From Bonn to Berlin

On this date, April 19, 1999 the Bundestag, the German Parliament moved from Bonn on the Rhine back to Berlin.

Since the end of the war Bonn had always been considered a provisional capital.

Bonn had been chosen by Konrad Adenauer, West Germany's first Chancellor. Adenauer was a Rhinelander, born at Rhöndorf.

There was much discussion as to whether or not the parliament should return to the old Prussian capital (1701 - 1947).

Berlin was capital city for Nazi Germany and for the SED  regime, both dictatorships.

 Bonn, the birthplace of Beethoven, steered West Germany through peaceful and altruistic times. A gentler and safer world? Probably.