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Visiting the iconic Bonn Minster
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Germany houses a vast and varied collection of beautiful and sacred churches and one of the oldest here is the Bonn Minster whose construction dates back to between the 11th and 13th centuries and which happens to be one of the most important landmarks of the city of Bonn. At one point the church served as the cathedral for the Archbishopric of Cologne, but now it is a Papal basilica. The front face of the church bears sculptures depicting the heads of Saints Cassius & Florentius, who were Roman legionaries of the legendary all-Christian Theban Legion. Earlier, this Minster happened to be the collegiate church of Saints Cassius and Florentius. According to a legend, Saints Cassius and Florentius, who were under the command of Saint Gereon, were beheaded for their religious beliefs at the present location of the Bonn Minster.
In the 13th century, the Romanic body of the Bonn Minster was expanded in the Gothic style. In contrast with the Romanic and Gothic elements of the building the interior is notable for its baroque design, especially two marble alters and a bronze statue of St. Helena. The four big bells in the bell tower are of special interest: they all stem from the same bell founder Martin Legros and were cast in 1756. They are some of the few baroque bells having survived both World Wars where bells were threatened to be melted down.
August Macke Haus in Bonn
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Bonn lies on the river Rhine some 20 km south of Cologne. The city remains a popular choice for large-scale exhibitions, conferences, street culture with many cafes and beer gardens in the summer. When in Bonn, you can also visit the August-Macke-Haus, a museum dedicated to the expressionist painter August Macke. The museum displays reconstructed interiors and holds exhibitions regularly on topics focusing on Expressionism.
Carl Heinrich Gerhardt, the father of August Macke’s wife Elisabeth, purchased the house in 1884 to store the archives of his firm next door. The house had been built in 1877/78 in late classicist style. After Gerhardt’s death Macke urged his mother-in-law, who had inherited the house, to remodel the attic as a studio for him. At the urging of son-in-law August and following his design, Sophie had the top floor redone as an artist’s studio. In 1911, Macke, his wife, Elisabeth, and their son moved in.
The artist completed more than 400 paintings while living in the house. ). Looking out from the windows of the house, and especially from those of his studio, Macke observed, sketched, and painted life on the streets below and – again and again – the house’s magnificent garden.
The August Macke Haus was opened to the public on September 26, 1991 in a ceremony attended by North-Rhine/Westphalia Minister-President Johannes Rau. In addition to the studio with paintings by August Macke and furniture used by him in Tegernsee, the house contains an archive of Rhenish Expressionism and a reference library.
The house regularly holds exhibitions on topics connected with Rhenish Expressionism and these exhibitions are documented in a catalogue series published by the Verein August Macke Haus. In the few years since its inception, the Museum August Macke Haus has established itself as an internationally recognized center for research on Rhenish Expressionism.
Events and festivals in Bonn
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Though Bonn pulsates with festivals all the year round, the months between November and April need special mention, because of the carnivals. You can get more information about various festivals and events in the monthly listings magazines De Schnuss and Bonner Illustrierte, which are available at any newsagent. Some of the major festivals of Bonn are:
Karneval:
This festival generally falls on 11 November, the begin of the ‘fifth season’, and between Weiberfastnacht and Rosenmontag in February. The best parties are in Bonn Beuel at Bahnhöfchen and Rheinlust .
Rhein in Flammen:
This festival usually falls on the first Saturday in May and the best celebrations are in Rheinauen, where a big fair with music and food stalls is held. You can also book a ship tour on Rhine.
Beethovenfes:
This is a month long music festival in September which features numerous concerts with many international musicians.
Pützchens Markt:
This five day long big fun fair with approximately 500 businesses is held in Bonn’s suburb Pützchen in September from the 9th to the 14th.
Christmas Market:
This festival starts at the end of November at Münsterplatz and Friedensplatz and the streets in between.
Being at the right place amidst the heart of celebrations is not a big deal in Bonn as the city has an excellent bus, night bus, tram and subway system operated by the local Stadtwerke Bonn. However, the tourists are advised to book their hotels in advance as the city gets crowded during festival season.
Facts and statistics about Bonn
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Located next to the River Rhine, Bonn is better known for being the actual birthplace of world-famous composer Beethoven. The city which was once the capital of West Germany is now an important political centre of Germany with a number of important national parliament buildings.
