Timeline of Dortmund

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dortmund, Germany.

Prior to 19th century[edit]

1005 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "ecclesiastical council" in Dortmund.^[1]
1016 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "Imperial diet" in Dortmund.^[1]
1215 – Katharinenkloster Dortmund [de] consecrated.^{[citation needed]}
1220 – Dortmund becomes an imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.^[2]
1240 – Town Hall [de] in use (approximate date).
1253 – Dortmund joins the City Alliance of Werne [de].^[3]
1267 – St. Mary's Church first mentioned.
1270 – St. Reinold's Church built.
1293 – Brewing right granted.^[2]
1322 – St. Peter's Church, Dortmund (church) construction begins.
1332 – City rights confirmed per "Privilegium Ludovicum."^[2]^[4]
1387/8 – Dortmund besieged by forces of Friedrich III. von Saarwerden, Archbishop of Cologne.^[1]
1388 – Dortmunder Bürgerschützenverein (militia) formed.^[5]
1400 – Vehmic court established (approximate date).^[2]
1454 – Tower built on St. Reinold's Church.
1521 – "Golden Wonder of Westphalia [de]" altarpiece installed in the Petrikirche.
1523 – Protestant Reformation.^[2]
1543 – Stadtgymnasium Dortmund [de] (school) founded.^[2]
1546 – Tower for the Dortmund City Archive [de] added to Town Hall.^[6]
1570 – Dortmund adopts Lutheranism per the "Augsburg Confession".^[2]
1609 – Jülich-Cleves-related agreement [de] signed in Dortmund.^[2]

19th century[edit]

1803 – Dormund "annexed to Nassau."^[1]
1806 – French in power.^[1]
1808 – Dormund becomes capital of French satellite Ruhr (department).^[1]
1815
- Dortmund becomes part of Prussia per Congress of Vienna.^[1]
- Oberbergamt Dortmund [de] (regional mining office) headquartered in city.
1816 – Population: 4,465.^[7]
1841 – Sparkasse Dortmund [de] (bank) founded.^[8]
1847 – Duisburg–Dortmund railway and Dortmund–Hamm railway begin operating.
1849 – Elberfeld–Dortmund railway begins operating.
1855 – Dortmund–Soest railway begins operating.
1861
- Westfälischer Schützenbund [de] (shooting-sport club) formed.
- Population: 23,348.^[9]
1863 – City walls [de] dismantled.^[1]
1871
- Hoesch AG steel company in business.
- Westfalenhütte industrial area developed.
1872 – Historischer Verein für Dortmund und die Grafschaft Mark [de] (historical society) founded.^[10]
1875
- Dortmund–Enschede railway in operation.
- Population:57,742.^[1]
1878 – Ernst Heinrich Lindemann becomes mayor.
1880 – Fredenbaumpark [de] in use (approximate date).
1883 – Museum of Art and Cultural History founded.
1885 – Population: 78,435.^[11]
1887 – Dortmund Philharmonic orchestra formed.^[12]
1890
- Royal School of Machine Building established.^[13]
- Population: 89,663.^[14]
1895
- Oberpostdirektion [de] Dortmund (regional postal administration) established.
- Post office built.^[1]
- Population: 111,232.^[15]
1897 – City electric power system begins operating.^[16]
1898 – Industrial School for Young Ladies^[13] and Ruderclub Hansa von 1898 [de] (sport club) established.
1899
- Dortmund–Ems Canal and Dortmund Port open.^[16]
- City Hall restored.^[1]
- Dortmunder Volksbank [de] founded.
1900
- Regional Handwerkskammer Dortmund [de] (Chamber of Skilled Crafts) headquartered in city.
- Synagogue built.

20th century[edit]

1900s–1945[edit]

1901 – Dortmund Fire Department [de] established.^[17]
1904
- Theater Dortmund and trade school^[13] founded.
- Bismarckturm (Dortmund) [de] (tower) built.
1905 – Population: 175,577.^[18]
1909
- Borussia Dortmund sport club formed.
- Nordmarkt area laid out.^{[citation needed]}
1910
- Dortmund Hauptbahnhof built.
- Population: 214,226.^[19]
1914 – Eving becomes part of city.
1919 – Population: 295,026.^[20]
1920
- Regional Siedlungsverband Ruhrkohlenbezirk [de] municipal association created.
- Population: 313,752.
1924 – Weisse Wiese stadium opens.
1926 – Botanischer Garten Rombergpark acquired by city.
1927 – Dortmund U-Tower built.
1928
- Hörde [de] becomes part of city.
- Population: 465,196.
1929 – Berghofen (Dortmund) [de] and Syburg become part of city.
1933 – Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion [de] mining company in business.
1938 – Dortberghaus built.
1939 – Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).^[21]
1943
- May: SS construction brigade (forced labour camp) established by the SS.^[22]
- September: SS construction brigade presumably dissolved.^[22]
1944 – Subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established for 400 Polish women who survived the Warsaw Uprising (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).^[23]
1945
- March: women's subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Prisoners deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.^[23]
- 13 April: allied forces take city.

