Bonn

a German town in the Rhenish Province of Pru ia, beautifully situated on the left bank of the Rhine, with magnificent promenades and prospects in the environs. It has some trade and manufactures, but is chiefly important for its famous university, founded in 1777 by Elector Maximilian Frederick of Cologne, and for its cathedral, which has a crypt of the ith century and medieval wall paintings: Enlarged and amply endowed by the King of Pru ia, in 1818, the university is now one of the chief seats of learning in Europe, with a library of more than 200,000 volumes, an anatomical hall, mineralogical and zoological collections, museum of antiquities, a botanical garden, ete. The teachers in the five faculties number about 150, and the students nearly 2,000.