Hammerschmidt Villa

Local nameVilla Hammerschmidt
LocationGronau, Bonn, Deutschland

Hammerschmidt Villa is a villa in the German city of Bonn that served as the primary official seat and primary official residence of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1950 until 1994. President Richard von Weizsäcker made Bellevue Palace in Berlin his primary official seat and residence in 1994. In German, the Villa is also called the "White House of Bonn", and served as a political symbol of West Germany and its capital Bonn. Since 1994, the Hammerschmidt Villa has been the secondary official seat and secondary official residence of the President of Germany. The President's standard is flown above Hammerschmidt Villa when the President is in Bonn.

The villa is situated in the heart of the former government quarter of Bonn, bordering the river Rhine to the north and opposite the zoological Museum Koenig to the south. It is also adjacent to the secondary official seat and secondary official residence of the Chancellor, the Palais Schaumburg, to the west.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerschmidt_Villa

Official Website http://www.bundespraesident.de/

Email poststelle@bpra.bund.de

Phone +4918885000

Address Adenauerallee 135, 53113 Bonn, Germany

Coordinates 50°43'21.604" N 7°7'2.96" E

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