Bonn tram depot

Façade of the former tram depot. The original twelve entry gates are nowadays glazed.
The far end of the building, which was remodelled in 2000; picture taken in 2015
The depot between an office building (seat of the Deutsche Telekom Foundation, Graurheindorfer Straße 153) and Bundesautobahn 565. Left, on the grounds of the former depot stands the historical "director's villa"; over what is now the carpark ran the tram tracks, with cobblestones recreating those visually.

The former City of Bonn tram depot (Straßenbahndepot der Stadt Bonn) stands at Graurheindorfer Straße 157 in Bonn's constituent community of Bonn-Castell. For its time, it is an important example of industrial Art Nouveau architecture,[1] is legally protected[2] and since 2000 has been used as an office building.[3] Housed in the old tram depot is the Pädagogischer Austauschdienst, a section of the Kultusministerkonferenz secretariat that took up residence there in 2010.[4]

  1. ^ "Geschichte des Hauses Graurheindorfer Str. 157, Bonn". kmk.org. Sekretariat der Ständigen Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ Denkmalliste der Stadt Bonn, S.23, Nummer A 1747
  3. ^ "Bonn im Ersten Weltkrieg 1914 bis 1918". bonn1914-1918.de. Bonner Geschichtswerkstatt e.V. 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  4. ^ Kultusministerkonferenz. "Geschichte des Hauses Graurheindorfer Str. 157, Bonn". Website der KMK (in German). Retrieved 14 April 2021.