peutinger Map.

In late antiquity, much of the town seems to have been destroyed by marauding invaders. The remaining civilian population then took refuge inside the fort along with the remnants of the troops stationed here. During the final decades of Imperial rule, the troops were supplied by Franci chieftains employed by the Roman administration. When the end came, these troops simply shifted their allegiances to the new barbarian rulers, the Kingdom of the Franks. From the fort, the Bonnburg, as well as from a new medieval settlement to the South centered around what later became the minster, grew the medieval city of Bonn. Local legends arose from this period that the name of the village came from Saint Boniface via Vulgar Latin *Bonnifatia, but this proved to be a myth.

File:University bonn at night.jpg counts Nietzsche, Marx, and Adenauer among its alumni.]]

Between the 11th and 13th centuries, the Romanesque style Bonn Minster was built, and in 1597 Bonn became the seat of the Archdiocese of Cologne. The city gained more influence and grew considerably. The city was subject to a major bombardment during the Siege of Bonn in 1689. Bonn was then returned to Cologne where it remained the capital at the Peace of Ryswick. The elector Clemens August (ruled 1723–1761) ordered the construction of a series of Baroque 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. In addition he was a patron of the young Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born in Bonn in 1770; the elector financed the composer's first journey to Vienna.

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. Administered within the Prussian Rhine Province, the city became part of the German Empire in 1871 during the Prussian-led unification of Germany. Bonn was of little relevance in these years.

{{See also|Berlin-Bonn Act|Decision on the Capital of Germany}}

During the Second World War, Bonn acquired military significance because of its strategic location on the Rhine, which formed a natural barrier to easy penetration into the German heartland from the west. The Allied ground advance into Germany reached Bonn on 7 March 1945, and the US 1st Infantry Division captured the city during the battle of 8–9 March 1945.{{cite book |last=Stanton |first=Shelby L. |title=World War II Order of Battle: An Encyclopedic Reference to U.S. Army Ground Forces from Battalion through Division, 1939–1946 |edition=Revised |year=2006 |publisher=Stackpole Books |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfDfAQAACAAJ |isbn=9780811701570 }}

File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F013859-0009, Bonn, Staatsbesuch Präsident Charles de Gaulle.jpg on a state visit to Bonn in 1962]]

After the Second World War, Bonn was in the British zone of occupation. Following the advocacy of West Germany's first chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, a former Cologne Mayor and a native of that area, Bonn became the de facto capital and seat of government, officially designated the "temporary seat of the Federal institutions" of the newly formed Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. However, the Bundestag, seated in Bonn's Bundeshaus, affirmed Berlin's status as the German capital. Bonn was chosen as the provisional capital and seat of government despite the fact that Frankfurt already had most of the required facilities and using Bonn was estimated to be 95 million DM more expensive than using Frankfurt. Bonn was chosen because Adenauer and other prominent West German politicians intended to make Berlin the capital of a reunified Germany, and they felt that locating the provisional capital in a major city like Frankfurt or Hamburg would imply a permanent capital and plausibly weaken support in West Germany for a future reunification.

In 1949, the Parliamentary Council in Bonn drafted and adopted the current German constitution, the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. As the political centre of West Germany, Bonn saw six Chancellors and six Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany. Bonn's time as the capital of West Germany is commonly referred to as the Bonn Republic, in contrast to the Berlin Republic which followed reunification in 1990.{{Cite book |title=Schleichende Wende. Diskurse von Nation und Erinnerung bei der Konstituierung der Berliner Republik |last=Caborn |first=Joannah |language=de |publisher={{ill|Unrast Verlag|de}} |year=2006 |isbn=9783897717398 |pages=12 |via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZjNoAAAAMAAJ }}

File:Villa Hammerschmidt Bonn Seite Adenauerallee 20080831.jpg was the primary official residence of the President of Germany. Today it serves as the President's secondary residence.]]

German reunification in 1990 made Berlin the nominal capital of Germany again. This decision, however, did not mandate that the republic's political institutions would also move. While some argued for the seat of government to move to Berlin, others advocated leaving it in Bonn – a situation roughly analogous to that of the Netherlands, where Amsterdam is the capital but The Hague is the seat of government. Berlin's previous history as united Germany's capital was strongly connected with the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and more ominously with both Nazi Germany and Prussia. It was felt that a new peacefully united Germany should not be governed from a city connected to such overtones of war. Additionally, Bonn was closer to Brussels, headquarters of the European Economic Community. Former West German chancellor and mayor of West Berlin Willy Brandt caused considerable offence to the Western Allies during the debate by stating that France would not have kept the seat of government at Vichy after Liberation.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o36GDAAAQBAJ&q=Willy+Brandt++France+Vichy+capital&pg=PA149 |title=Willy Brandt: a Political Biography |author=Barbara Marshall |date=18 December 1996 |publisher=Springer |page=149 |isbn=9780230390096 }}