1946–1990s[edit]

1946
- Fritz Henßler becomes mayor.
- Westfälische Rundschau [de] newspaper begins publication.^[24]
1947
- 29 March: miners strike against food shortage.^[25]
- Museum Ostwall opens.
1950 – Population: 507,349.
1952 – Westfalenhallen rebuilt.
1953 – Dortmund Zoo established.^[26]
1955 – City co-hosts the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships.
1956 – Population: 607,885.
1959
- Florianturm (TV tower) erected.
- National Bundesgartenschau (garden show) held in the Westfalenpark.
- City hosts the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships.
1960 – Dortmund Airport opens.
1961 – Gesundheitshaus Dortmund [de] built.
1963 – Dortmund Stadthaus station opens.
1964 – City hosts the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships.
1968 – University of Dortmund established.
1969 – Sparkassen-Hochhaus [de] hi-rise built.
1973
- Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting begins.
- Günter Samtlebe [de] becomes mayor.
1974 – Westfalenstadion (stadium) opens.
1975 – City co-hosts the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships.
1976 – National Rowing Training Centre, Dortmund [de] established.
1977 – Eving Selimiye Camii (mosque) established.^{[citation needed]}
1978 – WestLB Dortmund [de] built.
1980 – City hosts the 1980 World Figure Skating Championships.
1983
- Dortmund University station opens.
- Vorsorgekasse Hoesch [de] (insurance entity) active.
1984 – Dortmund Stadtbahn begins operating.
1985
- Technology Centre Dortmund [de] opens.^[27]
- Spielbank Hohensyburg [de] (casino) built.
1987 – Coalmining pit closes, "marking the end of more than 150 years of coalmining in Dortmund".^[27]
1989 – Dortmund City Hall [de] rebuilt on the Friedensplatz (Dortmund) [de].
1990 – Eisengiesser Fountain reconstructed on the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Platz (Dortmund) [de].
1991 – Steel company Hoesch AG was bought by Krupp.^[28]
1992 – Adlerturm Dortmund [de] (tower) reconstructed.
1993 – Deutsche Arbeitsschutzausstellung [de] museum established.
1999
- Gerhard Langemeyer [de] becomes mayor.
- Fritz-Henßler-Berufskolleg [de] (trade school) active.

21st century[edit]

2005
- RWE Tower [de] built.
- Hoesch-Museum [de] opens.
2006 - June: Some of the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer contest held in Dortmund.^[29]
2008 - Love Parade held in city.
2014
- Ullrich Sierau becomes mayor.
- Population: 580,511.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ring 1995.
^ Donald J. Harreld, ed. (2015). A Companion to the Hanseatic League. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-28476-0.
^ Frensdorff 1882.
^ Hermann Tallau (2008). "Älteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.
^ "Stadtarchiv Dortmund: Wir über uns: Geschichte". Archive in Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ Brockhaus 1896.
^ Moritz Neefe, ed. (1906). Statistisches Jahrbuch deutscher Städte [Statistical Yearbook of German Cities] (in German). Vol. 13. Breslau: Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn [de]. hdl:2027/mdp.39015010783606.
^ "Germany: States of North Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
^ Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
^ "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Bureau of Education (1910). "Prussian system of vocational schools from 1884 to 1909". Report of the Commissioner of Education. U.S. Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/umn.31951000865102o.
^ "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1896. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590543.
^ "German Empire". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
^ ^a ^b Todd 1987.
^ "Feuerwehr: Über uns: Historie (timeline)". Dortmund.de. Stadt Dortmund. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590592.
^ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1915. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368358.
^ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
^ "Lager für Sinti und Roma Dortmund". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Dortmund (III. SS-Baubrigade)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Dortmund (Hüttenverein)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Dortmund (Germany) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
^ "March 24-April 6, 1947". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 3 (7). London: Royal Institute of International Affairs: 189–201. 1947. JSTOR 40545021.
^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
^ ^a ^b Hennings 1990.
^ Zeit.de: Ein Mythos verblasst
^ "German Police Arrest More Than 300", New York Times, 15 June 2006

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[edit]

in English[edit]

"Dortmund". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7br92q5g.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Dortmund", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
"Dortmund" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 437.
Edmund N. Todd (1987). "A Tale of Three Cities: Electrification and the Structure of Choice in the Ruhr, 1886-1900". Social Studies of Science. 17 (3): 387–412. doi:10.1177/030631287017003001. JSTOR 285130. S2CID 145435566. (about Bochum, Dortmund, and Essen)
G. Hennings & K.R. Kunzmann (1990). "Priority to local economic development: industrial restructuring and local development responses in the Ruhr area - the case of Dortmund". In Walter B. Stöhr (ed.). Global Challenge and Local Response: Initiatives for Economic Regeneration in Contemporary Europe. United Nations University Press. ISBN 978-0-7201-2064-6.
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Dortmund". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 215+. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.

in German[edit]

published in the 19th c.

