Beethoven Tour 3 Zehrgarten Inn The inn where Beethoven cele- 8 Beethoven The monument was inaugurat- brated his farewell on 1 Novem- Monument ed in 1845 with significant sup- Tracing the footsteps of Ludwig van Beethoven BTHVN ber 1792 before his departure for port from Robert Schumann and STORY Vienna. Franz Liszt. Market place with Zehrgarten Inn (second house from the right) and the Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770 and Old City Hall (centre), view from the th spent the first 22 years of his life in the city. The Beet second half of the 18 century Source: Stadtarchiv Bonn Gathering for the solemn unveiling hoven Tour invites you to get to know the world-famous of the Beethoven Monument on composer at authentic sites across Bonn. Münsterplatz on 12 August 1845 . Source: Beethoven-Haus Bonn 1 4 Remigius The site of St. Remigius parish The Beethoven Tour is divided into two parts. The church until 1800, where Beetho . Square BTHVN STORY consists of eleven stations and provides .9 2 ven was baptized on 17 December a picture of the young Beethoven’s life in his immediate 1770. .3 6. 9 Old Cemetery Beethoven’s mother, whom the surroundings in Bonn. A further eleven stations take . i 4 .5 city’s most famous son deeply you to sights and nature in the BTHVN REGION. The . Entry for Ludwig van Beethoven, dated mourned, is remembered here young Beethoven spent much time in what is today the 8. 7 17 December 1770, in the baptismal with a grave of honour. register of the former St Remigius Rhein-Sieg District, seeking and finding relaxation and parish church at today’s Remigiusplatz inspiration. Source: Stadtarchiv Bonn In his letter to Joseph von Schaden in Augsburg of 15 September 1787, Beet hoven expressed his sorrow about his Come and experience Ludwig van Beethoven at the his- mother’s death torical sites of his life. You can visit all 22 locations of the 5 Electoral Court As a court musician, Beethoven Source: Beethoven-Haus Bonn i Bonn Information .10 Beethoven Tour or only select individual sights. Chapel also performed at the Palace Thea tre (Schlosstheater) on countless The locations occasions. To use the digital and barrier-free version of .11 in Beethoven’s 10 La Redoute The ballroom and concert hall the BTHVN STORY, just call up our website birthplace of Bonn “Bonn Ball”, depiction of a masked ball where Joseph Haydn first met or scan the QR code with your smartphone. in Bonn Castle in the 18th century the 21-year-old Beethoven on his Source: Beethoven-Haus Bonn / UNESCO-Welterbestätte Schlösser return from London in July 1792. www.bthvn-story.de Augustusburg und Falkenlust The rear building of the house at Photographer: Klaus Weidner The Redoute ballroom in Godesberg 1 Beethoven with the Electoral theatre and guest BTHVN, the logo for the Beethoven anniversary year 2020, means House Bonngasse 20, the house where houses, 1792, etching by Johann and is pronounced “Beethoven”. The composer has himself used Ludwig van Beethoven was born Ziegler from a water colour by Lorenz 6 Rhine The Rhine played a significant Janscha the consonants as an abbreviated signature. in December 1770. Promenade role in Beethoven’s life, not only Source: Beethoven-Haus Bonn as a travel route. Imprint Bonngasse 20, around 1827, and the rear building before its restoration in Editor Beethoven Jubiläums GmbH 1889 11 Draitschquelle The spring from which Beetho Thomas-Mann-Straße 4 • 53111 Bonn Source: Beethoven-Haus Bonn ven once went to Marienforst Ab- [email protected] • www.bthvn2020.de Siebengebirge mountains seen from the rampart at Alter Zoll bey near Bonn to play the organ. Overall production inpuncto-asmuth druck + medien