home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1998
/
Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso
/
B
/
Bonn
/
INFOTEXT
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-09-03
|
378b
|
10 lines
Industrial city (chemicals, textiles,
plastics, aluminium), and seat of government
of the Federal Republic of Germany, 18 km/15
mi SSE of Cologne, on the left bank of the
Rhine; population (1988) 292,000. Once a
Roman outpost, Bonn was captured by the
French 1794, annexed 1801, and was allotted
to Prussia 1815. Beethoven was born here. It
was capital of West Germany 1949-90.