24T83 Bonn again, new observations

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Bonn is a city of Beethoven; Ludwig the composer was born and raised in Bonn, before moving to and making it big in Vienna. A number of places in Bonn honour the memory of Beethoven. It’s also easy to forget Bonn was once the capital city of West Germany for over 40 years. Post-war rivalry and tension had escalated with the division of both Berlin and the nation into “west” and “east” entities. Bonn became the new capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990, until the Fall of the Wall and subsequent reunification. It’s never been a full move to this point in time; a number of federal departments still remain in Bonn.

I’ve visited the city before, but not with real depth on my part. To begin “again”, here’s how I saw sunny Bonn on travel day 83.

Bonner Münster.
“Cassius and Florentius”, by Turkish artist Iskender Yediler in 2002. These two figures are buried in the church behind, and are Bonn’s patron saints.
Universität Bonn (University of Bonn).
Münsterplatz: Beethoven memorial (by E. Hähnel 1845), in front of the Postamt.
hashtag Bonn, at Sternstrasse
Stadtgarten: Neues Beethoven Denkmal, by M. Lüpertz, 2013. In 2022, I saw another copy of this very same sculpture at Vienna’s Beethovenplatz.
“In this house Beethoven was born on 17 December 1770.”
Famous Beethoven portrait by J. Stiehler, 1820.
Inside Bonn’s Haribo store with lots of gummy bears.
Afternoon light, Am Neutor.

All photos were made with an iPhone15 on 29 Jul 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

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