Bonn | city, former national capital

Germany / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Bonn /
 city, former national capital
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located about 20 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government until 1999, when the capital was shifted to Berlin.

Bonn remains a centre of politics and administration, however roughly half of all government jobs were retained as many government departments remained in Bonn and numerous sub-ministerial level government agencies relocated to the former capital from Berlin and other parts of Germany. In recognition of this, the former Federal Capital now holds the title of Federal City ("Bundesstadt").
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn
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Coordinates:   50°42'13"N   7°6'51"E