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1. Beethoven’s Birthplace The Beethoven House was founded in 1889 by the Beethoven-Haus association. Beethoven was born in the rear building at number 20 Bonngasse and was baptized HALF MARATHON POINTS HALF MARATHON on 17 Dec 1770. The house is now serving as a museum and cultural institution and is considered as a memorial site.

2. The Name of Jesus Church

Located in the heart of Bonn city center - between the market and the Beethoven House - the Namen-Jesu-Kirche has been an important place of prayer, remembrance and worship for many Bonn families for three centuries.

3. The Sterntor City Gate The Sterntor City Gate at the edge of Bottlerplatz provides reminders of Bonn’s fortifications in the Middle Ages. It consists of the remainder of Bonn’s old city wall and observers can imagine how imposing the city fortifications must have been in the Middle Ages.

4. Beethoven-Denkmal This large bronze statue of Ludwig van Beethoven, which stands

OF INTEREST on the Münsterplatz, was created on the 75th birth anniversary of his birth. The Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, Queen Victoria of England and Alexander von Humboldt attended its inauguration in 1845. HALF MARATHON POINTS HALF MARATHON 5. Bonner Münster Also in the Münsterplatz square is a large Catholic church, the Bonner Münster. This was formerly the house of the Privy Councilor von Breuning of the German Order of Knights. In 1777, he lost his life in the fire at the electoral prince’s palace. His widow Helene and her four children offered the security of family life to the young Ludwig. It is one of Germany’s oldest churches, having been built between the 11th and 13th centuries.

6. Mean Average Sculpture by Tony Cragg

“Mean Average” is an abstract bronze sculpture by sculptor Anthony Cragg, on the Remigiusplatz in Bonn. It was given by the artist to the city of Bonn in 2014.

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7. Altes-Rathaus HALF MARATHON POINTS HALF MARATHON Beethoven enjoyed interacting with musicians and students from other courts in the renowned “Zehrgarten.” An adjoining bookshop next to the Zehrgaten made Ludwig become familiar with the literature of the Age of Edify. 8. St. Remigius Church The construction of St. Remigius Parish Church began in 1272 by the Franciscan Order (Order of Friars Minor) and was completed and concentrated in 1307. This is where Beethoven played the organ at 6 a.m. in the morning service. The organ’s keyboard is also kept in the Beethoven House.

9. Voyager Formerly Rheingasse 24, now the Voyager Fantasy Gaming Pub. Ludwig Van Beethoven lived here from 1776 to 1785. In a manuscript written by Gottfried Fischer in 1838, he describes a desk here that “…fans out vertically like an accordion is an open window, which implies the option of change. The window highlights the view across the Rhine towards the siebengebirge that was young Ludwig’s favorite perspective from the attic of his parental home. A small bird perched on the window frame symbolizes the state of intellectual freedom. In contrast, the

OF INTEREST elongated table legs represent the possibility of failing and refer to the young composer’s different personal situation. The small child- size chair in front of the desk further emphasizes this contrast.”

10. Alter Zoll From here you can see the most beautiful views of Bonn towards the Rhine and Siebengebirge. It is what is left of the city fortress and forms the south- eastern end of the old town. Two canons originating

HALF MARATHON POINTS HALF MARATHON from the time of the Napoleonic Wars provide a reminder of its former military purpose. 11. Markus Lüpertz Beethoven Sculpture Ludwig van Beethoven has been immortalized in numerous portraits and monuments, which - more or less successfully - approximate his external form. Markus Lüpertz took a different path: his Beethoven sculpture does not serve the expectations of a monument, but is the plastic projection of inwardness, spirit and genius.

12. Kreuzkirche Bonn The Kreuzkirche has been the church of the Kreuzkirchengemeinde since 1871 and also the Protestant city church of Bonn. With a seating capacity of 1200 seats it is the largest Protestant church in the Rhineland and the largest church in Bonn.