Bernhard Thiersch [in German] (1854). Geschichte der Freireichsstadt Dortmund (in German).
Beiträge zur Geschichte Dortmunds und der Grafschaft Mark [Contributions to the History of Dortmund and the County of Mark] (in German). Historischer Verein für Dortmund und die Grafschaft Mark. 1875. ongoing
Ferdinand Frensdorff [in German] (1882). Dortmunder Statuten und Urtheile [Dortmund statutes and judgments] (in German). Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses.
Dortmund. Die Chroniken der deutschen Städte [de] (in German). Vol. 20. Leipzig: S. Hirzel Verlag [de]. 1887 – via HathiTrust.
Karl von Hegel (1891). "Dortmund". Städte und Gilden der germanischen Völker im Mittelalter (in German). Vol. 2. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot [de]. hdl:2027/wu.89094689700 – via HathiTrust.
Albert Ludorff [in German] (1894). Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Dortmund-Stadt (in German). Münster: Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh.
Hermann Adalbert Daniel [in German] (1895). "Dortmund". Handbuch der Geographie (in German). Vol. 4 (6th ed.). Leipzig: D.R. Reisland. hdl:2027/hvd.32044014078935.
"Dortmund". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. p. 456+. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064460.
Dortmunder Bürgerbuch: Sammlung der Ortsstatuten, Polizei-Verordnungen, Regulative u.s.w. für die Stadt Dortmund (in German). Dortmund: Friedrich Wilhelm Ruhfus [de]. 1898.

published in the 20th-21st c.

P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Dortmund". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
Institute for Comparative Urban History [in German], ed. (1973), Dortmund, Deutscher Städteatlas (in German), vol. 1, ISBN 3891150008
G. Luntowski and N. Reimann, ed., Dortmund 1100 Jahre Stadtgeschichte, (Dortmund, 1982)
Gustav Luntowski et al. Geschichte der Stadt Dortmund. Harenberg, Dortmund 1994, ISBN 3-611-00397-2
Dortmunder Statistik: 100 Jahre Statistisches Amt 1896-1996 (in German). Stadt Dortmund. 1996.
Hermann Bömer; et al., eds. (2010). Stadtentwicklung in Dortmund seit 1945 [Urban development in Dortmund since 1945] (in German).

External links[edit]

Europeana. Items related to Dortmund, various dates.
Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Dortmund, various dates

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTERing1995-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Ring 1995.

[Harreld2015-3] Donald J. Harreld, ed. (2015). A Companion to the Hanseatic League. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-28476-0.

[FOOTNOTEFrensdorff1882-4] Frensdorff 1882.

[Tallau2008-5] Hermann Tallau (2008). "Älteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.

[6] "Stadtarchiv Dortmund: Wir über uns: Geschichte". Archive in Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[FOOTNOTEBrockhaus1896-7] Brockhaus 1896.

[Neefe1906-8] Moritz Neefe, ed. (1906). Statistisches Jahrbuch deutscher Städte [Statistical Yearbook of German Cities] (in German). Vol. 13. Breslau: Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn [de]. hdl:2027/mdp.39015010783606.

[9] "Germany: States of North Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.

[kunsthandbuch1904-10] Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.

[11] "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.

[Lawson2003-19th-12] Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.

[vocational-1910-13] U.S. Bureau of Education (1910). "Prussian system of vocational schools from 1884 to 1909". Report of the Commissioner of Education. U.S. Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/umn.31951000865102o.

[14] "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1896. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590543.

[15] "German Empire". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.

[FOOTNOTETodd1987-16] Todd 1987.

[17] "Feuerwehr: Über uns: Historie (timeline)". Dortmund.de. Stadt Dortmund. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[18] "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590592.

[19] "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1915. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368358.

[20] "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.

[21] "Lager für Sinti und Roma Dortmund". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[ssbb-22] "Dortmund (III. SS-Baubrigade)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[Hütt-23] "Dortmund (Hüttenverein)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[WorldCat-24] "Dortmund (Germany) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[25] "March 24-April 6, 1947". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 3 (7). London: Royal Institute of International Affairs: 189–201. 1947. JSTOR 40545021.

[Kisling2000-26] Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.

[FOOTNOTEHennings1990-27] Hennings 1990.

[28] Zeit.de: Ein Mythos verblasst

[29] "German Police Arrest More Than 300", New York Times, 15 June 2006

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v t e Years in Germany (1871–present)
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20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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19th century[edit]

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