The Bundeshaus was built between 1893 and 1895 as an administrative building for the Royal Prussian
Artillerie Prüfungskommission. After partial destruction during
World War II, it was restored and re-opened by the
West German Federal Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer on 17 April 1950. Between 1950 and 1990 it served as the seat of the Federal Plenipotentiary (Bundesbevollmächtigter),
Bonn's representative in the city of
West Berlin and as the West Berlin outpost of several federal government agencies, some of which have completely moved to Berlin in separate buildings since the reunification. ==Berlin Memorial Plaque==