The heated debate that resulted was settled by the Bundestag (Germany's parliament) only on 20 June 1991. By a vote of 338–320,{{cite news |url=https://www.thelocal.de/20110615/35655 |title=Bonn to Berlin move still controversial |work=The Local|date=15 June 2011 |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527124908/https://www.thelocal.de/20110615/35655 |url-status=live }} the Bundestag voted to move the seat of government to Berlin. The vote broke largely along regional lines, with legislators from the south and west favouring Bonn and legislators from the north and east voting for Berlin.{{cite web |title=Hauptstadtbeschluss: 20 Jahre Pro-Berlin |trans-title=Capital-City Decision: 20 Years of Pro-Berlin |url=http://aktuell.nationalatlas.de/Hauptstadtbeschluss.6_06-2011.0.html |website=nationalatlas.de |first=Sebastian |last=Lentz |date=17 June 2011 |access-date=20 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331093254/http://aktuell.nationalatlas.de/Hauptstadtbeschluss.6_06-2011.0.html |archive-date=31 March 2013 |url-status=live |lang=de }}{{cite journal |last=Laux |first=Hans-Dieter |title=Berlin oder Bonn? Geographische Aspekte einer Parlamentsentscheidung |trans-title=Berlin or Bonn? Geographical Aspects of a Parliamentary Decision |journal=Geographische Rundschau |volume=43 |issue=12 |pages=740–743 |year=1991 |language=de }} It also broke along generational lines as well; older legislators with memories of Berlin's past glory favoured Berlin, while younger legislators favoured Bonn. Ultimately, the votes of the eastern German legislators tipped the balance in favour of Berlin.{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Wayne C. |year=2008 |title=The World Today Series: Nordic, Central and Southeastern Europe 2008 |publisher=Stryker-Post Publications |location=Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |isbn=978-1-887985-95-6 }}

From 1990 to 1999, Bonn served as the seat of government of reunited Germany. In recognition of its former status as German capital, it holds the name of Federal City ({{langx|de|link=no|Bundesstadt}}). Bonn currently shares the status of Germany's seat of government with Berlin, with the President, the Chancellor and many government ministries (such as Food & Agriculture and Defence) maintaining large presences in Bonn. Over 8,000 of the 18,000 federal officials remain in Bonn.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/world/europe/24berlin.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/world/europe/24berlin.html |archive-date=1 January 2022 |url-access=limited |title=In Germany's Capitals, Cold War Memories and Imperial Ghosts |work=The New York Times |first=Alan |last=Cowell |date=23 June 2011}}{{cbignore }} A total of 19 United Nations (UN) institutions operate from Bonn today.

File:Ashok Alexander Sridharan, Oberbürgermeister Bonn.jpg (CDU) was the mayor of Bonn from 2015 until 2020.]]

File:2020 Bonn mayoral election (2nd round).svg

The current mayor of Bonn is Katja Dörner of Alliance 90/The Greens since 2020. She defeated incumbent mayor Ashok-Alexander Sridharan in the most recent mayoral election, which was held on 13 September 2020, with a runoff held on 27 September. The results were as follows:

{{election table}}

! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate

! rowspan=2| Party

! colspan=2| First round

! colspan=2| Second round

|-

! Votes

! %

! Votes

! %

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| align=left| Ashok-Alexander Sridharan

| align=left| Christian Democratic Union

| 48,454

| 34.5

| 52,762

| 43.7

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|

| align=left| Katja Dörner

| align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens

| 38,793

| 27.6

| 67,880

| 56.3

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| align=left| Lissi von Bülow

| align=left| Social Democratic Party

| 28,389

| 20.2

|-

|

| align=left| Christoph Artur Manka

| align=left| Citizens' League Bonn

| 8,694

| 6.2

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}|

| align=left| Michael Faber

| align=left| The Left

| 7,032

| 5.0

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|

| align=left| Werner Hümmrich

| align=left| Free Democratic Party

| 4,853

| 3.5

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}|

| align=left| Frank Rudolf Christian Findeiß

| align=left| Die PARTEI

| 2,873

| 2.0

|-

|

| align=left| Kaisa Ilunga

| align=left| Alliance for Innovation and Justice

| 1,507

| 1.1

|-

! colspan=3| Valid votes

! 140,595

! 99.1

! 120,642

! 99.5

|-

! colspan=3| Invalid votes

! 1,219

! 0.9

! 627

! 0.5

|-

! colspan=3| Total

! 141,814

! 100.0

! 121,269

! 100.0

|-

! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout

! 249,091

! 56.9

! 249,098

! 48.7

|-

| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/b314000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]

|}

File:2020 Bonn City Council election.svg

The Bonn city council governs the city alongside the mayor. It used to be based in the Rococo-style {{lang|de|Altes Rathaus}} (old city hall), built in 1737, located adjacent to Bonn's central market square. However, due to the enlargement of Bonn in 1969 through the incorporation of Beuel and Bad Godesberg, it moved into the larger Stadthaus facilities further north. This was necessary for the city council to accommodate an increased number of representatives. The mayor of Bonn still sits in the {{lang|de|Altes Rathaus}}, which is also used for representative and official purposes.

The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}

! colspan=2| Party

! Votes

! %

! +/-

! Seats

! +/-

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|

| align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne)

| 39,311

| 27.9

| {{increase}} 9.2

| 19

| {{increase}} 3

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|

| align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

| 36,315

| 25.7

| {{decrease}} 4.7

| 17

| {{decrease}} 10

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|

| align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD)

| 21,956

| 15.6

| {{decrease}} 7.9

| 11

| {{decrease}} 9

|-

|

| align=left| Citizens' League Bonn (BBB)

| 9,948

| 7.1

| {{increase}} 2.0

| 5

| {{increase}} 1

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}|

| align=left| The Left (Die Linke)

| 8,745

| 6.2

| {{steady}} 0.0

| 4

| {{decrease}} 1

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}|

| align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP)

| 7,268

| 5.2

| {{decrease}} 3.0

| 3

| {{decrease}} 4

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Europa}}|

| align=left| Volt Germany (Volt)

| 7,148

| 5.1

| New

| 3

| New

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}|

| align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD)

| 4,569

| 3.2

| {{increase}} 0.4

| 2

| {{decrease}} 1

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}|

| align=left| Die PARTEI (PARTEI)

| 3,095

| 2.2

| New

| 1

| New

|-

|

| align=left| Alliance for Innovation and Justice (BIG)

| 1,775

| 1.3

| {{decrease}} 0.2

| 1

| ±0

|-

| colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey|

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}|

| align=left| Pirate Party Germany (Piraten)

| 869

| 0.6

| {{decrease}} 1.6

| 0

| {{decrease}} 2

|-

| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}|

| align=left| Independents

| 101

| 0.1

| –

| 0

| –

|-

! colspan=2| Valid votes

! 141,100

! 99.3

!

