The Federal city of Bonn is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. About 24 km (15 mi) south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany’s largest metropolitan area.
Bonn, Germany from between the 1920s and 1940s
The city is famous as a university city, the birthplace of Beethoven, as well as the capital city of West Germany from 1949 to 1990. It is home to the University of Bonn and a total of 20 United Nations institutions, the highest number in all of Germany.
These photos were found by S-UE 63 H that show what Bonn looked like from between the 1920s and 1940s.
The partly frozen waters of the Rhine and Bonn’s old Rhine Bridge, 1927
The partly frozen waters of the Rhine and Bonn’s old Rhine Bridge, 1927
The partly frozen waters of the Rhine and Bonn’s old Rhine Bridge, 1927
The partly frozen waters of the Rhine and Bonn’s old Rhine Bridge, 1927
Bonn. Königswinter and Siebengebirge taken from a boat, July 8, 1928
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