gmbh, Source: Stadtarchiv Bonn Bonn/Köln 2 Remigius The church in which the 10-year- Church old Beethoven played the organ for the early mass and the site promoted by: 7 Breuning As a close family friend, Beetho Marienforst convent near Bonn, 1792, of his baptismal font since 1806. House ven visited the Breuning family etching by Johann Ziegler from a water home almost daily. colour by Lorenz Janscha Source: Beethoven-Haus Bonn supported by: In Beethoven’s time, the Breuning The organ Beethoven played in House was located at the site of St Remigius Church today’s department store Discover all the locations Source: Beethoven-Haus Bonn Source: Beethoven-Haus Bonn on your tour of Bonn. BTHVN 13 12 Rhein-Sieg District The locationsinthe Alfter . REGION osof Spring / Roisdorf Bornheim 14 . 15 . 12 . 13 . 16 Rheinland Source: Archiv desLandschaftsverbands on amapof1793 of St Anne ofthe Augustinian Sisters Alfter Castlewiththeadjacent convent of theregion. played inthecastlesandpalaces bility atcourt,Beethovenoften As a piano teacher for the no Source: StadtarchivBornheim ground, left Alfter Castle canbeseenintheback The Roisdorf spring,1850, the nearby spa wateratanearlyage. Spring introducedBeethovento Family excursionstoRoisdorf . 17 . 18 . . . 21 20 22 . 19 - 18 17 16 15 14 Michaelsberg Rheinbach ozm Chapel / Holzem / Odendorf Abbey Wachtberg Meckenheim Swisttal
Source: StadtarchivMeckenheim Meckenheim Reconstructed postcardviewof Source: StadtarchivRheinbach Josef Feuser town ofRheinbach, drawingbyFranz Reconstructed medievalviewofthe Source: RichardArzdorf Old church withtithehouse Source: Stadtmuseum Siegburg Ludwig Bleuler copperplate engraving byJohann from thenorth, coloured around1800, Abbey andthetown ofSiegburg,seen Michaelsberg withtheBenedictine again later. and alsoenjoyedplayingthere the firsttimeatageof ten gan oftheBenedictineabbey for Beethoven performed on the or Source: Beethoven-HausBonn painting byClemens August Philippart ofthe18 most famoustenors Anton Raaff (1714–1797), oneofthe in 1744. father, donatedHolzem Chapel league ofBeethoven’s grand The tenorAntonRaaff,acol enheim. which theymadestopinMeck hann In 1781Beethoven’s father, seen. young Beethovenmayoftenhave bach wereasightwhichthe The medievalcitywallsofRhein Odendorf. area” aroundBonn,including Beethoven Music excursionsoftentook , tookhimonahikeduring to“thebeautiful th century, Jo� - - - - - 22 21 20 19 Petersberg Heisterbach Hennef Dragon’s Rock Abbey Discover allthe locationsonyourexcursions in theRhein-Sieg District. Source: KreisarchivdesRhein-Sieg- 1820 Bonn andtheRhinelandscape,around View fromDrachenfels platformto Rock. panoramic viewfromDragon’s his entire life remembering the nature fromanearlyage,spent Beethoven, whowasinspiredby Königswinter. Source: SiebengebirgsmuseumderStadt 1860 berg itsname,onalithograph,around St Peter’s Chapel,which gave Peters tion forBeethoven. was a regular excursion destina named after the mountain, which St. Peter’s PilgrimageChapelis Königswinter Source: Virtuelles Brückenhofmuseum C. Collart, 1844 have seenit,steelplateengravingby Monastery asBeethoven mightstill The abbeychurch ofHeisterbach ly care. site, providedtheneedywithdai composer knewasapilgrimage Heisterbach Abbey, whichthe year that Beethoven was born, During afaminein1770,the Source: HansFreiherrvonProff,Tutzing bank oftheRhine today’s Rhein-SiegDistrictontheright authority foralmosttheentireareaof Proff (1746–1799) was thehighestlegal From 1766, Franz Joseph Freiherr von Judge FranzJosefvonProff. lovers inHennef,presumably hoven andhisfathermetmusic During theirhikein1781,Beet Kreises
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