Hofgarten (Bonn)

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Hofgarten (2015) - in the background the university and the minster
Hofgarten, aerial photo (2015)
Anti-nuclear demonstrations in the Hofgarten in 1979

The Hofgarten is a park in Bonn . It belongs partly to the inner city , partly to the southern part of the city and borders in the northwest on the main building of Bonn University , the Electoral Palace . In the 18th century the park was created as a garden for the residence of Elector Clemens August . Nowadays, the Bonn Hofgarten is a popular local recreation area, especially among students, due to its central location.

From June 1945 to May 1947 there was a transit camp for released prisoners of war on the Hofgartenwiese, through which 145,779 people passed. During the first German “ Day of the Tree ” on April 25, 1952, Federal President Theodor Heuss planted a maple tree in the courtyard garden together with the President of the German Forest Protection Association , Federal Interior Minister Robert Lehr . On June 16, 1964, Federal President Heinrich Lübke inaugurated a simple bronze commemorative plaque created by the sculptor Kurt Schwippert on the outside staircase of the Academic Art Museum as a memorial for the victims of the wars and the tyranny , on which, until it was moved to the North Cemetery in the In the summer of 1980 wreaths were laid by representatives of the Federal German state and state guests.

During the time of Bonn as the seat of government of the Federal Republic of Germany, numerous demonstrations against the politics of the federal government took place in Bonn's Hofgarten. Particularly noteworthy are the demonstrations against the emergency laws of 1968 and those of the peace movement in the 1980s. At the events on October 10, 1981 and October 22, 1983 , hundreds of thousands gathered in the Hofgarten for peace and disarmament and demonstrated against NATO's double resolution . From December 1984 the university closed the courtyard garden to all major events. He is due to the aforementioned use a station of the historical walk path towards democracy and is, together with the Electoral Palace as a monument under monument protection .

The Bonn Hofgarten is now also used for student rallies, university events (such as the graduation ceremony) and occasionally for major events (opening ceremony of the XX World Youth Day ).

Web links

Commons : Hofgarten  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Susanne Raillard: Refugees and Expellees in Bonn 1945–1952 . In: Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein , Stadtarchiv Bonn (ed.): Bonner Geschichtsblätter: Yearbook of the Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein , ISSN  0068-0052 , Volume 51/52 (2001/2002), Bonn 2003, pp. 355–436 ( here: p. 366).
  2. ↑ Ulrike Puvogel, Martin Stankowski : Memorials for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation . Volume 1, 2nd revised and expanded edition, Federal Agency for Political Education , Bonn 1995, p. 505.
  3. ↑ Michael S. Cullen (Ed.): The Holocaust Memorial: Documentation of a Debate , Pendo, Zurich / Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-85842-519-5 , p. 145.
  4. ↑ Simone Derix: Illustrated Politics: State visits to the Federal Republic of Germany 1949–1990 , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-525-37005-6 , pp. 143–146. (also dissertation University of Cologne, 2006)
  5. ^ Karl Gutzmer : Chronicle of the city of Bonn . Chronik-Verlag, Dortmund 1988, ISBN 3-611-00032-9 , p. 269.
  6. ↑ List of monuments of the city of Bonn (as of March 15, 2019), p. 5, number A 179


Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 57.4 "  N , 7 ° 6 ′ 16.3"  E