Legionsweg 14, Romanian Embassy in Bonn-Castell, Germany.
Legionsweg 14 is the former Romanian embassy building, completed in 1984 at the end of the Legionsweg on the Rhine above the towpath in Bonn-Castell. The up to nine-storey structure held both the chancery with its reception rooms and flats for embassy staff. All building materials were imported from Romania; the reception rooms have crystal chandeliers, marble floors and elaborate woodwork.
Romania and West Germany established diplomatic relations under a treaty of 31 January 1967, and Romania then opened an embassy in Bonn, first housed in Cologne-Bayenthal with the ambassador's residence in Plittersdorf. From the late 1970s a new chancery was planned in the north of Bonn; built with Romanian workers under Nicolae Ceaușescu and finished in 1984, it served until the embassy moved to Berlin in 2000.
The former embassy building is also used culturally, and since 1 December 2018 a wooden church made in Romania has stood on the former riverside grounds of the consulate, serving Bonn's Romanian Orthodox parish. The consular district covers Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.
The location is accessible by multiple public transportation lines connecting to central Bonn and surrounding neighborhoods. The residential area setting provides good accessibility for visitors with varying mobility needs.
All building materials for the 1984 embassy were imported from Romania, and Romanian workers took part in its construction. The reception rooms were fitted with crystal chandeliers, marble floors and elaborate woodwork. The building rises up to nine storeys and combined the chancery with apartments for embassy staff.
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