Electoral Palace

Bonn, Germany

The Electoral Palace (Kurfürstliches Schloss) in Bonn is the former residential palace of the Prince-Electors of Cologne. Since 1818, it has been the University of Bonn's main building in the city center, home to the University administration and the faculty of humanities and theology.

The palace was built by Enrico Zuccalli for the prince-elector Joseph Clemens of Bavaria from 1697 to 1705. The Hofgarten, a large park in front of the main building, is a popular place for students to meet, study and relax. The Hofgarten was repeatedly a place for political demonstrations.

References:

Wikipedia

Address

Am Hof 1, Bonn, Germany

See all sites in Bonn

Details

Founded: 1697-1705
Category: Palaces, manors and town halls in Germany
Historical period: Thirty Years War & Rise of Prussia (Germany)

More Information

en.wikipedia.org

Rating

4.4/5 (based on Google user reviews)

Interesting Sites Nearby

Bonn Minster (0,2 km)
Beethoven House (0,4 km)
Poppelsdorf Palace (1,2 km)

Cologne Cathedral (25,2 km)
Romano-Germanic Museum (25,1 km)
St. Andrew's Church (25,4 km)
Great St. Martin Church (24,8 km)
Schlossturm (59,6 km)
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum (24,8 km)
St. Lambertus Church (59,7 km)
St. Maria Lyskirchen (24,2 km)
Cologne City Museum (25,4 km)

User Reviews

Sylvia Lin (2 years ago)
A beautiful building

Ms. Sol (3 years ago)
So beautiful! In the heart of Bonn and in front of the old municipal building, one of the tourist attractions of Bonn that must be visited during a trip to Bonn!

david antoun (3 years ago)
a cultural very long building surrounding Hofgarten from one side there's an old fountain with sculptures on it in the back also a movie column which let you watch the life of Beethoven.

Keysha Valentin Pedrosa (3 years ago)
Beautiful well maintained building!

David Smith (5 years ago)
Gorgeous historical building, now part of the university, with the enormous Hofgarten in front.

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

Finest Norman castles in Italy

Exploring the History of Northern Poland

Discovering Slovenia's Historic Wonders

Photo from Flickr, copyright Infomastern

Historic Site of the week

Visby Cathedral

Visby Cathedral (also known as St. Mary’s Church) is the only survived medieval church in Visby. It was originally built for German merchants and inaugurated in 1225. Around the year 1350 the church was enlarged and converted into a basilica. The two-storey magazine was also added then above the nave as a warehouse for merchants.

Following the Reformation, the church was transformed into a parish church for the town of Visby. All other churches were abandoned. Shortly after the Reformation, in 1572, Gotland was made into its own Diocese, and the church designated its cathedral.

There is not much left of the original interior. The font is made of local red marble in the 13th century. The pulpit was made in Lübeck in 1684. There are 400 graves under the church floor.