Timeline of Frankfurt
Appearance
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Prior to 19th century
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- Free City of Frankfurt becomes part of Holy Roman Empire.
- City buys forest from Charles IV.
19th century
- 1806
- City occupied by French.
- City becomes Principality of Frankfurt, under Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg.
- 1808 - Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester (orchestra) established.[7]
- 1810 - City becomes part of Grand Duchy of Frankfurt.
- 1812 - City refortified.
- 1815 - Städel founded.
- 1816 - Free City of Frankfurt becomes part of German Confederation.
- 1829 - Frankfurter Kunstverein founded.
- 1833
- 1839 - Taunus Railway begins operating.
- 1843 - de (stock exchange) built.
- 1846 - International Penitentiary Congress held in Frankfurt.[9]
- 1848
- September: "Uprising."[8]
- Frankfurt Assembly formed.
- 1849 - Constitution of the German Empire proclaimed by Frankfurt Parliament.
- 1856 - Frankfurter Zeitung begins publication.
- 1858 - Frankfurt Zoological Garden founded.[10]
- 1859 - Frankfurt City Link Line begins operating.
- 1861 - Population: 71,462.[11]
- 1863 - de founded in Frankfurt.[12]
- 1866 - City becomes part of Hesse-Nassau, Prussia.[8]
- 1867 - Frankfurt Cathedral rebuilt.
- 1868 - de (bridge) built.[13]
- 1871
- Treaty of Frankfurt signed.[8]
- Palmengarten opens.
- 1872 - Trams begin operating.[citation needed]
- 1875 - Population: 103,136.
- 1878 - Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium - Musikakademie founded.
- 1879 - de (market) opens.[14]
- 1880 - Alte Oper inaugurated.
- 1881 - Metallgesellschaft founded.
- 1886 - Frankfurter Friedensverein (peace group) organized.[15]
- 1895
- Bockenheim becomes part of city.
- Stempel Type Foundry established.
- Population: 229,279.
- 1897 - Frankfurt Motor Show begins.
20th century
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1900s-1940s
- 1904 - Museum der Weltkulturen founded.
- 1905 - Population: 334,978.
- 1909
- Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus established.
- Festhalle built.
- 1914 - University of Frankfurt established.
- 1919 - Population: 433,002.[16]
- 1923 - Institute for Social Research founded.
- 1925 - de (monument) installed.
- 1926 - de (bridge) rebuilt.
- 1928
- Höchst becomes part of city.[17]
- Großmarkthalle built.
- Population: 551,200.
- 1929
- Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra formed.[18]
- Holy Cross Church built.
- 1930 - IG Farben Building constructed.
- 1931 - Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion opens.
- 1934 - Adlerwerke vorm. Heinrich Kleyer established.
- 1936
- Frankfurt Airport opens.
- Grüneburgpark opens.
- 1938 - Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts founded.
- 1944 - Bombing begins.
- 1945
- July: American zone of Allied-occupied Germany headquartered in Frankfurt.
- Frankfurter Rundschau begins publication.
- 1946 - Eschwege displaced persons camp set up.
- 1948
- Hessischer Rundfunk begins broadcasting.
- Bank deutscher Länder headquartered in Frankfurt.[19]
- 1949
- Frankfurt Book Fair resumes.
- Deutsches Institut für Filmkunde founded.
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
1950s-1990s
- 1951 - Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt built.
- 1953 - Population: 600,579.
- 1954 - Goethe House opens.
- 1955 - Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport opens.
- 1957 - Deutsche Bundesbank headquartered in Frankfurt.[19]
- 1958
- Noor Mosque built.[20]
- Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt and Cinema Kino[21] open.
- 1959 - de (prison) begins operating.
- 1960
- 1963 - Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials begin.
- 1966 - City twinned with Birmingham, United Kingdom.[22]
- 1967 - City twinned with Deuil-La Barre, France.[22]
- 1968 - Frankfurt U-Bahn begins operating.
- 1970
- 1974 - City-Haus built.
- 1978
- Rhine-Main S-Bahn begins operating.
- Historic Railway museum founded.
- 1979
- Europaturm built.
- Titanic magazine begins publication.
- City twinned with Cairo, Egypt.[22]
- 1980 - City twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel.[22]
- 1981
- Frankfurt Marathon begins.
- Museum für Moderne Kunst founded.
- 1984 - German Architecture Museum opens.[24]
- 1987 - de founded.
- 1988 - City twinned with Guangzhou, China.[22]
- 1989
- City hosts Bundesgartenschau (garden show).[25]
- City twinned with Toronto, Canada.[22]
- 1990 - City twinned with Budapest, Hungary, and Prague, Czech Republic.[22]
- 1991
- 1992 - de (Institute for City History) established.
- 1993
- Westendstrasse 1 built.
- Deutsche Börse headquartered in Frankfurt.
- 1994 - European Monetary Institute headquartered in Frankfurt.[19]
- 1995
- Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange founded.
- Petra Roth becomes mayor.
- 1996 - City website online (approximate date).[27]
- 1998 - European Central Bank headquartered in Frankfurt.
- 1999 - Main Tower built.
21st century
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- 2000
- Museum Giersch opens.
- Population: 646,550.
- 2001 - Cinestar Metropolis (movie theatre) in business.[21]
- 2002 - Köln–Frankfurt high-speed rail line begins operating.
- 2003
- 2005
- 2009 - Zeil renovated.
- 2011 - City twinned with Yokohama, Japan.[26]
- 2012
- Peter Feldmann becomes mayor.[29]
- 2013 - City twinned with Eskişehir, Turkey.[26]
- 2014 - Population: 714,241.
- 2015
- Economic unrest.[2]
- City twinned with Philadelphia, United States.[26]
See also
References
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This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Published in the 18th-19th century
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Frankfort", The Grand Tour, vol. 2: Germany and Holland, London: S. Birt
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- Frankfurt am Main. City Engineers Dept. (1907). Guide to Some of the Public Works of Frankfort-am-Main.
- Frankfurter Verkehrsverein (1908). Official guide for Frankfort-on-Main and vicinity. Frankfort-on-Main: R. Th. Hauser & Co.
- "Frankfort-on-Main", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
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in German
- "Franckfurt". Topographia Hassiae et Regionum Vicinarum. Topographia Germaniae (in German). Frankfurt. p. 27+.
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- Frankfurt a.M. Griebens Reiseführer (in German). 1912.
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