With constant renovations and modernizations, the city is now a major draw for many international companies and organisations. The city also lays much emphasis on tourism industry and many visitors obtain the Bonn Regio Welcome Card upon their arrival, available at the Bonn Tourist Information Centre on Windeckstrasse.
Bonn boasts of many cultural and scientific museums which give the tourists a feel of the city’s history, culture and scientific advancements. The main museums include the House of Nature (Haus der Natur), the Beuel Homeland Museum (Heimatmuseum Beuel) displaying Stone Age artefacts, The German Museum of Bonn (Deutsches Museum Bonn) giving us technological and scientific history, Bonn Art Museum (Kunstmuseum Bonn) with its superb 20th-century paintings, and many others.
Accommodation is not a problem for the tourists coming to Bonn as the city houses several hotels ranging from cheap hostels and hotel chains, to upmarket five-star hotels with elegant guest rooms, pleasant city views and even swimming pools.
Other facts and statistics of Bonn are:
- Country: Germany (West Germany)
- Location: The Rhineland / North Rhine-Westphalia
- Status: city
- Area: approximately 54 square miles / 140 square kilometres
- Population: approximately 320,000
- Currency: Euro (EUR)
- Electricity: 220 Volts AC, 50 Hz – flat two-pin plugs or third round pin are used, adaptors may be necessary in Germany
- Country dialling code: +49
- Telephone area code: 0228
- Religion: mixture of Greek Orthodox, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Protestant churches
- Average daily Bonn January temperature: 3°C / 37°F
- Average daily Bonn July temperature: 22°C / 72°F
Ameron Hotel Königshof, 4 star hotel in Bonn |
Ameron Hotel konigshof 4 star hotel in Bonn
• Overview of the Hotel: The position of the hotel there is at the right straight to the Rhine River. It provides the award winning food an easy access to public transportation. The Ameron Königshof’s Oliveto restaurants provide the fine Italian cuisine over there. From the hotel you can easily reach to Bonn’s major businesses, main shopping area, and Haus der Geschichte museum. The Universität/Markt subway and light rail station is about 5 minutes walk away from there. It provides fast access to the train station and sights including the Poppelsdorfer Schloss palace. The hotel has total 129 rooms and it is the chain of Althoff Hotel Collection.
• Amenities at the Hotel: For amenities in the hotel in general facilities in the hotel they include as restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, newspapers, terrace, non-smoking rooms, rooms/facilities for disabled guests, elevator, express check-in/check-out, safe, heating, Baggage Storage, allergy-free room, air conditioning and restaurant. For services it includes as room service, meeting/banquet facilities, business center, laundry, dry cleaning, breakfast in the room, ironing service, honeymoon suite, currency exchange, shoe shine, packed lunches, tour desk, fax/photocopying, ticket service and special diet meals.
• Hotel Rules: With respect to hotel policies there remains a common rule in the hotel at open areas and premises in the hotel. The check in point in the hotel is 15:00 hours and the checkout point is 12:00 hours. Cancellation and prepayment policies there vary according to the room type. Pets are allowed on request on a certain applicable charges. The hotel accepts cards as American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club and Maestro.
• Hotel Room Types and Rates:
Standard Room: € 129 (Per Night)
Superior Room: € 144 (Per Night)
Deluxe Room: € 159 (Per Night)
Haus Carstanjen, famous castle by the River Rhine
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Haus Carstanjen is famous castle as situated near to the River Rhine in Plittersdorf, a suburb of Bonn, Germany near Bad Godesberg. This particular building was constructed back in 1716. In 1881 Wilhelm Adolf von Carstanjen got the occupation of the building from which this particular classical building is constructed. After 1950, it was occupied by the German Federal Government. It was from 1950 until 1957 it kept the Bundesministerium für Angelegenheiten des Marshallplanes, from 1957 until its dissolution in 1969 the Bundesschatzministerium (Treasury) and, until 1999, the Bundesministerium der Finanzen.
It year 1970s, the Carstanjen family sold out the ground to the Federal government, and sold out part at present is known as to be the Rheinauen Park, and there more structures were constructed out later on. At the time the park was nicknamed as the ‘Schiller Park’, after the former federal finance minister and it housed the Mr. Karl Schiller. As stared in 1996, after German reunification, many a good number of ministries thereon transferred to Berlin, and the offices at Haus Carstanjen were therefore given to the United Nations agencies. The federal government therefore modified the complex building as about on the whopping price of about seven million euros. From the summer of 2006 many of the UN offices were relocated to a new campus in the renovated Langer Eugen tower, and left out the UNFCCC secretariat resident only in Haus Carstanjen. The castle instead and at its original form is made up of an angular, Neo-Gothic three-story building, having two circular turrets, roofed conically in grey slate, mullioned windows, and colonnaded galleries. Further new extension was added to it from about 1967 and formed of two low detached blocks and seven story block and a detached restaurant. The modern office buildings are there is made of the reinforced concrete frame construction and as extensively glazed with steel sun blinds, connected by glazed steel walkways.