!

!

|-

! colspan=2| Invalid votes

! 1,052

! 0.7

!

!

!

|-

! colspan=2| Total

! 142,152

! 100.0

!

! 66

! {{decrease}} 20

|-

! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout

! 249,091

! 57.1

! {{increase}} 0.3

!

!

|-

| colspan=7| Source: [https://www.wahlergebnisse.nrw/kommunalwahlen/2020/aktuell/a314000kw2000.shtml State Returning Officer]

|}

Four delegates represent the Federal city of Bonn in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. The last election took place in May 2022. The current delegates are Guido Déus (CDU), Christos Katzidis (CDU), Joachim Stamp (FDP), Tim Achtermeyer (Greens) and Dr. Julia Höller (Greens)

Bonn's constituency is called {{lang|de|Bundeswahlkreis Bonn}} (096). In the German federal election 2017, Ulrich Kelber (SPD) was elected a member of German Federal parliament, the Bundestag by direct mandate. It is his fifth term. Katja Dörner representing Bündnis 90/Die Grünen and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff for FDP were elected as well. Kelber resigned in 2019 because he was appointed Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information. As Dörner was elected Lord Mayor of Bonn in September 2020, she resigned as a member of parliament after her entry into office.

Beethoven's birthplace is located in Bonngasse near the market place. Next to the market place is the Old City Hall, built in 1737 in Rococo style, under the rule of Clemens August of Bavaria. It is used for receptions of guests of the city, and as an office 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.

File:Bonner Münster.jpg Minster of Bonn is one of Germany's oldest churches.]]

The Poppelsdorfer Allee is an avenue flanked by chestnut trees which had the first horsecar of the city. It connects the Kurfürstliches Schloss with the Poppelsdorfer Schloss, a palace that was built as a resort for the prince-electors in the first half of the 18th century, and whose grounds are now a botanical garden (the Botanischer Garten Bonn). This axis is interrupted by a railway line and Bonn Hauptbahnhof, a building erected in 1883/84.

The Beethoven Monument stands on the Münsterplatz, which is flanked by the Bonn Minster, one of Germany's oldest churches.

The three highest structures in the city are the WDR radio mast in Bonn-Venusberg ({{cvt|180|m|ft|disp=or}}), the headquarters of the Deutsche Post called Post Tower ({{cvt|162.5|m|ft|disp=or}}) and the former building for the German members of parliament Langer Eugen ({{cvt|114.7|m|ft|disp=or}}) now the location of the UN Campus.

• Bonn Minster{{cite web |url=http://www.bonner-muenster.de/basilika/index_engl.htm |title=Das Bonner Münster @ Kirche in der City |publisher=Bonner-muenster.de |access-date=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215133139/http://bonner-muenster.de/basilika/index_engl.htm |archive-date=15 February 2009 }}
• Doppelkirche Schwarzrheindorf built in 1151
• Old Cemetery Bonn (Alter Friedhof), one of the best known cemeteries in Germany
• {{ill|Kreuzbergkirche|de}}, built in 1627 with Johann Balthasar Neumann's Heilige Stiege, it is a stairway for Christian pilgrims
• St. Remigius, where Beethoven was baptized

• Godesburg fortress ruins{{cite web |url=http://www.bonn-region.de/ns/articleview_en.php?folderID=10204&sub_folderID=10215&articleID=623 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050525113041/http://www.bonn-region.de/ns/articleview_en.php?folderID=10204&sub_folderID=10215&articleID=623 |archive-date=25 May 2005 |title=Bonn Region – Sightseeing – Fortresses and castles – Godesburg mit Michaelskapelle (Fortress Godesburg with St. Michael Chapel) |date=25 May 2005 |access-date=25 July 2009 }}
• The Röttgen suburb was once home to Schloss Herzogsfreude, now lost, but once a hunting lodge of elector Clemens August.

File:Beethovenhalle, Bonn, interior 2007.jpg]]

• Beethovenhalle
• Bundesviertel (federal quarter) with many government structures including
• Post Tower, the tallest building in the state North Rhine-Westphalia, housing the headquarters of Deutsche Post/DHL
• Maritim Bonn, five-star hotel and convention centre
• Schürmann-Bau, headquarters of Deutsche Welle
• Langer Eugen, since 2006 the centre of the United Nations Campus, formerly housing the offices of the members of the German parliament
• Deutsche Telekom headquarters
• Telekom Deutschland headquarters
• Kameha Grand, five-star hotel

File:Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Bundeskunsthalle-9245.jpg focuses on the cultural heritage outside of Germany or Europe, at the crossroads of culture, the arts, and science.]]

