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May 15, 2021

40 Vintage Photos of Bonn From Between the 1920s and ’40s

The Federal city of Bonn is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. About 24 km (15 mi) south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany's largest metropolitan area.

Bonn, Germany from between the 1920s and 1940s

The city is famous as a university city, the birthplace of Beethoven, as well as the capital city of West 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 were found by S-UE 63 H that show what Bonn looked like from between the 1920s and 1940s.

The partly frozen waters of the Rhine and Bonn's old Rhine Bridge, 1927

The partly frozen waters of the Rhine and Bonn's old Rhine Bridge, 1927

The partly frozen waters of the Rhine and Bonn's old Rhine Bridge, 1927

The partly frozen waters of the Rhine and Bonn's old Rhine Bridge, 1927

Bonn. Königswinter and Siebengebirge taken from a boat, July 8, 1928

Bonn. Petersberg, Siebengebirge, July 7, 1928

An ancient paddle Steamer pushing upstream past Drachenburg Castle and Drachenfels on the River Rhine near Bonn, circa 1930

Bonn Marktplatz, circa 1930

Bonn. Beethoven's birthplace in the old town of Bonn, circa 1930

Bonn. High water River Rhine, November 24, 1930

Bonn. High water River Rhine, November 24, 1930

Bonn. High water River Rhine, November 24, 1930

Bonn. Kurfürstliches Schloß, May 17, 1931

Bonn. Members of football club "B.F.V. Bonn" posing on the Rhine Promenade, June 7, 1931

Bonn. on the back "Fußballverein B.F.V. Bonn 1931", June 7, 1931

Bonn. Poppelsdorf, Melbweiher, May 17, 1931

Somewhere between Bonn and Cologne, May 24, 1931

Somewhere between Bonn and Cologne, May 24, 1931

Bonn. A fashionable lady posing on Bonn's Rhine Promenade on a sunny summer's day, circa 1935

Bonn. Alte Rheinbrücke, circa 1935

Bonn. Hotel Dreesen, Bad Godesberg, circa 1935

Bonn. Kurfürstliches Schloss, circa 1935

Bonn. Münster, circa 1935

Bonn. Rheinufer, circa 1935

Bonn. Koblenzer Tor in summer, July 20, 1937

Bonn. Museum König, July 22, 1937

View near Bonn, July 1937

The historic inn "Zur Lindenwirtin Ännchen" in the old town of Godesberg, today part of the city of Bonn, circa 1938

Bonn. Alte Rheinbrücke, the old bridge over the Rhine, August 1940

Bonn. Alter Zoll, August 1940

Bonn. Baumschuler Wäldchen, August 1940

Bonn. Koblenzer Tor, August 1940

Bonn. Rheinufer, August 1940

Bonn. Rheinufer, October 1940

Bonn. Stadtgarten alter Zoll, August 1940

Bonn. Stockentor (City Gate near University in Bonn), August 1940

Overlooking Rolandseck and Nonnenwerth near Bonn with view to the Drachenfels, August 1940

Bonn. Bomb damage in down town Bonn, circa 1943

Bonn. Destroyed Boeselagerhof and the old bridge over the Rhine, August 12, 1943

Bonn's New Rhine Bridge under construction, 1949

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