Wilhelm Adolf von Carstanjen in 1881 procured the farmland by the Rhine close to Plittersdorf and reconstructed the farm into a residential castle, that he named Haus Carstanjan. There at the south of south of Haus Carstanjen, at towards the river flow there is located the Carstanjen family mausoleum. It took from of a large rotunda as in the style of ancient Greece. The museum has several floors of rich internal and external decoration.
Maritim Hotel Bonn, 4 star hotels in Bonn |
Maritim hotel Bonn 4 star Hotels in Bonn
• Overview of the Hotel: This exclusive five star hotel is located at in between the Bonn’s Museum Mile and the Rhine River. The hotel provides the two restaurants, a café and an ultramodern spa having gym, sauna and an indoor pool. The hotel has the classic rooms and large suites and rooms providing the exclusive Executive Floor. The Rôtisserie restaurant, La Marée bistro, and Brasserie cafe provide the international snacks and meals over there. The hotel has a parking space for about 350 cars. It is about at the drive of about 15 minutes from the Bonn Exhibition center, about 20 minutes from Cologne-Bonn Airport and 25 minutes from the Cologne Exhibition Center. The hotel has total 410 rooms and it is the chain of hotel Maritim.
• Amenities at the Hotel: With reference to amenities and services in the hotel it includes as restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, terrace, non-smoking rooms, rooms/facilities for disabled guests, elevator, safe, heating, baggage storage, allergy-free room, air conditioning. For services in the hotel it is comprised of sets like as sauna, solarium, spa & health club, massage, playground, bbq facilities, cycling, turkish/steam bath, indoor swimming pool, room service, business center, dry cleaning, currency exchange, shoe shine, car rental, fax/photocopying and ATM on site.
• Hotel Rules: For the hotel rules there prevail a common policy at uniform areas of the hotel whereas at the various rooms in the hotel, the hotel rules differ according to the type of room where a person stays in. The check in time into the hotel is 15:00-18:00 hours and the checkout time is until 07:00 -12:00 hours. The cancellation and prepayment policy there vary according to the room type. Pets are allowed into the hotel certain applicable charges. Hotel accepts cards like American Express, Visa, Euro and Diners Club.
• Hotel Room Types and Rates:
Classic Single Room: € 115 (Per Night)
Classic Twin Room: € 145 (Per Night)
Comfort Single Room: € 125 (Per Night)
Comfort Twin Room: € 155 (Per Night)
Superior Single Room: € 135 (Per Night)
Comfort Double Room: € 155 (Per Night)
Superior Twin Room: € 165 (Per Night)
Superior Double Room: € 165 (Per Night)
Junior Suite: € 225 (Per Night)
Lady Suite: € 260 (Per Night)
Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry services
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The Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry was operated under the jurisdiction of the German train company the Rhenish Railway Company as between 1870 to connect its right and left Rhine railways. It was one of the prominent train ferries that existed in Germany to carry out the railway operations across the Rhine. When the Bonn-Cologne Railway Company was acquired by the Rhenish Railway Company on 1st January 1857, it constructed the left Rhine railway in sections to Bingerbruck. Its last section was open on 15th December 1859 and was connected to the Hessian Ludwig Railway to South Germany. In 1864, it further created the Pfaffendorfer Rhine bridge beneath the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress and the bridge over the Lahn at Oberlahnstein as to relate it to with the Nassau Rhine Railway of the Nassau State Railway at Niederlahnstein, it was accomplished on 3rd June 1864, making it to be second railway next to the Rhine from the Rhineland to southern Germany, that at present is known as to be the Left Rhine line. The Prussian Government there enhanced the Rhenish Railway to surpass the right bank railway from Niederlahnstein to Oberkassel. The company was provided with a concession as to connect the new line with the left Rhine railway with Bonn by the measures and means of the train ferry.
