German Local Election: Polls open in state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Polls opened in Germany's most populous North Rhine-Westphalia state on Sunday to elect a new regional parliament for the sprawling industrial region.
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State parliament (Landtag) of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW, Germany)
There was a European feast today at and around the state parliament (Landtag) of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), so its doors that are normally closed to the general public were opened, with a security checkpoint and supervision by a lot of security personnel of course.
Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen / Düsseldorf
Dem Parlamentsgebäude am Düsseldorfer Rheinufer liegt eine außergewöhnliche architektonische Konzeption zugrunde. Das Haus der gewählten Repräsentanten der nordrhein-westfälischen Bevölkerung soll demnach unverwechselbar sein in seiner Gestalt: Inhalt und Sinn sollen übereinstimmen mit der Form, und zwar außen wie innen.
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Merkel's CDU party wins vote in German state
(14 May 2017) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party has beaten its centre-left rivals in a state election in Germany's most populous region, according to projections.
Sunday's result in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia strikes a major blow to Merkel's challengers in the national election in September.
The state, which includes Cologne, Duesseldorf and the Ruhr industrial region, has been led by the centre-left Social Democrats for all but five years since 1966.
It is home to 17.9 million people - nearly a quarter of Germany's population - and is also the home state of Merkel's Social Democratic challenger in the national election, former European Parliament President Martin Schulz.
Projections for ARD and ZDF public television, based on partial counting, showed Merkel's CDU beating the Social Democrats by around 34.5 percent to 30.5 percent.
They gave the Greens - the junior coalition partners in the outgoing state government - only six percent.
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Merkel abandons hope of swift tax cuts after state elex defeat, reax
(10 May 2010)
1. Wide of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Christian Democrats' candidate in North Rhine-Westphalia, Juergen Ruettgers, at news conference at Christian Democrat (CDU) headquarters
2. Close-up of CDU sign on lectern reading (German) The Middle, tilt up to Merkel's face
3. Journalists making notes
4. SOUNDBITE (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor:
There's no talking around it - we suffered a bitter defeat. And we did not reach our goal to continue the coalition of Christian Democrats and the Liberals.
5. Cutaway of photographers
6. SOUNDBITE: (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor:
The coalition of Christian Democrats and Liberals in Berlin must now set its priorities clearly. That means, from my point of view, firstly that tax cuts cannot be implemented for the foreseeable future - discussions about the euro, about (loan) guarantees and a lot of other things show us that, too. Secondly, consolidating the budget will become the priority.
7. People watching on balcony, tilt down to news conference
8. Wide of exterior of Social Democrat (SPD) headquarters
9. Wide of SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel handing over flowers to Social Democrats' candidate in North Rhine-Westphalia, Hannelore Kraft, UPSOUND: (German) Sigmar Gabriel: This must lead to you becoming prime minister of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
10. Supporter applauding
11. Kraft holding flowers
12. Wide of media at Social Democrat news conference
13. SOUNDBITE: (German) Hannelore Kraft, Social Democrats' candidate in North Rhine-Westphalia:
As Social Democrats in North Rhine-Westphalia, we have reached our most important goal in the elections. The CDU-FDP government has been voted off, the CDU is the clear loser of the election.
14. Cutaway of cameraman
15. SOUNDBITE: (German) Hannelore Kraft, Social Democrats' candidate in North Rhine-Westphalia:
For us it is clear, it will not be easy, but we are ready to assume this responsibility.
16. Close-up of statue of former SPD leader Willy Brandt, pull out to wide of news conference
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel abandoned hopes on Monday of pushing through tax cuts for Europe's biggest economy after what she called a bitter defeat in an election overshadowed by the Greek debt crisis.
She said her government would now concentrate on keeping Germany's debt down.
Merkel's centre-right coalition lost control of Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, in an election on Sunday that also erased its majority in the upper house of parliament - making the country harder to run.
There's no talking around it - we suffered a bitter defeat, Merkel told reporters.
The defeat followed a stumbling start for Merkel's new national coalition government, which took power in October.
