Bundeshaus (Bonn)
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The Bundeshaus or Federal Parliament is a building complex in Bonn, Germany, which served as the seat of both the Bundestag and Bundesrat in West Germany from 1949 until 1999.[1] The main building, constructed between 1930 and 1933, served as a pedagogical academy until the end of the Second World War.[1][2] After the resolution of the Hauptstadtfrage (Capital Question) in 1949 in favor of Bonn, the structure was converted into the provisional seat of the Bundestag and Bundesrat.
For over forty years it served as the seat of both constitutional bodies. The Bundeshaus was expanded and renovated numerous times until these institutions were transferred to Berlin after the Hauptstadtbeschluss (Capital Resolution) in 1999, nine years after the German reunification.
The parliamentary chamber then became the "Internationale Kongresszentrum Bundeshaus Bonn", now known as the "World Conference Center Bonn", in which national and international conferences take place. The southern part of the building is to become the headquarters of the Climate Secretariat of the United Nations as part of the "UN-Campus", including the former Abgeordnetenhochhaus and the office block known as "Langer Eugen" (Tall Eugene, nickname of Eugen Gerstenmaier, former President of the Bundestag).
The Haus der Geschichte provides an opportunity to book tours and to visit the former Bundesrat.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Bundeshaus (Parliament Building), 1949–1999". Weg der Demokratie (in German). Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
- ^ Uelzmann, Jan (2014). "Bonn, Divided City: Cityscape as Political Critique in Wolfgang Koeppen's Das Treibhaus and Günther Weisenborn's Auf Sand Gebaut". Seminar – A Journal of German Studies. 50 (4): 436–460. doi:10.3138/sem.50.4.436.
External links
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Media related to Bundeshaus (Bonn) at Wikimedia Commons
- History of the Bundeshaus from the World Conference Center Bonn
- Information about guidances by the Haus der Geschichte
- Techwhiff
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