Just as Bonn's other four major museums, the Haus der Geschichte or Museum of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany, is located on the so-called Museumsmeile ("Museum Mile"). The Haus der Geschichte is one of the foremost German museums of contemporary German history, with branches in Berlin and Leipzig. In its permanent exhibition, the Haus der Geschichte presents German history from 1945 until the present, also shedding light on Bonn's own role as former capital of West Germany. Numerous temporary exhibitions emphasize different features, such as Nazism or important personalities in German history.{{cite web |url=http://www.hdg.de/index.php?id=1&L=1 |title=Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Home |date=13 June 2008 |publisher=Hdg.de |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-date=5 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205155907/http://www.hdg.de/index.php?id=1&L=1 |url-status=live }}

The Kunstmuseum Bonn or Bonn Museum of Modern Art is an art museum founded in 1947. The Kunstmuseum exhibits both temporary exhibitions and its permanent collection. The latter is focused on Rhenish Expressionism and post-war German art.{{cite web |url=http://kunstmuseum.bonn.de/start_e.htm |title=Kunstmuseum Bonn – Overview |publisher=Kunstmuseum.bonn.de |date=n.d. |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-date=7 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307021414/http://kunstmuseum.bonn.de/start_e.htm |url-status=live }} German artists on display include Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Hanne Darboven, Anselm Kiefer, Blinky Palermo and Wolf Vostell. The museum owns one of the largest collections of artwork by Expressionist painter August Macke. His work is also on display in the August-Macke-Haus, located in Macke's former home where he lived from 1911 to 1914.

File:2014-06-12 Museum Koenig, Bonn IMG 5509.jpg is Bonn's natural history museum.]]

The Bundeskunsthalle (full name: Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland or Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany), focuses on the crossroads of culture, arts, and science. To date, it attracted more than 17 million visitors.{{Cite web |url=http://www.museumsmeilebonn.de/portfolio/bundeskunsthalle/ |title=MUSEUMSMEILE BONN |website=museumsmeilebonn.de |language=de-DE |access-date=3 February 2017 |archive-date=4 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004547/http://www.museumsmeilebonn.de/portfolio/bundeskunsthalle/ |url-status=live }} One of its main objectives is to show the cultural heritage outside of Germany or Europe.{{cite web |url=http://www.kah-bonn.de/index_e.htm |title=Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany – Bonn – English Version |publisher=Kah-bonn.de |access-date=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509062736/http://www.kah-bonn.de/index_e.htm |archive-date=9 May 2009 }} Next to its changing exhibitions, the Bundeskunsthalle regularly hosts concerts, discussion panels, congresses, and lectures.

The Museum Koenig is Bonn's natural history museum. Affiliated with the University of Bonn, it is also a zoological research institution housing the Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere. Politically interesting, it is on the premises of the Museum Koenig where the Parlamentarischer Rat first met.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wegderdemokratie.de/en/museum-koenig |title=Museum Koenig |date= |access-date=10 October 2023 |website=wegderdemokratie.de |publisher=Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland }}

The Deutsches Museum Bonn, affiliated with one of the world's foremost science museums, the Deutsches Museum in Munich, is an interactive science museum focusing on post-war German scientists, engineers, and inventions.{{Cite web |url=http://www.museumsmeilebonn.de/portfolio/deutsches-museum-bonn/ |title=MUSEUMSMEILE BONN |website=museumsmeilebonn.de |language=de-DE |access-date=3 February 2017 |archive-date=4 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004549/http://www.museumsmeilebonn.de/portfolio/deutsches-museum-bonn/ |url-status=live }}

Other museums include the Beethoven House, birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven,{{cite web |author=Fraunhofer-Institut für Medienkommunikation IMK |url=http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms/detail.php//portal_en |title=Beethoven digitally |publisher=Beethoven-haus-bonn.de |date=26 March 2002 |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-date=12 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412091048/http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/sixcms/detail.php//portal_en |url-status=dead }} the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (Rhinish Regional Museum Bonn), the Bonn Women's Museum, the Rheinisches Malermuseum and the Arithmeum.

File:Siebengebirge schloss drachenburg ds wv 09 2008.jpg in the Siebengebirge south of Bonn]]

There are several parks, leisure and protected areas in and around Bonn. The {{ill|Rheinaue|de}} is Bonn's most important leisure park, with its role being comparable to what Central Park is for New York City. It lies on the banks of the Rhine and is the city's biggest park intra muros. The Rhine promenade and the Alter Zoll (Old Toll Station) are in direct neighbourhood of the city centre and are popular amongst both residents and visitors. The Arboretum Park Härle is an arboretum with specimens dating to back to 1870. The Botanischer Garten (Botanical Garden) is affiliated with the university. The natural reserve of Kottenforst is a large area of protected woods on the hills west of the city centre. It is about {{convert|40|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}} in area and part of the Rhineland Nature Park ({{cvt|1045|km2|sqmi|disp=or}}).

In the very south of the city, on the border with Wachtberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, there is an extinct volcano, the Rodderberg, featuring a popular area for hikes. Also south of the city, there is the Siebengebirge which is part of the lower half of the Middle Rhine region. The nearby upper half of the Middle Rhine from Bingen to Koblenz is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with more than 40 castles and fortresses from the Middle Ages and important German vineyards.

File:Koeln-Bonn-Airport11.JPG (IATA: CGN) is Germany's seventh-largest.]]

