Bundesbüdchen, Heritage kiosk in Gronau district, Bonn, Germany

The Bundesbüdchen is a listed oval kiosk in Bonn's Gronau district, now standing at the corner of Heussallee and Platz der Vereinten Nationen. Its single storey rises on a long oval plan, with a tiled parapet cornice, a high continuous window band with partly convex glazing, and a projecting sill that doubles as a counter. A wide flat roof follows the curved outline.

Built in 1957 on what was then Görresstraße, the kiosk served the growing staff of the parliamentary and government quarter between the Bundeshaus and Palais Schaumburg. The Rausch family ran it without interruption until 2006, when it was dismantled to make way for the World Conference Center Bonn and stored in Hersel. It was re-erected in May 2020 at Heussallee 13, at the corner of Heussallee and Platz der Vereinten Nationen, and reopened on 21 August 2020.

The kiosk represents the kind of functional postwar design that was applied even to small everyday structures in West Germany during the 1950s. Its oval form and continuous window bands were a conscious architectural choice, making a simple street stand look considered and deliberate.

The kiosk stands at Heussallee 13, at the corner of Heussallee and Platz der Vereinten Nationen, near its original site. It was dismantled in 2006 and re-erected in May 2020, reopening on 21 August 2020. The surrounding Federal Quarter, with the former Bundeshaus and Palais Schaumburg, can be explored on foot.

In 1981, a television journalist lost a bet and had to sell sausages at the kiosk for a period, with customers including the chancellor's wife. The episode shows how closely everyday street life and federal politics overlapped at this particular corner.