The coalition is made up of Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their junior partner, the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP).
It has squabbled constantly over the wisdom of cutting taxes to stimulate the economy and faced sharp criticism for its handling of the Greek debt crisis.
Merkel long took a hard line on aid to Greece, which is unpopular at home, but pushed it through parliament last week.
She said the coalition must now set its priorities clearly and that consolidating the budget would become the priority.
Tax cuts cannot be implemented for the foreseeable future - discussions about the euro, about (loan) guarantees and a lot of other things show us that, she said.
Merkel said it was unlikely that tax cuts would be possible for at least the next two years.
Early and big tax cuts were a pet project of the FDP.
Analysts differed over whether, and to what extent, the Greek crisis damaged Merkel's alliance in the election.
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Germany: AfD candidate Weidel welcomes OSCE presence at upcoming federal elections
AfD candidate Alice Weidel welcomed the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) decision to send an observation mission to Germany to monitor the federal elections whilst speaking at a campaign rally in Schriesheim, Saturday.
SOT, Alice Weidel, AfD candidate (German): There is a general criminality problem in Germany because of Merkel's migration politics, if you could call it politics even.
SOT, Alice Weidel, AfD candidate (German): In my point of view, these gropers must be convicted and express-deported within 24 hours. That's what you need to do with these people [criminal asylum seekers].
SOT, Alice Weidel, AfD candidate (German): Indeed, we as AfD are being significantly impeded, for example in our gatherings, but also in free speech. Also, we saw flawed ballot-counting in the recent regional elections. In North-Rhine-Westphalia for instance insufficient votes were counted. In the end almost 3,000 votes were missing. You have to imagine that. And that's only the tip of the iceberg, I am sure. And that's the reason why the OSCE decided to send independent delegates from 57 states to our country in order to monitor the polling stations and find out whether there is systematic election fraud or not - which is absolutely right in my opinion.
SOT, Alice Weidel, AfD candidate (German): We demand to stop the funding of left-wing extremism, to scrap the funds for fighting right-wing and left-wing extremism, to divide them equally and make subsidies transparent. And we demand to ban a violent, leftist extremist organisation like the Antifa.
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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen [ˈnɔʁtʁaɪ̯n vɛstˈfaːlən] ( )) is the most populous state of Germany, as well as the fourth largest by area. North Rhine-Westphalia was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly parts of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf; the biggest city is Cologne. Four of Germany's ten biggest cities—Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, and Essen—are located in North Rhine-Westphalia. The state is currently run by a coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens.
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Ver.di-Warnstreik und Demo vor dem NRW-Landtag am 06.03.2013
Rund 15.000 Arbeitnehmer des öffentlichen Dienstes haben am 6. März 2013 vor weiteren Tarifverhandlungen an einem Warnstreik mit begleitendem, farbenfrohen Protestmarsch durch das Zentrum von Düsseldorf bei frühsommerlich warmen Temperaturen von 20°C teilgenommen.
Regierungserklärung zur zur Gestaltung des digitalen Wandels in NRW (Komplette Debatte)
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North Rhine-Westphalia
00:01:23 1 History
00:01:32 1.1 Rhineland
00:05:10 1.2 Westphalia
00:07:48 1.3 North Rhine-Westphalia
00:07:58 1.3.1 Creation of the state
00:08:37 2 Geography
00:12:02 2.1 Subdivisions
00:12:45 2.2 Borders
00:13:29 3 Demographics
00:14:28 3.1 Historical population
00:14:51 3.2 Vital statistics
00:15:09 3.3 Religion
00:15:30 4 Politics
00:15:53 4.1 List of Ministers-President
00:15:58 4.2 2012 election results
00:17:20 4.3 Latest election results
00:18:52 4.4 Protection for possible nuclear disasters
00:19:11 5 Culture
00:19:33 5.1 Architecture and building monuments
00:20:05 5.1.1 Historic monuments
00:20:53 5.1.2 Modern architecture
00:21:30 5.1.3 World Heritage Sites
00:21:52 5.2 Cuisine
00:22:00 5.2.1 Drinks
00:22:09 5.3 Festivals
00:22:29 5.4 Music
00:22:38 6 Economy
00:23:01 7 Education
00:23:27 8 Sports
00:24:09 8.1 Football
00:26:40 8.2 Ice hockey
00:27:23 9 See also
00:27:32 10 References
00:29:29 11 External links
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North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, pronounced [ˈnɔɐ̯tʁaɪ̯n vɛstˈfaːlən] (listen), commonly shortened to NRW; French: Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie; Dutch: Noordrijn-Westfalen) is a state of Germany.