Named after Konrad Adenauer, the first post-war Chancellor of West Germany, Cologne Bonn Airport is situated {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=off}} north-east from the city centre of Bonn. With around 10.3 million passengers passing through it in 2015, it is the seventh-largest passenger airport in Germany and the third-largest in terms of cargo operations. By traffic units, which combines cargo and passengers, the airport is in fifth position in Germany.{{cite web |url=http://www.adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2015/11.2015_ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |title=ADV Monthly Traffic Report |access-date=6 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204205/http://www.adv.aero/fileadmin/pdf/statistiken/2015/11.2015_ADV-Monatsstatistik.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }} As of March 2015, Cologne Bonn Airport had services to 115 passenger destinations in 35 countries.{{cite web |url=http://www.airliners.de/sommerflugplan-2015-sieben-ziele-flughafen-koeln-bonn/35295 |title=Sommerflugplan 2015: Sieben neue Ziele ab Flughafen Köln/Bonn |work=airliners.de |access-date=4 June 2015 |archive-date=31 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531065013/http://www.airliners.de/sommerflugplan-2015-sieben-ziele-flughafen-koeln-bonn/35295 |url-status=live }} The airport is one of Germany's few 24-hour airports, and is a hub for Eurowings and cargo operators FedEx Express and UPS Airlines.

The federal motorway (Autobahn) A59 connects the airport with the city. Long distance and regional trains to and from the airport stop at Cologne/Bonn Airport station. Another major airport within a one-hour drive by car is Düsseldorf International Airport.

File:2008-07-28 U-Bahnhof Hauptbahnhof (Bonn).jpg station at Bonn Hauptbahnhof, Bonn's busiest railway station]]

Bonn's central railway station, Bonn Hauptbahnhof is the city's main public transportation hub. It lies just outside the old town and near the central university buildings. It is served by regional (S-Bahn and Regionalbahn) and long-distance (IC and ICE) trains. Daily, more than 67,000 people travel via Bonn Hauptbahnhof. In late 2016, around 80 long distance and more than 165 regional trains departed to or from Bonn every day.{{cite news |url=http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/bonn/stadt-bonn/Sanierung-geht-in-die-heiße-Phase-article3397749.html |title=Sanierung geht in die heiße Phase |work=General-Anzeiger |date=4 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105205334/http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/bonn/stadt-bonn/Sanierung-geht-in-die-hei%C3%9Fe-Phase-article3397749.html |archive-date=5 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://ga.de/bonn/stadt-bonn/der-hauptbahnhof-bonn-wird-saniert_aid-43091427 |work=General-Anzeiger |date=12 May 2017 |title=Der Hauptbahnhof Bonn wird saniert |trans-title=Bonn Central Station is being renovated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201160203/https://ga.de/bonn/stadt-bonn/der-hauptbahnhof-bonn-wird-saniert_aid-43091427 |archive-date=1 December 2020 |language=de |author=Bettina Köhl }}{{cite web |url=http://www.deutschebahn.com/presse/duesseldorf/de/aktuell/presseinformationen/12647934/161107_schoene_aussichten.html |title=Schöne Aussichten im Hauptbahnhof Bonn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106105046/http://www.deutschebahn.com/presse/duesseldorf/de/aktuell/presseinformationen/12647934/161107_schoene_aussichten.html |archive-date=6 November 2016 |website=Deutsche Bahn |date=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead }} Another long-distance station, (Siegburg/Bonn), is located in the nearby town of Siegburg and serves as Bonn's station on the high-speed rail line between Cologne and Frankfurt, offering faster connections to Southern Germany. It can be reached by Stadtbahn line 66 (approx. 25 minutes from central Bonn).

Bonn has a Stadtbahn light rail and a tram system. The Bonn Stadtbahn has 4 regular lines that connect the main north–south axis (centre to Bad Godesberg) and quarters east of the Rhine (Beuel and Oberkassel), as well as many nearby towns like Brühl, Wesseling, Sankt Augustin, Siegburg, Königswinter, and Bad Honnef. All lines serve the Central Station and two lines continue to Cologne, where they connect to the Cologne Stadtbahn. The Bonn tram system consists of two lines that connect closer quarters in the south, north and east of Bonn to the Central Station. While the Stadtbahn mostly has its own right-of-way, the tram often operates on general road lanes. A few sections of track are used by both systems. These urban rail lines are supplemented by a bus system of roughly 30 regular lines, especially since some parts of the city like Hardtberg and most of Bad Godesberg completely lack a Stadtbahn/Tram connection. Several lines offer night services, especially during the weekends. Bonn is part of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association) which is the public transport association covering the area of the Cologne/Bonn Region.

File:Region Bonn motorways.png

Four Autobahns run through or are adjacent to Bonn: the A59 (right bank of the Rhine, connecting Bonn with Düsseldorf and Duisburg), the A555 (left bank of the Rhine, connecting Bonn with Cologne), the A562 (connecting the right with the left bank of the Rhine south of Bonn), and the A565 (connecting the A59 and the A555 with the A61 to the southwest). Three Bundesstraßen, which have a general {{convert|100|km/h|abbr=off}} speed limit in contrast to the Autobahn, connect Bonn to its immediate surroundings (Bundesstraßen B9, B42 and B56).

With Bonn being divided into two parts by the Rhine, three bridges are crucial for inner-city road traffic: the Konrad-Adenauer-Brücke (A562) in the South, the Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke (A565) in the North, and the Kennedybrücke (B56) in the centre. In addition, regular ferries operate between Bonn-Mehlem and Königswinter, Bonn-Bad Godesberg and Königswinter-Niederdollendorf, and Bonn-Graurheindorf and Niederkassel-Mondorf.

Located in the northern sub-district of Graurheindorf, the inland harbour of Bonn is used for container traffic as well as oversea transport. The annual turnover amounts to around {{cvt|500000|t}}. Regular passenger transport occurs to Cologne and Düsseldorf.

