Bonn

Bonn is ae city in Germany. Locatit in the Cologne/Bonn Region, aboot 25 kilometres sooth o Cologne on the river Rhine in the State o North Rhine-Westphalie, it wis the caipital o Wast Germany frae 1949 til 1990 an the offeecial seat o govrenment o unitit Germany frae 1990 til 1999. Stairtin in 1998, mony naitional govrenment institutions flittit frae Bonn til Berlin. Baith hooses o the German naitional parliament, the Bundestag an the Bundesrat, wis flittit alang wi the Chancellery an the residence o the Preses o Germany.

Bonn remains a centre o politics an admeenistration, housomeibver. Aboot hauf o aw govrenment jobs wur retained as mony govrenment depairtments remained in Bonn an numerous sub-ministerial level govrenment agencies relocatit tae the umwhile caipital frae Berlin an ither pairts o Germany. In recognition o this, the umwhile caipital nou hauds the title o Federal City ("Bundesstadt").

Internaitional relations
Twin touns - Sister ceeties
Bonn is twinned wi:
  Belfast in Northren Ireland, Unitit Kinrick
  Oxford in Ingland, Unitit Kinrick
  Opole in Poland 
  Tel Aviv in Israel
   Potsdam  in Germany  Minsk in Belaroushie (syne 1993) 
  Budafok in Hungary
  La Paz in Bolivie
  Aveiro in Portugal
  Yogyakarta, IndonesieBoth City Are Once A Capital City Of There Countries And Have A Rich History Of Art Etc.

References


Category:10s BC establishments
Category:Ceeties in North Rhine-Westphalie
Category:Umwhile naitional caipitals
Category:Populatit places on the Rhine
Category:Roman legions' camps in Germany
Category:Roman touns an ceeties in Germany