So, immediately the construction of the train ferry started and the right bank railway was extended north to Neuwied in 1869 and on 27 October 1869 to Oberkassel and the train ferry wharf. A locomotive there pulled up a six-car passenger train off ferry in Bonn. The train ferry there was same like as the two well formed train ferries of the Rhenish Railway, located as between Spyck and Welle and between Rheinhausen and Hochfeld that come into the force and use of the masses in 1865 and 1866, respectively. Hence after the Bonn–Oberkassel ferries started crossing the river employing their own engines with the help of two wire cables as against the slant of 45degree with force against the river in the side to Oberkassel. The three routes were accomplished in about 1868, 1870 and 1873. The ramps from the riverbank stations to the water were slowed down to about at the ratio of about 1:38. The three ferry pontoons on each side were about 70 meters long and 9.5 m wide. Each had the capacity to sustain as much as ten freight wagons, seven passenger carriages or one locomotive. However due to the compulsion of World War I and the improved railway technologies initially temporarily and then permanently, the operations Train ferry end.
Best Western Hotel Domicil, 4 star hotel in Bonn |
Western Hotel Domicil 4 Star hotel in Bonn
• Overview of the Hotel: The hotel is located about 550 yards away from the Bonn train station. It provides the generous well connected rooms in an able location. A subway and S-Bahn (light rail) station are located much closer to it. You can let yourself loose off because of the delicious meal at the Italian restaurant, La Grappa. The A555 freeway is about a mile away from here. From hotel you can easily reach upto Cologne convention center and Cologne Bonn Airport either by car or through a public transport. Hotel has about 44 rooms and it is the chain of the Best Western.
• Amenities at the Hotel: As for amenities in the hotel in general facilities it provides as restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, newspapers, non-smoking rooms, elevator, express check-in/check-out, safe, heating, design hotel, all public and private spaces non-smoking, designated smoking area. For having convenience in the hotel one can enjoy the services as room service, meeting/banquet facilities, laundry, dry cleaning, breakfast in the room, ironing service and fax/photocopying.
• Hotel Rules: In hotel rules in includes as a uniform policy at common areas of the hotel that differs as according to the different hotel rooms. The check in time into the hotel is 14:00 hours and the check out time is until 11:00 hours. The cancellation and prepayment policies also vary according to the room type. Pets are allowed in the hotel on certain applicable charges. Hotels accept cards as American Express, Visa, Euro-Mastercard, Diners Club and Maestro.
• Hotel Room Types and Rates:
Single Room: € 79 (Per Night)
Double Room: € 99 (Per Night)
Twin Room: € 99 (Per Night)
Bonn Women’s Museum representing the works of women artists |
The Women’s Museum in Bonn works with the objective of giving thrust and force to the promotion of the art by Women, and search and establish Women Artists in the history as well as in the field of contemporary art. The Women’s Museum at its themes works combining and presenting new projects as reference and preference of the contemporary, experimental art by women. The Bonn Women’s Museum, in Bonn, Germany was established in 1981 by Marianne Pitzen; its present director as well. The museum in its elaborate term is the interdisciplinary group of working women. This is a unique museum of its sort in the entire world. It organizes; the temporary exhibitions and other associated acts and is thus operated by the society of Women’s Museum – Art, Culture and Research.
The activities of this museum primarily relate to the promoting the works of the female artists. Here at the museum alternately, the works of the prominent female artist both German as well as from international arena are presented and are focused with an emphasis on women liberty and expression of ideas. According to some stats as told by museum official itself, a good number of artists have used this museum as a launch pad and hence after from here established them on the International Art Scenario. Female artists and academics even work together on the bigger and rather themes exhibitions. Moreover, at the museum, the women experimental art is presented in context of new experimental art in general. The exhibit at museum includes the work of and by Käthe Kollwitz, Katharina Sieverding, Valie Export, Maria Lassnig, and Yoko Ono.
It even includes a library that has an archive on urgent and specialists issues like women in art, history and politics, feminism, cultural politics, art of the 20th and 21st centuries; art since 1945, concrete and constructive art, architecture and design. The academy of museum even organizes the meetings, seminars, workshops and other advisory services as of value and importance to the female artists. Other research themes there include as various movements of feminist issues and gender politics. The work of the Bonn Women’s Museum has also inspired the museums to be set at other places like Merano, (Switzerland) and Hittisau (Hittisau Women’s Museum, Austria). Its exhibition program focuses upon four cores areas as thematic exhibitions, international culture, individual artists, groups to encourage young artist and the future workshop.