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File:Bonn - Posttower.jpg have their headquarters in Bonn.]]

The head offices of Deutsche Telekom, its subsidiary Telekom Deutschland,{{cite web |url=http://www.telekom.com/dtag/cms/content/dt/en/255634;jsessionid=4D01506824470D931FFD9BB00F37BDCA |title=Deutsche Telekom facts and figures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716204932/http://www.telekom.com/dtag/cms/content/dt/en/255634%3Bjsessionid%3D4D01506824470D931FFD9BB00F37BDCA |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead |website=Telekom Deutschland |access-date=8 November 2009 }} Deutsche Post, German Academic Exchange Service, and SolarWorld are in Bonn.

The third largest employer in the city of Bonn is the University of Bonn (including the university clinics){{Cite web |url=http://www3.uni-bonn.de/einrichtungen/universitaetsverwaltung/organisationsplan/dezernat-3/ausbildung/die-universitaet-bonn-stellt-sich-vor |title=Presentation of the University of Bonn |access-date=2 July 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613042053/http://www3.uni-bonn.de/einrichtungen/universitaetsverwaltung/organisationsplan/dezernat-3/ausbildung/die-universitaet-bonn-stellt-sich-vor |url-status=dead }} and Stadtwerke Bonn also follows as a major employer.[http://www.ihk-bonn.de/index.php?id=1527&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2790&cHash=deb264873383511f1542df72a6f947e7 More jobs in the region: Largest companies in terms of employees in 2012 in the IHK district of Bonn / Rhein-Sieg.] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033456/http://www.ihk-bonn.de/index.php?id=1527&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2790&cHash=deb264873383511f1542df72a6f947e7 |date=4 March 2016 }} Communication from the IHK Bonn ({{As of|2012|June|lc=y}})

On the other hand, there are several traditional, nationally known private companies in Bonn such as luxury food producers Verpoorten and Kessko, the Klais organ manufacture and the Bonn flag factory.

The largest confectionery manufacturer in Europe, Haribo, has its founding headquarters (founded in 1920) and a production site in Bonn. Since April 2018, the head office of the company is located in the Rhineland-Palatinate municipality of Grafschaft.{{cite web |url=https://ga.de/ga-english/news/haribo-is-leaving-kessenich-almost_aid-43765009 |title=Haribo is leaving Kessenich – almost |newspaper=General-Anzeiger |date=15 May 2018 |access-date=28 March 2024 |archive-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329042041/https://ga.de/ga-english/news/haribo-is-leaving-kessenich-almost_aid-43765009 |url-status=live }}

Other companies of supraregional importance are Weck Glaswerke (production site), Fairtrade, Eaton Industries (formerly Klöckner & Moeller), IVG Immobilien, Kautex Textron, SolarWorld, Vapiano and the SER Group.{{Citation |url=https://www.ser.de/unternehmen/geschaeftsstellen/bonn.html |title=SER Locations |access-date=2 July 2021 |archive-date=8 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608020255/https://www.ser.de/unternehmen/geschaeftsstellen/bonn.html |url-status=live }}

File:Geschäftsstelle der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Bonn-Bad Godesberg.jpg, an important research funding organisation]]

File:Bonn 1266, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.jpg Electoral Palace]]

The Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn (University of Bonn) is one of the largest universities in Germany. It is also the location of the German research institute Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) offices and of the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD).

• Aloisiuskolleg, a Jesuit private school in Bad Godesberg with boarding facilities
• Amos-Comenius-Gymnasium, a Protestant private school in Bad Godesberg
• 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.
• Libysch Schule, private Arabic high school
• Independent Bonn International School, (IBIS) private primary school (serving from kindergarten, reception, and years 1 to 6)
• École de Gaulle - Adenauer, private French-speaking school serving grades pre-school ("maternelle") to grade 4 (CM1)
• Kardinal-Frings-Gymnasium (KFG), private catholic school of the Archdiocese of Cologne in Beuel
• Liebfrauenschule (LFS), private catholic school of the Archdiocese of Cologne
• {{ill|Sankt-Adelheid-Gymnasium|de}}, private catholic school of the Archdiocese of Cologne in Beuel
• {{ill|Clara-Fey-Gymnasium|de}}, private Catholic school of the Archdiocese of Cologne in Bad Godesberg
• {{ill|Ernst-Kalkuhl-Gymnasium|de}}, private boarding and day school in Oberkassel
• {{ill|Otto-Kühne-Schule|de}} ("PÄDA"), private day school in Bad Godesberg
• {{ill|Collegium Josephinum Bonn|de}} ("CoJoBo"), private catholic day school
• Akademie für Internationale Bildung, private higher educational facility offering programs for international students

; Former schools

• King Fahd Academy, private Islamic school in Bad Godesberg

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{{As of|2011}}, Bonn had a population of 327,913. About 70% of the population was entirely of German origin, while about 100,000 people, equating to roughly 30%, were at least partly of non-German origin. The city is one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Germany and the 18th most populous city in the country. Bonn's population is predicted to surpass the populations of Wuppertal and Bochum before the year 2030.{{cite web |url=http://www.ihk-bonn.de/index.php?id=484&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3203&cHash=b391fefbdac6e3220eafe80076f021aa |title=IHK Bonn/Rhein-Sieg: Bonn wächst weiter |date=29 November 2012 |access-date=20 March 2013 |archive-date=9 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009182832/http://www.ihk-bonn.de/index.php?id=484&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3203&cHash=b391fefbdac6e3220eafe80076f021aa |url-status=dead }}