North Rhine-Westphalia is located in western Germany covering an area of 34,084 square kilometres (13,160 sq mi) and with a population of 17.6 million, the most populous and the most densely populated German state apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the fourth-largest by area. Düsseldorf is the state capital and Cologne is the largest city. North Rhine-Westphalia features four of Germany's 10 largest cities: Düsseldorf, Cologne, Dortmund, and Essen, and the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest in Germany and the third-largest on the European continent.
North Rhine-Westphalia was established in 1946 after World War II from the Prussian provinces of Westphalia and the northern part of Rhine Province (North Rhine), and the Free State of Lippe by the British military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia became a state of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, and the city of Bonn served as the federal capital until the reunification of Germany in 1990 and as the seat of government until 1999.
Düsseldorf | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:37 1 History
00:08:30 2 Geography
00:08:39 2.1 Physical geography
00:09:45 2.2 Adjacent cities and districts
00:10:12 2.3 Climate
00:11:15 3 Demographics
00:12:40 4 Government
00:12:49 4.1 Mayors
00:12:58 4.2 Districts
00:13:31 5 Economy
00:16:04 5.1 Media
00:17:01 6 Transport
00:17:10 6.1 Airport DUS
00:18:29 6.2 Railway
00:19:32 6.3 Taxi
00:20:31 6.4 Autobahn
00:20:56 7 Culture and recreation
00:22:02 7.1 Beer
00:24:20 7.2 Music and nightlife
00:26:21 7.3 Fashion
00:27:39 7.4 Carnival
00:28:11 7.5 Cartwheeler of Düsseldorf
00:28:46 7.5.1 Legends of its origin and history
00:30:53 7.5.1.1 Cartwheelers in the cityscape
00:33:06 7.6 Christmas market
00:33:58 7.7 Cuisine
00:36:05 7.8 Literature
00:36:46 7.9 Rivalry with Cologne
00:37:26 7.10 Theatres
00:38:55 7.11 Museums, arts and history institutes, and other attractions
00:41:44 7.12 Parks and gardens
00:42:09 8 Sports
00:44:23 9 Education
00:45:55 10 Notable buildings
00:48:06 11 Notable places
00:49:14 12 Twin towns – sister cities
00:49:32 13 Notable natives
00:49:42 13.1 Born before 1850
00:51:07 13.2 Born 1851–1900
00:53:07 13.3 Born after 1900
00:55:35 13.4 Non-natives with a connection to Düsseldorf
00:58:49 14 See also
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Düsseldorf (UK: , US: , German: [ˈdʏsl̩dɔɐ̯f] (listen); often Dusseldorf in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: Düsseldörp [ˈdʏsl̩dœɐ̯p]; archaic Dutch: Dusseldorp) is the capital and second-largest city of the most populous German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, as well as the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a population of 617,280. At the confluence of the Rhine and its tributary Düssel, the city lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan Regions with the Cologne Bonn Region to its south and the Ruhr to its north. Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine (as opposed to Cologne, whose city centre lies on the river's left bank). The city is the largest in the German Low Franconian dialect area (closely related to Dutch). Dorf meaning village in German, the -dorf suffix (English cognate: thorp) is unusual in the German-speaking area for a settlement of Düsseldorf's size.
Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world. Düsseldorf Airport is Germany's third-busiest airport after those of Frankfurt and Munich, serving as the most important international airport for the inhabitants of the densely populated Ruhr, Germany's largest urban area. Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre, renowned for its fashion and trade fairs, and is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies. Messe Düsseldorf organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows. As second largest city of the Rhineland, Düsseldorf holds Rhenish Carnival celebrations every year in February/March, the Düsseldorf carnival celebrations being the third most popular in Germany after those held in Cologne and Mainz.There are 22 institutions of higher education in the city including the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, the university of applied sciences (Hochschule Düsseldorf), the academy of arts (Kunstakademie Düsseldorf) (Joseph Beuys, Emanuel Leutze, August Macke, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and Andreas Gursky), and the university of music (Robert-Schumann-Musikhochschule Düsseldorf). The city is also known for its pioneering influence on electronic/experimental music (Kraftwerk) and its Japanese community.
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Düsseldorf
00:02:10 1 History
00:07:03 2 Geography
00:07:12 2.1 Physical geography
00:08:10 2.2 Adjacent cities and districts
00:08:36 2.3 Climate
00:09:32 3 Demographics
00:10:47 4 Government
00:10:55 4.1 Mayors
00:11:04 4.2 Districts
00:11:34 5 Economy
00:13:52 5.1 Media
00:14:43 6 Transport
00:14:52 6.1 Airport DUS
00:16:02 6.2 Railway
00:16:59 6.3 Taxi
00:17:50 6.4 Autobahn
00:18:14 7 Culture and recreation
00:19:14 7.1 Beer
00:21:16 7.2 Music and nightlife
00:22:49 7.3 Fashion
00:23:59 7.4 Carnival
00:24:28 7.5 Cartwheeler of Düsseldorf
00:24:59 7.5.1 Legends of its origin and history
00:26:52 7.5.1.1 Cartwheelers in the cityscape
00:28:48 7.6 Christmas Market
00:29:34 7.7 Cuisine
00:31:26 7.8 Literature
00:32:03 7.9 Rivalry with Cologne
00:32:39 7.10 Theatres
00:34:01 7.11 Museums, arts and history institutes, and other attractions
00:36:31 7.12 Parks and gardens
00:36:54 8 Sports
00:38:55 9 Education
00:40:19 10 Notable buildings
00:42:12 11 Notable places
00:43:15 12 Twin towns – sister cities
00:43:31 13 Notable Natives
00:43:40 13.1 Born before 1850
00:44:56 13.2 Born 1851–1900
00:46:50 13.3 Born after 1900
00:48:54 13.4 The following figures are not natives of the city, but have a connection to Düsseldorf
00:51:55 14 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Düsseldorf (, German: [ˈdʏsl̩dɔɐ̯f] (listen); Low Franconian and Ripuarian: Düsseldörp [ˈdʏsl̩dœɐ̯p]), often Dusseldorf in English sources, is the capital and, after Cologne, second most populous city of the most populous German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as the seventh most populous city in Germany. At the confluence of the Rhine and its tributary Düssel, the city lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan Regions with the Cologne/Bonn urban area to its south and the Ruhr to its north. The city is the largest in the German Low Franconian (closely related to Dutch) dialect area. Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine (as opposed to Cologne, whose city centre lies on the river's left bank). Dorf meaning village, Düsseldorf is the largest settlement with that suffix in the German-speaking area.
Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world. Düsseldorf Airport is Germany's third-busiest airport after those of Frankfurt and Munich, serving as the most important international airport for the inhabitants of the densely populated Ruhr, Germany's largest urban area. Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre, renowned for its fashion and trade fairs, and is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies. Messe Düsseldorf organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows. As second largest city of the Rhineland, Düsseldorf holds Rhenish Carnival celebrations every year in February/March, the Düsseldorf carnival celebrations being the third most popular in Germany after those held in Cologne and Mainz.There are 22 institutions of higher education in the city including the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, the university of applied sciences (Hochschule Düsseldorf), the academy of arts (Kunstakademie Düsseldorf) (Joseph Beuys, Emanuel Leutze, August Macke, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and Andreas Gursky), and the university of music (Robert-Schumann-Musikhochschule Düsseldorf). The city is also known for its pioneering influence on electronic/experimental music (Kraftwerk) and its Japanese community.
