Ludwig van Beethoven did not spend his youth exclusively in the electoral residence town of Bonn. Like many court musicians, the Beethoven family - grandfather Ludwig was director of music at the court, father Johann was a court singer - maintained contact with acquaintances who were fond of music and lived in the surrounding region. Many of them also came to Bonn in order to marvel at the musical talent of adolescent Ludwig.

In 1781, Johann van Beethoven and his son Ludwig, accompanied by their relative, the violinist Franz Georg Rovantini, set out on a walking tour. They stopped off in Ersdorf, today a district of the town of Meckenheim, with Carl Joseph Rheindorf.

In Ahrweiler, they were guests of the brothers Schopp. In Röttgen, they visited forester Franz Stephan Ostler, "whose son was also a music lover", as Bonn master baker Fischer reported.

Ludwig van Beethoven ne passa pas toute sa jeunesse à Bonn, ville-résidence du prince-électeur de Cologne. Like many of the musicians of the court, the Beethoven family - his grandfather Ludwig was a chapel master, his father Johann a chanteur - entered into relations with the mélomanes of the region. Nombre d'entre eux se rendaient aussi à Bonn pour admirer le talent musical du jeune Ludwig.

In 1781, Johann van Beethoven and his son Ludwig went on an excursion in the company of a member of the family, the violonist Franz Georg Rovantini. This was the occasion to stop off at Carl Joseph Rheindorf in Ersdorf, currently a quarter of the town of Meckenheim.

À Ahrweiler, they became friends with the Schopp brothers. À Röttgen, they pay a visit to the forester Franz Stephan Ostler, "whose son was also a Muslim", according to the boulanger Fischer.