The following list shows the largest groups of origin of minorities with "migration background" in Bonn {{As of|2021|12|31|lc=y}}.{{cite web |title=Eckzahlen der aktuellen Bevölkerungsstatistik (Stichtag 31.12.2021) |url=https://www2.bonn.de/statistik/dl/ews/Bevoelkerungsstatistik2021.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.bonn.de/statistik/dl/ews/Bevoelkerungsstatistik2021.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live |website=www2.bonn.de |publisher=Statistikstelle der Bundesstadt Bonn |access-date=23 May 2021 }}

File:Bonn DTAG2.jpg head office]]

Bonn is home of the Telekom Baskets Bonn, the only basketball club in Germany that owns its arena, the Telekom Dome.[http://www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de/telekom-dome/uebersicht.html "Telekom Baskets Bonn – Telekom Dome – Übersicht"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040651/http://www.telekom-baskets-bonn.de/telekom-dome/uebersicht.html |date=12 October 2013 }}, Telekom-Baskets-Bonn.de. Retrieved 8 March 2014. {{in lang|de }} The club is the reigning champion of the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League.

The city also has a semi-professional football team Bonner SC which was formed in 1965 through the merger of Bonner FV and Tura Bonn.

The Bonn Gamecocks American football team play at the 12,000-capacity Stadion Pennenfeld.

The successful German Baseball team Bonn Capitals are also found in the city of Bonn.

The headquarters of the International Paralympic Committee has been located in Bonn since 1999.

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Since 1983, the City of Bonn has established friendship relations with the City of Tel Aviv, Israel, and since 1988 Bonn, in former times the residence of the Princes Electors of Cologne, and Potsdam, Germany, the formerly most important residential city of the Prussian rulers, have established a city-to-city partnership.

Central 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, England, UK (since 1947), of Budafok, District XXII of Budapest, Hungary (since 1991) and of Opole, Poland (officially since 1997; contacts were established 1954).

The district of Bad Godesberg has established partnerships with Saint-Cloud in France, Frascati in Italy, Windsor and Maidenhead in England, UK and Kortrijk in Belgium; a friendship agreement has been signed with the town of Yalova, Turkey.

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

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 in Belarus, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, Bukhara in Uzbekistan, Chengdu in China and La Paz in Bolivia.

Bonn is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Partners across the world |url=https://www.bonn.de/microsite/en/international-profile/international-cooperations/partners-across-the-world.php |website=bonn.de |publisher=Bonn |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-date=25 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125222723/https://www.bonn.de/microsite/en/international-profile/international-cooperations/partners-across-the-world.php |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=City twinnings |url=https://www.bonn.de/microsite/en/international-profile/international-cooperations/city-twinnings.php |website=bonn.de |publisher=Bonn |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014153250/https://www.bonn.de/microsite/en/international-profile/international-cooperations/city-twinnings.php |url-status=live }}

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• {{flagdeco|UZB}} Bukhara, Uzbekistan (1999)
• {{flagdeco|GHA}} Cape Coast, Ghana (2012)
• {{flagdeco|PRC}} Chengdu, China (2009)
• {{flagdeco|UKR}} Kherson, Ukraine (2023)
• {{flagdeco|BLR}} Minsk, Belarus (1993)
• {{flagdeco|BOL}} La Paz, Bolivia (1996)
• {{flagdeco|GER}} Potsdam, Germany (1988)

• {{flagdeco|ISR}} Tel Aviv, Israel (1983)
• {{flagdeco|MGL}} Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (1993)

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Bonn city district is twinned with:{{cite web |title=Städtepartnerschaften Bonn |url=https://www.bonn.de/bonn-erleben/besichtigen-entdecken/staedtepartnerschaften-bonn.php |website=bonn.de |publisher=Bonn |language=de |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816200001/https://www.bonn.de/bonn-erleben/besichtigen-entdecken/staedtepartnerschaften-bonn.php |url-status=live }}

• {{flagdeco|GRB}} Oxford, United Kingdom (1947)
• {{flagdeco|HUN}} Budafok-Tétény (Budapest), Hungary (1991)

For twin towns of other city districts, see Bad Godesberg, Beuel and Hardtberg.

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• Johann Peter Salomon (1745–1815), musician
• Franz Anton Ries (1755–1846), violinist and violin teacher
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer
• Salomon Oppenheim, Jr. (1772–1828), banker
• Peter Joseph Lenné (1789–1866), gardener and landscape architect
• Friedrich von Gerolt (1797–1879), diplomat
• Karl Joseph Simrock (1802–1876), writer and specialist in German
• Wilhelm Neuland (1806–1889), composer and conductor
• Johanna Kinkel (1810–1858), composer and writer
• Moses Hess (1812–1875), philosopher and writer
• Johann Gottfried Kinkel (1815–1882), theologian, writer, and politician
• Alexander Kaufmann (1817–1893), author and archivist
• Leopold Kaufmann (1821–1898), mayor
• Julius von Haast (1822–1887), New Zealand explorer and professor of geology
• Dietrich Brandis (1824–1907), botanist
• Balduin Möllhausen (1825–1905), traveler and writer
• Maurus Wolter (1825–1890), Benedictine, founder and first abbot of the Abbey of Beuron and Beuronese Congregation
• August Reifferscheid (1835–1887), philologist
• Antonius Maria Bodewig (1839–1915), Jesuit missionary and founder
• Nathan Zuntz (1847–1920), physician
• Alexander Koenig (1858–1940), zoologist, founder of Museum Koenig in Bonn
• Alfred Philippson (1864–1953), geographer
• Johanna Elberskirchen (1864–1943), writer and activist
• Max Alsberg (1877–1933), lawyer
• Kurt Wolff (1887–1963), publisher
• Hans Riegel Sr. (1893–1945), entrepreneur, founder of Haribo
• Eduard Krebsbach (1894–1947), SS doctor in Nazi Mauthausen concentration camp, executed for war crimes
• Paul Kemp (1896–1953), actor

