The federal city Bonn is a large city with scarcely 318,000 inhabitants on both banks of the Rhine in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city is more than 2000 years old. Thus Bonn belongs to the oldest cities of Germany. It traces back to Germanic and Roman settlements. From 1597 to 1794 it was residence of the Cologne elector, 1770 Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn. In the course of the 19th Century the University of Bonn developed to one of the most important German universities. From 1949 to 1990 Bonn was capital and until 1999 seat of the government of the Federal Republic of Germany. After the removal of parliament and parts of the Federal Government to Berlin today “still the Federal President and the Federal Chancellor have their second official residence, six Federal Ministries their first official residence, the others a second official residence in Bonn. 16 organizations of the United Nations (UN) and two DAX companies reside in Bonn. Experience Bonn from its most beautiful sides. Historical objects of interest like the Bonn Muenster, the old city hall or the mansion Hammerschmidt, art highlight in the houses of the Bonn museum mile, tendencyful impressionen on the romantic Rhine, the international Bonn, the political Bonn and much more besides. Use the Boar Semen Conference and visit our city.