When Germany reunited how did they choose their capital?

star_gazer

German reunification in 1990 made Berlin the nominal capital of Germany again. This decision did not mandate that the republic's political institutions would also move. This was only concluded by the Bundestag (Germany's parliament) on June 20, 1991, after a heated debate. While the government and parliament moved, as a compromise, some of the ministries largely remained in Bonn, with only the top officials in Berlin. There was no plan to move these departments, and so Bonn remained a second, unofficial capital with the new title "Federal City" (Bundesstadt). Because of the necessary construction work, the move took until 1999 to complete. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon Jul 12 07, 7:57 PM

zbeckabee

First, after the fall of the Kaiserreich in 1918, the newly elected democratic government was forced to flee from Berlin to Weimar. Daily demonstrations made the orderly functioning of government impossible. Since Berlin again became the center of both leftist and rightist demonstrations, those historical memories played a role. Second, the government in 1990 wanted to avoid any association with the "Reich". Chancellor Kohl wanted to demonstrate tha the unified Germany should not be regarded as the "Fourth Reich". http://www.tufts.edu/~bmartin/extra.html Jul 12 07, 7:59 PM