Bonn-Zentrum (City center)
- Bonn Münster, Münsterplatz, Marktplatz, Bonn University, Hauptbahnhof, Friedrichstrasse, Bonngasse, Sternstresse, Holy Name Church, Sterntor, Friedensplatz
The city center, Zentrum, is compact and features many well preserved historical buildings. At Münsterplatz is the Bonner Münster, a roman-catholic church and landmark of Bonn, the popular Beethoven Statue and the yellow baroque Altes Postamt (Old Post Office). The Minster is in romanesque style, 82m tall and originally from the 1000s. Marktplatz is another beautiful square with old buildings like the baroque Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) and outdoor restaurants. There are several pedestrians streets with old buildings in Bonn, Friederichstrasse, Sternstrasse and Acherstrasse are important shopping streets. Universität Bonn (Bonn University)’s Electoral Palace is a very long yellow and black baroque palace, facing the park Hofgarten. Nietsche, Marx and Adenauer went there.
In the city center, at Bonngasse 27, you can visit Beethoven-Haus, a pink and white baroque residential building where Beethoven was born, that is now a museum about the composer. The Holy Name of Jesus Church (Namen-Jesu-Kirche, also at Bonngasse is a baroque/gothic/romanesque former Jesuit church from the 16th century. Bonn was a Roman settlement in the 1st century BC. Sterntor, near Friedensplatz, is a reconstructed part of the city wall on the remnants of the medieval city wall. The name means "star tower".
Just like many other German cities Bonn doesn’t have a subway, but a S-bahn that is a combination of trams and underground. Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) is a midsized station in the city center. The station opened in 1885 and has a neo-renaissance facade.
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