Editing Bonn (section)

== Culture ==
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 ''[[Electoral Palace, Bonn|Kurfürstliches Schloss]]'', built as a residence for the prince-elector and now the main building of the [[University of Bonn]]. 
[[File:Bonner Münster.jpg|thumb|Erected in the 11th and 13th century, the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Bonn Minster|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 (Bonn)|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 [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] [[Radio masts and towers|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.

===Churches===
* [[Bonn Minster]]<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* [[Doppelkirche Schwarzrheindorf]] built in 1151
* [[Alter Friedhof, Bonn|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, Bonn|St. Remigius]], where Beethoven was baptized

===Castles and residences===
* [[Godesburg]] fortress ruins<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* The Röttgen suburb was once home to [[Schloss Herzogsfreude]], now lost, but once a hunting lodge of elector Clemens August.

===Modern buildings===
[[File:Beethovenhalle, Bonn, interior 2007.jpg|thumb|[[Beethovenhalle]]]]
* [[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 Express|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

===Museums===
[[File:Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Bundeskunsthalle-9245.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|The [[Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland|Bundeskunsthalle]] 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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|thumb|upright=1.4|The [[Museum Koenig]] is Bonn's [[natural history]] museum.]] 
The [[Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland|''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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> One of its main objectives is to show the [[cultural heritage]] outside of Germany or Europe.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 [[Zoology|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

Other museums include the [[Beethoven House]], birthplace of [[Ludwig van Beethoven]],<ref>{{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 }}</ref> the [[Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn]] (Rhinish Regional Museum Bonn), the [[Bonn Women's Museum]], the [[Rheinisches Malermuseum]] and the [[Arithmeum]].

===Nature===
[[File:Siebengebirge schloss drachenburg ds wv 09 2008.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.75|[[Schloss Drachenburg|Drachenburg Castle]] 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 ''[[Botanical Garden, Bonn|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 am Rhein|Bingen]] to [[Koblenz]] is a [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe|UNESCO World Heritage Site]] with more than 40 castles and fortresses from the [[Middle Ages]] and important German vineyards.