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• Hermann Josef Abs (1901–1994), board member of the Deutsche Bank
• Paul Ludwig Landsberg (1901–1944), in Sachsenhausen concentration camp, philosopher
• Heinrich Lützeler (1902–1988), philosopher, art historian, and literary scholar
• Frederick Stephani (1903–1962), film director and screenwriter
• Helmut Horten (1909–1987), entrepreneur
• Theodor Schieffer (1910–1992), historian and medievalist
• Irene Sänger-Bredt (1911–1983), mathematician and physicist
• E. F. Schumacher (1911–1977), economist
• Karl-Theodor Molinari (1915–1993), General and founding chairman of the German Armed Forces Association
• Karlrobert Kreiten (1916–1943), pianist
• Hans Walter Zech-Nenntwich (born 1916), Second Polish Republic, SS Cavalry member and war criminal
• Walther Killy (1917–1985), German literary scholar, Der Killy
• Hannjo Hasse (1921–1983), actor
• Walter Gotell (1924–1997), actor
• Walter Eschweiler (born 1935), football referee
• Alexandra Cordes (1935–1986), writer
• Joachim Bißmeier (born 1936), actor
• Roswitha Esser (born 1941), canoeist, gold medal winner at the Olympic Games in 1964 and 1968, Sportswoman of the Year 1964
• Heide Simonis (1943–2023), politician (SPD), former Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, since 2005 honorary chairman of UNICEF Germany
• Paul Alger (born 1943), football player
• Johannes Mötsch (born 1949), archivist and historian
• Klaus Ludwig (born 1949), race car driver
• Albert Kunetz (born 1951), classical pianist

• Günter Ollenschläger (born 1951), medical and science journalist
• Hans "Hannes" Bongartz (born 1951), football player and coach
• Christa Goetsch (born 1952), politician (Alliance '90 / The Greens)
• Michael Meert (born 1953), film author and director
• Thomas de Maizière (born 1954), politician (CDU), former Minister of Defense and of the Interior
• Gerd Faltings (born 1954), mathematician, Fields Medal winner
• Olaf Manthey (born 1955), former touring car racing driver
• Michael Kühnen (1955–1991), Neo-Nazi
• Roger Willemsen (1955–2016), publicist, author, essayist, and presenter
• Norman Rentrop (born 1957), publisher, author, and investor
• Markus Maria Profitlich (born 1960), comedian and actor
• Guido Westerwelle (1961–2016), politician (FDP), Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany from 2009 to 2011
• Mathias Dopfner (born 1963), chief executive officer of Axel Springer AG
• Nikolaus Blome (born 1963), journalist
• Maxim Kontsevich (born 1964), mathematician, Fields Medal winner
• Johannes B. Kerner (born 1964), TV presenter, Abitur at the Aloisiuskolleg, and studied in Bonn
• Anthony Baffoe (born 1965), football player, sports presenter, and actor
• Sonja Zietlow (born 1968), TV presenter
• Burkhard Garweg (born 1968), member of the Red Army Faction
• Sabriye Tenberken (born 1970), Tibetologist, founder of Braille Without Borders
• Thorsten Libotte (born 1972), writer
• Tamara Gräfin von Nayhauß (born 1972), television presenter
• Silke Bodenbender (born 1974), actress
• Juli Zeh (born 1974), writer
• Oliver Mintzlaff (born 1975), track and field athlete and sports manager, CEO of RB Leipzig
• Markus Dieckmann (born 1976), beach volleyball player
• Bernadette Heerwagen (born 1977), actress
• Melanie Amann (born 1978), journalist
• Bushido (born 1978), musician and rapper
• Sonja Fuss (born 1978), football player
• DJ Manian (born 1978), DJ of Cascada and owner of Zooland Records
• Andreas Tölzer (born 1980), judoka
• Jens Hartwig (born 1980), actor
• Natalie Horler (born 1981), front woman of the Dance Project Cascada
• Marcel Ndjeng (born 1982), football player
• Marc Zwiebler (born 1984), badminton player
• Benjamin Barg (born 1984), football player
• Alexandros Margaritis (born 1984), race car driver
• Ken Miyao (born 1986), pop singer
• Felix Reda (born 1986), politician
• Peter Scholze (born 1987), mathematician, Fields Medal winner
• Célia Šašić (born 1988), football player
• Luke Mockridge (born 1989), comedian and author
• Pius Heinz (born 1989), poker player, 2011 WSOP Main Event champion
• Jonas Wohlfarth-Bottermann (born 1990), basketball player
• Levina (born 1991), singer
• Bienvenue Basala-Mazana (born 1992), football player
• Kim Petras (born 1992), pop singer and songwriter
• Annika Beck (born 1994), tennis player
• James Hyndman (born 1962), stage actor
• Konstanze Klosterhalfen (born 1997), track and field athlete

• Anny Ogrezeanu (born 2001), singer and The Voice of Germany winner 2022

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• [https://www.bonn-region.de/en/ Tourist information]
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• [http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de/en/home.html Germany's Museum of Art in Bonn]

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