13. Hammerschmidt Villa Hammerschmidt Villa was the primary official residence of the President of the Federal Re- public of Germany from 1950 until 1994. The Villa is also called the “White House of Bonn”, and served as a political symbol of West Ger- many and its capital Bonn. OF INTEREST

14. World Conference Center The World Conference Center Bonn is a combination of modern architecture and first-class facilities that enables events of every sort to be held for up to 5,000 people. The World Conference Center Bonn is located in the middle of Bonn’s former government quarter,

HALF MARATHON POINTS HALF MARATHON in the immediate vicinity of the United Nations Campus and next to the river Rhine. 15. Post Tower Post Tower is the tallest skyscraper in Bonn and the head- quarters of the logistic company Deutsche Post DHL and the worldwide logistics company DHL. It was designed by German-American architect Helmut Jahn and won the 2002 Silver Emporis Skyscraper Award.

16. Rheinaue Leisure Park The Rheinaue Recreation and Leisure Park has become a landmark of the city. The govern- ment of Japan engaged the president of the Japanese landscape gardener’s association, Dr. Akira Sato, to create a Japanese garden in the Park as a present and a contribution to the Federal Horticultural Show in 1979. The garden has a picturesque lake with a small island, as well as waterfalls, a thirteen-level pagoda and a rock garden. There is also a fountain and gazebo where you can sit to enjoy the silence or meditate.

17. Godesburg Castle The Godesburg was built in the early 13th century on the Godesberg, a hill of volcanic origin. It was largely destroyed following a siege in 1583 at the start of the Cologne War. In 1891, the German emperor Wilhelm II donated the castle’s ruin to the city of Bad Godesberg. OF INTEREST HALF MARATHON POINTS HALF MARATHON HALF MARATHON POINTS OF INTEREST the outdoor area. includes a“dragon cave” andareptile zoo in for Wagner’s Grail opera Parsifal .Thehall opera cycle TheRingoftheNibelungand by HermannHendrichfor Richard Wagner’s dragon, andshows acollection ofpaintings , where Siegfriedissaidto have killedthe the way to thesummitofDrachenfels district inNorthRhine-Westphalia .Itison in Königswinter, atown intheRhein-Sieg The Nibelungenhalle isadomedbuilding 20. Nibelungenhalle the citycenter. Crones (1848–1934).Theparkisright next to ing to plansby theColognearchitect Josef 1892, aspaparkrestaurant was builtaccord- the style ofanEnglishlandscape garden. In The Godesberg cityparkwas builtin1880 18. Godesberg CityPark a monument under monument protection. in 1779 district in North Rhine-Westphalia , wasbuilt us in Königswinter, atown inthe Rhein-Sieg The Catholic parish church of St.Remigi- 19.  Germany St. Remigius Church, Königswinter, / as thehomeofAlfredNyssen the GermanTV-seriesBabylon Berlin Königswinter (1882–84) ontheDrachenfelshillin completed inonlytwoyears in thelate19thcentury styled asapalaceandconstructed Drachenburg Castleisaprivatevilla 21. Drachenburg Castle 80 . The churchbuildingstandsas . Thecastlewasusedin . Itwas . HALF MARATHON POINTS OF INTEREST Castle that provided theresidents there with everything they neededto live. dral. Sincethe14thcentury, theRüdenet farm was oneofat least four farms near Drachenfels From the 13thcentury, the Rüdenet issaidto have beenusedto complete theCologneCathe- The Rüdenet isone ofthree Roman quarriesintheSiebengebirge where trachyte was mined. 23. Rüdenet the Drachenfels. mythical hero Sigurd. Fafnir lived inacave fulloftreasure, whichlegend holdswas located in Fafnir, thesonofadwarf kingwas turnedinto adragon by acursed ringandlater slainby the different dragon issaidto have beendefeated by theuseofgunpowder. According to another, and never return. Inanother, a maiden’s prayers madeitflyaway a dragon lived here, butaChristian on-related legends. Oneclaimsthat the Drachenfels aboundswithdrag- Literally meaning“Dragon’s Rock,” castle known asBurg Drachenfels. hill lietheruinsofa12thcentury by legends. At thesummitof hill inGermany, isasite surrounded The Drachenfels, athousand-foot 22. Drachenfels Hill