After the Second World War, the Pedagogical Academy was given a special role. After Bonn had prevailed over other cities as the venue for the Parliamentary Council, the opening of the Council took place in the Museum Koenig, but the actual work took place in the building of the Pedagogical Academy. This has a long history, dating back to 1926.
In the 1920s, teacher training in Prussia was reorganized so that a school-leaving examination and a university degree were required for primary school teachers. The State Ministry decided to establish three "teacher training academies" for the next two years, including one in the Rhine Province, with Bonn prevailing over Düsseldorf and Cologne.
First temporary solution at the Wilhelmschule
The Wilhelmschule first served as temporary accommodation, which was inaugurated as an academy on May 1, 1926 after various renovations. A new building was erected between 1930-1933 in the south of Bonn according to plans by Martin Witte.
Although not yet fully completed, the Pädagogische Akademie was inaugurated on October 2, 1933, but had previously been renamed "Hochschule für Lehrerbildung" by the Reich Minister of Education in April 1933 and was accordingly operated in the Nazi sense over the next few years.
The university closed in 1939 due to the war.
In May 1946, the Pedagogical Academy was reopened at the behest of the British occupation authorities.
When the Academy building was used for the Parliamentary Council from 1948 and as part of the Bundeshaus from 1949, the Pedagogical Academy moved to the converted Karlsschule in Nordstadt. A new building was constructed on Römerstraße between 1957 and 1965 and extensions were added in the 1970s.
The old academy building was redesigned in 1948 by architect Hans Schwippert, the conversion work began in February 1949 and the topping-out ceremony was held on May 5. The building was now to be transparent, in line with the democratic model. The old building and the new south wing included a plenary chamber, reading and writing rooms, a library, workrooms, parliamentary group meeting rooms, committee rooms, radio studios, administration rooms and a print shop. The newly built north wing housed the offices of the state representatives, meeting rooms and offices.
The entire complex could be used from August 15, 1949. On September 7, the day of the constitution of the Bundestag, and on September 12, when the Federal Assembly convened to elect the Federal President, the first major sessions were held in the new building, now called the Bundeshaus.
Extensions took place in 1951 and 1953, followed by further renovations over the next few decades.