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Bonn (German pronunciation: ⓘ) is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine.It has a population of over 300,000. About 24 km (15 mi) south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany's largest metropolitan area and the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, with over ...
DW English. Deutsche Welle ( pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈvɛlə] ⓘ; "German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW ( pronounced [deːˈveː] ), is a German public, state-owned [ 1] international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. [ 3] The service is available in 32 languages.
The Beethoven House (German: Beethoven-Haus) in Bonn, Germany, is a memorial site, museum, and cultural institution serving various purposes. Founded in 1889 by the Beethoven-Haus association, it studies the life and work of composer Ludwig van Beethoven . The centrepiece of the Beethoven-Haus is Beethoven's birthplace at Bonngasse 20.
Handelsblatt Global Edition — in English, published in Berlin. Hürriyet — in Turkish, published in Mörfelden-Walldorf. Karadeniz — in Turkish. The Munich Eye — in English, published in Munich. Serbske Nowiny — in Serbian (in Bautzen, Sachsen) Stars and Stripes — in English, published in Griesheim.
1777 - Kurkölnische Akademie Bonn (academy) founded.. 1792 - Beethoven leaves Bonn for Vienna where he would stay for the rest of his life. 1793 - N. Simrock music publisher in business. [4] 1794 - French took power; sanctioned by the Treaty of Lunéville. [1] 1800 - Johann Joseph Eichhoff [ de] becomes mayor.
The Bundeshaus ( Federal House) is a building complex in Bonn, Germany, which served as the Provisional Parliament House of West Germany, and thus the seat of the German Bundestag and Bundesrat, from 1949 until 1999. The main building, constructed between 1930 and 1933, served as a Pedagogical Academy until the end of the Second World War.
Of Germany's top 100 corporations, 37 are based in North Rhine-Westphalia. On a per capita base, however, North Rhine-Westphalia remains one of the weaker among the Western German states. [23] North Rhine-Westphalia attracts companies from both Germany and abroad. In 2009, the state had the most foreign direct investments anywhere in Germany. [24]
The German Chancellery ( German: Bundeskanzleramt, pronounced [bʊndəsˈkant͡slɐˌʔamt] ⓘ, more faithfully translated as Federal Chancellery or Office of the Federal Chancellor) is an agency serving the executive office of the chancellor of Germany, the head of the federal government, currently Olaf Scholz. The Chancellery's primary ...