Cities / Bonn
Germany
Bonn: Beethoven, the Rhine and a capital that was meant to be temporary.
Bonn was a Roman camp, a prince bishop’s residence, Beethoven’s birthplace and, for fifty years, the capital of West Germany. A historian walks the baroque town, the university on the Rhine, and the parliamentary quarter where the Federal Republic was written.
The timeline the walk follows
A legionary camp on the Rhine frontier.
The court musician’s son in the Bonngasse.
The Prussian university in the electoral palace.
The Basic Law is signed; Bonn becomes the federal capital.
The Bundestag votes, by 18 votes, to leave.
Themes
Choose one, or name your own.
Two hours covers one theme well. Three hours links two.
- Roman and electoral Bonn
- Beethoven’s Bonn
- The Rhine, the Romantics and the university
- The provisional capital, 1949 to 1999
- Bad Godesberg and the diplomatic quarter
Private walk
Your group only, your questions, your pace.
Group walk
Schools, companies, cruise and coach groups. Larger groups split.
Your theme
A period, a person, a family story. We find the historian who knows it.
Led by
A historian from Bonn, from LocalBini’s vetted network
Meeting point
Central, confirmed in your booking email
Not included
Entry tickets to monuments and museums
Questions
About Bonn.
Is the parliamentary quarter walkable from the old town?
It is a short tram ride. A three hour walk covers both; two hours does one.
Beethoven House included?
It has its own ticket. The walk stops at the house and can end there.
Cancellation?
Free cancellation up to 7 days before the walk. Within 7 days the walk is non refundable, since the historian has reserved the time. We reschedule for severe weather at no cost.
Walk Bonn with a historian.
Date, time, length and theme. We reply within a day and confirm your historian within two to three.