Bonn
City in Germany and capital of former West Germany
Also known as Bonn, Germany · Bonn, West Germany · Federal City of Bonn
- Country
- Germany(since 1945)
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- , Nazi Germany(1933–1945)
- , Weimar Republic(1919–1933)
- +4 more
- Germany(since 1945)
- Located in
- Cologne Government Region
- , Electorate of Cologne(until 1794)
- Population
- 323,587(December 31, 2025)
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- , 323,336(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 335,789(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +29 more
- 323,587(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 141.06 km²(2016)
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Sources- 1.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- 2.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- , 141 km²
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Sources- 1.“Stadt Bonn - Rat & Verwaltung | Statistikstelle”www2.bonn.de/statistik/default.asp?1Retrieved 2018-03-26
- 141.06 km²(2016)
- Elevation
- 60 m
- Head of government
- Guido Déus(since 2025)
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Sources- 1.“Guido Déus wird neuer Oberbürgermeister in Bonn”bonn.de/pressemitteilungen/september/guido-deus-wird-neuer-oberbuergermeister-in-bonn.phpRetrieved 2025-10-19
- , Eduard Spoelgen(1945–1948)
- , Peter Stockhausen(1948–1951)
- +8 more
- Guido Déus(since 2025)
- Postal code
- 53111–53229
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
263 statements · 31% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Capital of
- Germany(1949–1990)
- West Germany(1949–1990)
- Electorate of Cologne(1289–1800)
- Electorate of Cologne(1597–1794)
- Twinned administrative body
- Highest point
- Paffelsberg
1
Sources- 1.“Stadt Bonn - Rat & Verwaltung | Statistikstelle”www2.bonn.de/statistik/default.asp?1Retrieved 2018-03-26
- Paffelsberg
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- Bad Godesberg(since 1969)
1
Sources- 1.“Stadt Bonn - Die Stadtbezirke”bonn.de/rat_verwaltung_buergerdienste/stadtbezirke/index.htmlRetrieved 2018-03-26
- Beuel(since 1969)
1
Sources- 1.“Stadt Bonn - Die Stadtbezirke”bonn.de/rat_verwaltung_buergerdienste/stadtbezirke/index.htmlRetrieved 2018-03-26
- Stadtbezirk Bonn(since 1969)
1
Sources- 1.“Stadt Bonn - Die Stadtbezirke”bonn.de/rat_verwaltung_buergerdienste/stadtbezirke/index.htmlRetrieved 2018-03-26
- Hardtberg(since 1969)
1
Sources- 1.“Stadt Bonn - Die Stadtbezirke”bonn.de/rat_verwaltung_buergerdienste/stadtbezirke/index.htmlRetrieved 2018-03-26
- Bad Godesberg(since 1969)
- Member of
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland
1
Sources- 1.“Gebiet und Mitglieder LVR”lvr.de/lvr/ueber-uns/das-sind-wir/gebiet-und-mitglieder/Retrieved 2026-08-14
- Q1259498
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 1995)
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Sources- 1.agfs-nrw.de/mitglieder/bonn.htmlRetrieved 2018-04-18
- 2.agfs-nrw.de/agfs-partner/unsere-mitgliederRetrieved 2026-04-14
- Climate Alliance(since 1995)
- Mayors for Peace(since 2006)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen
1
- International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities described at url: iaks.sport
1
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland
- Short name
- Bo instance of: library location identifier
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- Bo instance of: library location identifier
- Official name
- Bonn
- Geoshape
- Data:Bonn.map
- Demonym
- Bonnano
- Bonnois applies to part: masculine singular
- Bonnoise applies to part: feminine singular
- Bonner
- Bonnerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Native label
- Bonn
- Female population
- 172,389(September 30, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-15
- 170,930
- 172,389(September 30, 2021)
- Male population
- 158,190(September 30, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.statistikportal.de/de/produkte/gemeindeverzeichnisRetrieved 2022-01-15
- 156,328(October 31, 2019)
- 158,190(September 30, 2021)
- Social media followers
- 22,595(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 84279399
- 1,209(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: BundesstadtBonn@nrw.social
- 1,200(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: BundesstadtBonn@nrw.social
- 1,180(February 12, 2024) mastodon address: BundesstadtBonn@nrw.social
- 20,655(January 7, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 84279399
- 17,186(January 1, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 84279399
- Hashtag
- Bonn
On other databases
105 identifiers linking Bonn across the web's reference databases
- Arab Encyclopedia concept ID2604
- ArchINFORM location ID384
- BabelNet ID00012034n
- BBC Things IDa01900d8-667c-49ba-9000-750ce5308990
- BHCL UUIDa779f55d-574f-4589-a0cb-b8504a1e2709
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11994451p
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDbonn
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12004580
- Comic Vine ID4020-61256
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/North_Rhine-Westphalia/Localities/Bonn/
- De Agostini IDBonn
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--435518
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID82e82416-529c-4d49-8f84-75cb21df5f0f
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica IDbonn_res-59016e97-8c5f-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Bonn
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDbonn
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ4244
- Facebook location ID115162238495931
- Facebook usernamebundesstadtbonn
- FactGrid item IDQ10314
- FAST ID1205040
- Freebase ID/m/0150n
- GADM IDDEU.10.3_1
- GeoNames ID3247450
- German district key05314
- German municipality key05314000
- German regional key053140000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7005090
- GitHub topicbonn
- GND ID4007666-0
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDBonn
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)5661289
- Grove Art Online IDT009896
- Harper's tagbonn-germany
- HASCDE.NW.BN
- HDS ID006611
- Hikr waypoint ID65926
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_320300
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID8678
- IdRef ID027215245
- INaturalist place ID98425
- Instagram usernamebonn.de
- Interlingual Index IDi82973
- J9U entity ID987007561823705171
- Japan Search name IDボン
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID3540
- Joconde discovery IDT115-319
- Joconde location IDT84-3842
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4007666-0
- Klexikon article IDBonn
- Klimadashboard.de region IDd7eaa829-97a4-4c59-ab3f-67f17d809e93
- KSW place ID77448
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID7830
- Larousse IDville/Bonn/98974
- Lex IDBonn
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79046411
- Listal IDplace/bonn
- Mastodon addressBundesstadtBonn@nrw.social
- Museum-digital place ID380
- MusicBrainz area IDb86b7e97-c4e2-4ec2-942b-5a6cd8eea1da
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/B8EE4E82-D744-4693-84EA-BC0E317462F2
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001137241
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000975213
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX453961
- NL CR AUT IDge134078
- Nomisma IDbonn
- NSK (VIAF) ID000795521
- NSK ID981005745625009366
- NUTS codeDEA22
- NWBib IDQ586
- OmegaWiki Defined Meaning7037
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3879436
- Open Library subject IDplace:bonn_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62508
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDstadtbonn-bddc17
- Pinakes city ID79
- Quora topic IDBonn-Germany
- Reddit topic ID (obsolete)bonn
- RERO ID (legacy)A003023410
- SBN place IDMILL000430
- Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts place ID5096
- Slovak National Library (VIAF) IDvtls001336798
- SNARC IDQ47905
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1202237
- SPAP IDp/7c67b93f-db84-460b-8b1f-b6a29d41f218
- Subredditbonn
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae ID5O73ZODJMJDH5ETRHZQR2QJTNE
- Treccani IDbonn
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia IDbonn
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana IDbonn
