Timeline of Dortmund
Appearance
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dortmund, Germany.
Prior to 19th century
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- 1005 - "Ecclesiastical council" meets in Dortmund.[1]
- 1016 - "Imperial diet" meets in Dortmund.[1]
- 1215 - Katharinenkloster Dortmund consecrated.[citation needed]
- 1220 - Dortmund becomes an imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.[2]
- 1240 - Town Hall in use (approximate date).
- 1253 - Dortmund joins the City Alliance of Werne .[3]
- 1267 - St. Mary's Church first mentioned.
- 1270 - St. Reinold's Church built.
- 1293 - Brewing right granted.[2]
- 1322 - Petrikirche (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 " altarpiece installed in the Petrikirche.
- 1523 - Protestant Reformation.[2]
- 1543 - Stadtgymnasium Dortmund (school) founded.[2]
- 1546 - Tower for the Dortmund City Archive added to Town Hall.[6]
- 1570 - Dortmund adopts Lutheranism per the "Augsburg Confession".[2]
- 1609 - Jülich-Cleves-related agreement signed in Dortmund.[2]
19th century
- 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 (regional mining office) headquartered in city.
- 1816 - Population: 4,465.[7]
- 1841 - Sparkasse Dortmund (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 (shooting-sport club) formed.
- Population: 23,348.[9]
- 1863 - City walls dismantled.[1]
- 1871
- Hoesch AG steel company in business.
- Westfalenhütte industrial area developed.
- 1872 - Historischer Verein für Dortmund und die Grafschaft Mark (historical society) founded.[10]
- 1875 - Dortmund–Enschede railway in operation.
- 1878 - Ernst Heinrich Lindemann becomes mayor.
- 1880 - Fredenbaumpark in use (approximate date).
- 1883 - Museum of Art and Cultural History founded.
- 1885 - Population: 78,435.[11]
- 1887 - Dortmund Philharmonic orchestra formed.[12]
- 1890
- 1895
- Oberpostdirektion 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 (sport club) established.
- 1899
- Dortmund–Ems Canal and Dortmund Port open.[16]
- City Hall built.
- Dortmunder Volksbank founded.
20th century
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1900s-1945
- 1900
- Regional Handwerkskammer Dortmund (Chamber of Skilled Crafts) headquartered in city.
- Synagogue built.
- 1901 - Dortmund Fire Department established.[17]
- 1904
- Theater Dortmund and trade school[13] founded.
- Bismarckturm (Dortmund) (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 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 becomes part of city.
- Population: 465,196.
- 1929 - Berghofen (Dortmund) and Syburg becomes part of city.
- 1933 - Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion mining company in business.
- 1938 - Dortberghaus built.
- 1945 - 13 April: Allied forces take city.
1946-1990s
- 1946
- Fritz Henßler becomes mayor.
- Westfälische Rundschau newspaper begins publication.[21]
- 1947
- 29 March: Miners strike against food shortage.[22]
- Museum Ostwall opens.
- 1950 - Population: 507,349.
- 1952 - Westfalenhallen rebuilt.
- 1953 - Dortmund Zoo established.[23]
- 1956 - Population: 607,885.
- 1959
- Florianturm (TV tower) erected.
- National Bundesgartenschau (garden show) held in the Westfalenpark.
- 1960 - Dortmund Airport opens.
- 1961 - Gesundheitshaus Dortmund built.
- 1963 - Dortmund Stadthaus station opens.
- 1968 - University of Dortmund established.
- 1969 - Sparkassen-Hochhaus hi-rise built.
- 1973
- Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting begins.
- Günter Samtlebe becomes mayor.
- 1974 - Westfalenstadion (stadium) opens.
- 1976 - National Rowing Training Centre, Dortmund established.
- 1977 - Eving Selimiye Camii (mosque) established.[citation needed]
- 1978 - WestLB Dortmund built.
- 1983
- Dortmund University station opens.
- Vorsorgekasse Hoesch (insurance entity) active.
- 1984 - Dortmund Stadtbahn begins operating.
- 1985
- Technology Centre Dortmund opens.[24]
- Spielbank Hohensyburg (casino) built.
- 1987 - Coalmining pit closes, "marking the end of more than 150 years of coalmining in Dortmund."[24]
- 1989 - Dortmund City Hall rebuilt on the Friedensplatz (Dortmund) .
- 1990 - Eisengiesser Fountain reconstructed on the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Platz (Dortmund) .
- 1992 - Adlerturm Dortmund (tower) reconstructed.
- 1993 - Deutsche Arbeitsschutzausstellung museum established.
- 1999
- Gerhard Langemeyer becomes mayor.
- Fritz-Henßler-Berufskolleg (trade school) active.
21st century
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- 2005
- RWE Tower built.
- Hoesch-Museum opens.
- 2006 - June: Some of the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer contest held in Dortmund.[25]
- 2008 - Love Parade held in city.
- 2014
- Ullrich Sierau becomes mayor.
- Population: 580,511.
See also
- Dortmund history
- History of Dortmund
- List of historic sites in Dortmund
- de:Zahlen und Fakten zur Politik in Dortmund (in German) includes list of mayors
Other cities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:(de)
- Timeline of Aachen
- Timeline of Bonn
- Timeline of Cologne
- Timeline of Duisburg
- Timeline of Düsseldorf
- Timeline of Essen
- Timeline of Münster
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Ring 1995.
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Bibliography
in English
- "Dortmund". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
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in German
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- Bernhard Thiersch [in German] (1854). Geschichte der Freireichsstadt Dortmund (in German).
- Beiträge zur Geschichte Dortmunds und der Grafschaft Mark (in German). Historischer Verein für Dortmund und die Grafschaft Mark. 1875.
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- Hermann Adalbert Daniel [in German] (1895). "Dortmund". Handbuch der Geographie (in German). Vol. 4 (6th ed.). Leipzig: D.R. Reisland.
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- published in the 20th-21st c.
- P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Dortmund". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
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- Gustav Luntowski et al. Geschichte der Stadt Dortmund. Harenberg, Dortmund 1994, ISBN 3-611-00397-2
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