Bavaria | Wikipedia audio article
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Bavaria
00:01:48 1 History
00:01:56 1.1 Antiquity
00:03:04 1.2 Middle Ages
00:08:11 1.3 Electorate of Bavaria
00:09:18 1.4 Kingdom of Bavaria
00:11:23 1.5 Part of the German Empire
00:12:29 1.6 Free State of Bavaria
00:15:21 1.7 Bavarian identity
00:16:33 2 Flags and coat of arms
00:16:43 2.1 Flags
00:17:13 2.2 Coat of arms
00:18:55 3 Geography
00:20:08 4 Administrative divisions
00:20:26 4.1 Administrative districts
00:20:54 4.1.1 Population and area
00:21:02 4.2 Districts
00:21:35 4.3 Counties
00:22:04 4.4 Municipalities
00:23:02 4.4.1 Major cities
00:23:15 5 Politics
00:24:34 5.1 Current Landtag
00:25:50 5.2 Government
00:28:55 5.2.1 Minister-presidents of Bavaria since 1945
00:29:10 5.3 Designation as a free state
00:30:36 5.4 Arbitrary arrest and human rights
00:31:25 6 Economy
00:32:18 6.1 Company names
00:32:54 6.2 Unemployment
00:33:12 7 Demographics
00:34:16 7.1 Vital statistics
00:34:37 8 Culture
00:34:59 8.1 Religion
00:35:22 8.2 Traditions
00:35:27 8.3 Food and drink
00:35:36 8.4 Language and dialects
00:35:54 8.5 Ethnography
00:36:03 9 Sports
00:37:10 9.1 Football
00:38:30 10 Historical buildings
00:40:13 11 Bavarians
00:40:54 12 See also
00:41:50 13 References
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Bavaria (; German and Bavarian: Bayern [ˈbaɪɐn]; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (German and Bavarian: Freistaat Bayern [ˈfʁaɪʃtaːt ˈbaɪɐn]), is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres (27,200 sq mi), Bavaria is the largest German state by land area. Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 13 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second-most-populous state after North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria's capital and largest city, Munich, is the third-largest city in Germany.The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and formation as a duchy in the 6th century AD through the Holy Roman Empire to becoming an independent kingdom and a state of the Federal Republic of Germany.The Duchy of Bavaria dates back to the year 555. In the 17th century AD, the Duke of Bavaria became a Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. The Kingdom of Bavaria existed from 1806 to 1918, when Bavaria became a republic. In 1946, the Free State of Bavaria re-organised itself on democratic lines after the Second World War.
Bavaria has a unique culture, largely because of the state's Catholic majority and conservative traditions. Bavarians have traditionally been proud of their culture, which includes a language, cuisine, architecture, festivals such as Oktoberfest and elements of Alpine symbolism. The state also has the second largest economy among the German states by GDP figures, giving it a status as a rather wealthy German region.Modern Bavaria also includes parts of the historical regions of Franconia and Swabia.
Bonn | Wikipedia audio article
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Bonn
00:02:07 1 Geography
00:02:16 1.1 Topography
00:03:27 1.2 Administration
00:04:15 1.3 Climate
00:04:33 2 History
00:04:42 2.1 Founding and Roman times
00:08:09 2.2 Middle Ages and Early Modern times
00:09:30 2.3 20th century and time as the capital of West Germany
00:11:30 2.4 After German reunification in 1990
00:13:46 3 Politics
00:13:55 3.1 City council
00:15:17 3.2 Landtag election
00:15:51 3.3 German federal election
00:16:29 4 Culture
00:18:03 4.1 Churches
00:18:35 4.2 Castles and residences
00:18:47 4.3 Modern buildings
00:19:33 4.4 Museums
00:22:10 4.5 Nature
00:23:38 5 Transportation
00:23:47 5.1 Air traffic
00:25:01 5.2 Rail and bus system
00:26:13 5.3 Road network
00:27:24 5.4 Port
00:27:53 6 Economy
00:28:13 7 Education
00:28:42 7.1 Private schools
00:30:25 8 Demographics
00:31:14 9 Sports
00:31:53 10 International relations
00:33:46 10.1 Twin towns — sister cities
00:34:40 11 Notable residents
00:34:50 11.1 Up to the 19th century
00:39:20 11.2 20th century
00:39:29 11.2.1 1900–1950
00:42:23 11.2.2 1951 up to present
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The Federal City of Bonn (German pronunciation: [bɔn] (listen)) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About 24 km (15 mi) south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany's largest metropolitan area, with over 11 million inhabitants.
