For 41 years from 1949 to 1990, Bonn was Germany's new capital, replacing Berlin, which was divided by the Iron Curtain and tainted by Third Reich associations.

Under the disapproving gaze of two stuffed giraffes, West Germany’s leaders met in 1948 at Bonn’s zoological museum to draft their new constitution. Far from welcoming their decision to make ...

And yet, for 41 years, Bonn was a global capital.From 1949 onwards, it was the kingpin of the Federal Republic of Germany, standing with London, Paris and Washington in the Cold War struggle – a ...