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 :Actually it nearly got the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany in '49. There even had been built a parliaments-building in Bertramstrasse, Frankfurt for it was quite sure Frankfurt would win the election of Germanys new capital. On May 10, 1949 with only 33 to 29 voices of members of the parliament at that time, Bonn won the election over Frankfurt and then became the capital. The building now is the HQ of a local radio and tv-station, called Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)