Because of a political compromise following German reunification, the German federal government maintains a substantial presence in Bonn, and the city is considered a second, unofficial, capital of the country. Bonn is the secondary seat of the President, the Chancellor, the Bundesrat and the primary seat of six federal government ministries and twenty federal authorities. The unique title of Federal City (German: Bundesstadt) reflects its important political status within Germany.Founded in the 1st century BC as a Roman settlement, Bonn is one of Germany's oldest cities. From 1597 to 1794, Bonn was the capital of the Electorate of Cologne, and residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne. Composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770. From 1949 to 1990, Bonn was the provisional capital of West Germany, and Germany's present constitution, the Basic Law, was declared in the city in 1949. Berlin was re-affirmed by the Bundestag in Bonn as the capital of Germany, though due to the country's division a seat of government was maintained there - only in the eastern half - solely by the German Democratic Republic. From 1990 to 1999, Bonn served as the seat of government – but no longer capital – of reunited Germany.
The headquarters of Deutsche Post DHL and Deutsche Telekom, both DAX-listed corporations, are in Bonn. The city is home to the University of Bonn and a total of 20 United Nations institutions, including headquarters for Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the UN Volunteers programme.
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Helmut Kohl
00:04:05 1 Life
00:04:14 1.1 Youth and education
00:06:01 1.2 Life before politics
00:06:56 1.3 Early political career
00:09:07 1.4 Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
00:10:21 1.5 Federal party level, election as chairman of the CDU
00:13:32 1.6 First candidacy for the chancellorship and the 1976 Bundestag election
00:16:29 1.7 Leader of the opposition
00:17:32 2 Chancellor of West Germany
00:17:42 2.1 Rise to power
00:19:25 2.2 Second cabinet
00:21:24 2.3 Domestic policies
00:23:36 2.4 Third cabinet
00:24:19 2.5 Road to reunification
00:27:58 3 Chancellor of reunified Germany
00:29:24 4 Retirement
00:29:52 4.1 CDU finance affair
00:31:02 4.2 Life after politics
00:35:01 5 Political views
00:35:43 6 Personality and media portrayals
00:39:24 7 Personal life
00:39:33 7.1 Family of Helmut Kohl
00:41:12 7.2 Controversial second marriage (2008–2017)
00:43:41 8 Honors and awards
00:44:45 9 Death, European act of state and funeral
00:45:59 9.1 Tributes
00:52:10 10 See also
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Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt ˈkoːl]; 3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German statesman who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (of West Germany 1982–1990 and of the reunited Germany 1990–1998) and as the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. From 1969 to 1976, Kohl was minister president of the state Rhineland-Palatinate. Kohl chaired the Group of Seven in 1985 and 1992. In 1998 he became honorary chairman of the CDU, resigning from the position in 2000.
Born in 1930 in Ludwigshafen to a Roman Catholic family, Kohl joined the Christian Democratic Union in 1946 at the age of 16. He earned a PhD in history at Heidelberg University in 1958 and worked as a business executive before becoming a full-time politician. He was elected as the youngest member of the Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1959 and became Minister-President of his home state in 1969. Viewed during the 1960s and the early 1970s as a progressive within the CDU, he was elected national chairman of the party in 1973. In the 1976 federal election his party performed well, but the social-liberal government of social democrat Helmut Schmidt was able to remain in power, as well as in 1980, when Kohl's rival from the Bavarian sister party CSU, Franz Josef Strauß, candidated. After Schmidt had lost the support of the liberal FDP in 1982, Kohl was elected Chancellor through a switch of the FDP, forming a christian-liberal government. After he had become party leader, Kohl was increasingly seen as a more conservative figure.
