Bonn, Germany

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Bonn, Germany

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.bonn.de/

Population:
313,605 (2004)

After WWII, Bonn became a part of the British Sector. Despite its provincial nature, Bonn was capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1990, and the seat of government until 1999. Much of the German bureaucracy remains in Bonn to this day.

Bad Godesberg and Beuel were incorporated into Bonn in 1969, more than doubling the city's size.

SCHOOLS

School Founded

University of Bonn

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company Founded

Deutsche Telekom 1996
Deutsche Post 1995
Deutsche Postbank 1995
T-Mobile 1992
DHL 1969

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Ludwig van Beethoven Composer 17-Dec-1770 26-Mar-1827 Prominent composer

Mathias Döpfner Business 15-Jan-1963 CEO of Axel Springer AG

Walter Gotell Actor 15-Mar-1924 5-May-1997 Gen. Gogol in James Bond films

Johann Hittorf Physicist 27-Mar-1824 28-Nov-1914 Fluorescence in vacuum tubes

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander Astronomer 22-Mar-1799 17-Feb-1875 Durchmusterung

Heinrich Böll Novelist 21-Dec-1917 16-Jul-1985 The Train Was On Time

Rudolf Clausius Physicist 2-Jan-1822 24-Aug-1888 Second Law of Thermodynamics

Ludwig Erhard Head of State 4-Feb-1897 5-May-1977 German Chancellor, 1963-66

Heinrich Geissler Inventor 26-May-1815 24-Jan-1879 Geissler tube

Heinrich Hertz Physicist 22-Feb-1857 1-Jan-1894 Discoverer of electromagnetic radiation

Friedrich August Kekulé Chemist 7-Sep-1829 13-Jul-1896 Theory of chemical structure

Otto Lambsdorff Politician 20-Dec-1926 5-Dec-2009 German Economic Minister, 1977-84

Heinrich Lübke Head of State 14-Oct-1892 6-Apr-1972 President of Germany, 1959-69

Wilhelm Marx Head of State 15-Jan-1863 5-Aug-1946 German Chancellor 1923-25, 1926-28

Wolfgang Paul Physicist 10-Aug-1913 6-Dec-1993 Co-Inventor of the ion trap

Julius Plücker Mathematician 16-Jul-1801 22-May-1868 Analytical geometry

August Wilhelm von Schlegel Scholar 8-Sep-1767 12-May-1845 Über dramatisch Kunst und Literatur

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