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Bonn is a quiet Rhine city that spent fifty years as West Germany's deliberately boring capital. Government moved to Berlin; the museums and the Beethoven myth stayed. Louis van Beethoven scores the childhood; The Clown heckles the republic. Open Bonn on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 2 books and 2 movies set in Bonn.
Louis van Beethoven
1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven called "Louis" is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of the people around him. Some years later he meets Mozart during times of…
The Clown
Acclaimed entertainer Hans Schnier collapses when his beloved Marie leaves him because he won’t marry her within the Catholic Church. The desertion triggers a searing re-examination of his life—the loss of his sister…
Spieltrieb
Ada ist mit 12 Jahren auf erschreckende Weise erwachsen geworden. Vor zwei Jahren nämlich hat die hochintelligente Schülerin, neu am Bonner Ernst-Bloch-Gymnasium und im Unterricht gern in die Rolle der Lehrerin…
The Genius of Beethoven
A three-part BBC dramatized documentary series taking a look at the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven.
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