The Bundeshaus (''Federal House'') is a building complex in

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, which served as the Provisional Parliament House of

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, and thus the seat of the German

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and Bundesrat, from 1949 until 1999. The main building, constructed between 1930 and 1933, served as a Pedagogical Academy until the end of the

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. After the resolution of the ' (Capital Question) in 1949 in favor of Bonn, the structure was converted into the provisional seat of the Bundestag and Bundesrat. For over forty years it served as the seat of both constitutional bodies. The Bundeshaus was expanded and renovated numerous times until these institutions were transferred to Berlin after the Hauptstadtbeschluss (Capital Resolution) in 1999, nine years after the German reunification. The parliamentary chamber then became the "Internationale Kongresszentrum Bundeshaus Bonn", now known as the "World Conference Center Bonn", in which national and international conferences take place. The southern part of the building is to become the headquarters of the Climate Secretariat of the United Nations as part of the "UN-Campus", including the former ''Abgeordnetenhochhaus'' and the office block known as " Langer Eugen" (Tall Eugene, nickname of

Eugen Gerstenmaier Eugen Karl Albrecht Gerstenmaier (25 August 1906 – 13 March 1986, in Oberwinter) was a German Evangelical theologian, resistance fighter in the Third Reich, and a CDU politician. From 1954 to 1969, he served as President of the Bundestag. With ...

, former President of the Bundestag). The Haus der Geschichte provides an opportunity to book tours and to visit the former Bundesrat.

External links

History of the Bundeshaus from the World Conference Center Bonn

Information about guidances
by the Haus der Geschichte
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{{Authority control Buildings and structures in Bonn Landmarks in Germany

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Government buildings in Germany Former seats of national legislatures Government buildings completed in 1933