As Chancellor Kohl was strongly committed to European integration and French–German cooperation in particular; he was also a steadfast ally of the United States and supported Reagan's more aggressive policies in order to weaken the Soviet Union. Kohl's 16-year tenure was the longest of any German Chancellor since Otto von Bismarck. He oversaw the end of the Cold War and the German reunification, for which he is generally known as Chancellor of Unity. Together with French President François Mitterrand, Kohl was the architect of the Maastricht Treaty, which established the European Union (EU) and the euro currency. Kohl was also a central figure in the eastern enlargement of the European Union, and his government led the effort to push for international recognition of Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina when the states declared independence. He played an instrumental role in solving the Bosnian War. Domestically, Kohl's policies focused on economic reforms and later also on the process of integrating the former East Germany into the reunited Germany, and he moved the federal capital from the provisional capital Bonn back to Berlin, although he himself never resided there because the government offices were only relocated in 1999. Kohl also greatly increased federal spending on arts and culture. After his chancellorship, Kohl's ...
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00:02:16 1 Geography
00:02:25 1.1 Topography
00:03:40 1.2 Administration
00:04:31 1.3 Climate
00:04:50 2 History
00:04:59 2.1 Founding and Roman times
00:08:41 2.2 Middle Ages and Early Modern times
00:10:07 2.3 20th century and the Bonn Republic period
00:12:13 2.4 Bonn in the Berlin Republic
00:14:37 3 Politics
00:14:47 3.1 City council
00:16:13 3.2 Landtag election
00:16:46 3.3 German federal election
00:17:29 4 Culture
00:19:08 4.1 Churches
00:19:42 4.2 Castles and residences
00:19:54 4.3 Modern buildings
00:20:43 4.4 Museums
00:23:28 4.5 Nature
00:25:02 5 Transportation
00:25:12 5.1 Air traffic
00:26:29 5.2 Rail and bus system
00:27:46 5.3 Road network
00:29:01 5.4 Port
00:29:32 6 Economy
00:29:52 7 Education
00:30:22 7.1 Private schools
00:32:08 8 Demographics
00:32:59 9 Sports
00:33:40 10 International relations
00:35:35 10.1 Twin towns — sister cities
00:36:32 11 Notable residents
00:36:42 11.1 Up to the 19th century
00:41:19 11.2 20th century
00:41:29 11.2.1 1900–1950
00:44:23 11.2.2 1951 up to present
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The Federal City of Bonn (German pronunciation: [bɔn] (listen)) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About 24 km (15 mi) south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany's largest metropolitan area, with over 11 million inhabitants. It is famously known as the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven in 1770. Beethoven spent his childhood and teenage years in Bonn.
Because of a political compromise following German reunification, the German federal government maintains a substantial presence in Bonn. Roughly a third of all ministerial jobs are located in Bonn as of 2019, and the city is considered a second, unofficial, capital of the country. Bonn is the secondary seat of the President, the Chancellor, the Bundesrat and the primary seat of six federal government ministries and twenty federal authorities. The title of Federal City (German: Bundesstadt) reflects its important political status within Germany.Founded in the 1st century BC as a Roman settlement, Bonn is one of Germany's oldest cities. From 1597 to 1794, Bonn was the capital of the Electorate of Cologne, and residence of the Archbishops and Prince-electors of Cologne. From 1949 to 1990, Bonn was the capital of West Germany, and Germany's present constitution, the Basic Law, was declared in the city in 1949. The era when Bonn served as the capital of West Germany is referred to by historians as the Bonn Republic. From 1990 to 1999, Bonn served as the seat of government – but no longer capital – of reunited Germany.
The headquarters of Deutsche Post DHL and Deutsche Telekom, both DAX-listed corporations, are in Bonn. The city is home to the University of Bonn and a total of 20 United Nations institutions, including headquarters for Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the UN Volunteers programme.