The federal city of Bonn is a city on the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. About 24 km south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn lies in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany’s largest metropolitan area.
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| Bonn, Germany between the 1920s and 1940s |
The city is famous as a university town, the birthplace of Beethoven, and the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1990. It is home to the University of Bonn and a total of 20 United Nations institutions, the highest number in all of Germany.
These photos found by S-UE 63 H show what Bonn looked like between the 1920s and 1940s.
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| The partially frozen Rhine water and the old Bonn Rhine Bridge, 1927 |
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| The partially frozen Rhine water and the old Bonn Rhine Bridge, 1927 |
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| The partially frozen Rhine water and the old Bonn Rhine Bridge, 1927 |
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| The partially frozen Rhine water and the old Bonn Rhine Bridge, 1927 |
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| Bonn, Königswinter, and Siebengebirge taken from a boat, July 8, 1928 |
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| Bonn. Petersberg, Siebengebirge, July 7, 1928 |
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| Bonn Market Square, circa 1930 |
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| Bonn. Beethoven’s birthplace in Bonn’s old town, around 1930 |
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| Bonn. Rhine Flood, November 24, 1930 |
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| Bonn. Rhine Flood, November 24, 1930 |
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| Bonn. Rhine Flood, November 24, 1930 |
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| Bonn. Electoral Palace, May 17, 1931 |
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| Bonn. Members of the BFV Bonn football club pose on the Rhine promenade, June 7, 1931 |
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| Bonn. On the back, “Football Club BFV Bonn 1931,” June 7, 1931 |
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| Bonn. Poppelsdorf, Melbweiher, May 17, 1931 |
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| Somewhere between Bonn and Cologne, May 24, 1931 |
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| Somewhere between Bonn and Cologne, May 24, 1931 |
