Study, at Bonn, had proposed Carathéodory as Furtwängler's successor and, after serious thought as to whether he should leave Göttingen, Carathéodory went to Bonn where he became a Provatdozent on 1 April 1908.
Pag-aaral, sa Bonn, nagkaroon iminungkahing Carathéodory bilang Furtwängler ng kapalit at, matapos ang malubhang-iisip na kung siya ay dapat umalis Gottingen, Carathéodory napunta sa Bonn kung saan siya ay naging isang Provatdozent sa 1 Abril 1908.