Timeline of Koblenz

The following is a timeline of the history of Koblenz, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

9 BCE - Military post established by Roman Drusus (approximate date).^[1]
1018 CE - Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor gives Koblenz to Archbishop of Trier.^[1]
1208 - Church of St. Castor built.^[1]
1254 - Town walls built.^[1]
1344 - Stone bridge built over Mosel.^[1]
1359 - Koblenzer Schützengesellschaft (militia) formed.^[2]
1469 - Population: 1,193.
1688 - Town besieged by French forces.^[1]
1698 - Jesuit College built.^{[citation needed]}
1725 - Merchants' Hall restored.^[1]
1768 - Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony becomes Archbishop-Elector of Trier
1778 - Population: 7,475.
1786 - Electoral Palace built.^[1]
1794 - Town taken by French forces.^[1]
1798 - Koblenz becomes "chief town of the Rhine and Mosel department."^[1]

19th century

1813 - Johann Josef Mazza [de] becomes mayor.
1814 - Town occupied by Russian forces.^[1]
1815 - Koblenz Fortress construction begins near town.
1822 - Town becomes seat of the Rhine province.^[1]
1827 - Bürgerbibliothek (town library) founded.^[3]
1832 - Ehrenbreitstein Fortress built near town.
1840 - Population: 18,387.
1849 - Coblenzer Zeitung newspaper in publication.^[4]
1858 - Koblenz-Lützel station opens.
1864 - Pfaffendorf Bridge built.^[1]
1885 - Population: 31,669.^[1]
1897 - Statue of Wilhelm I installed on the Deutsches Eck.^[1]

20th century

1902 - Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
1919 - Population: 56,676.^[5]
1933 - Population: 65,257.
1934
- Koblenz radio transmitter erected.
- TuS Koblenz football club formed.
1935 - Thingplatz^[6] and Stadion Oberwerth (stadium) inaugurated.
1943 - Koblenz becomes capital of Koblenz-Trier Gau.^[6]
1946
- Koblenz becomes part of the Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Josef Schnorbach [de] becomes mayor.
1953 - Pfaffendorf Bridge rebuilt.
1961 - Population: 99,240.
1976 - Fernmeldeturm Koblenz (telecommunications tower) erected near city.
1991 - City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.^[7]
1992 - 2000th anniversary of founding of Koblenz.
1994 - Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann [de] becomes mayor.

21st century

2001 - DB Museum opens.
2004 - Tahir Mosque (Koblenz) [de] opens.
2010 - Joachim Hofmann-Göttig [de] becomes mayor.
2011
- Koblenz Stadtmitte station opens.
- City hosts Federal Horticultural Show 2011.^[8]
2012 - Population: 109,779.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Britannica 1910.
^ Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
^ Julius Petzholdt (1853), Handbuch Deutscher Bibliotheken (in German), Halle: H.W. Schmidt, OCLC 8363581
^ Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. "Katalog". Retrieved 2 December 2013.
^ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via Hathi Trust. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b Christina Kossak (1997). "Provincial Pretensions: Architecture and Town-Planning in the Gau-Capital Koblenz 1933-45". Architectural History. 40. JSTOR 1568677.
^ "Sister and Friendship Cities Program". USA: City of Austin. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "Bisherige Gartenschauen" [Previous Garden Shows] (in German). Bonn: Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Monsieur de Blainville (1757), "Coblentz", Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, but especially Italy, translated by Turnbull, London: John Noon {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
"Coblenz", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Coblenz", The Rhine, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help) (+ 1882 ed.)
John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Coblenz". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.

in German

Wilhelm Arnold Günther (1813). Topographische Geschichte der Stadt Coblenz von ihrem Entstehen bis zum Schlusse des 18ten Jahrhunderts (in German). Coblenz.
"Coblenz". Biblioteca geographica: Verzeichniss der seit der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis zu Ende des Jahres 1856 in Deutschland (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 1858. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help) (bibliography)
Julius Wegeler (1882), Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Coblenz (in German), Coblenz: J. Schuth
"Koblenz". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
Max Bär, ed. (1898), Urkunden und akten zur geschichte der verfassung und verwaltung der stadt Koblenz bis zum jahre 1500 [Records for the history of the administration of the city of Koblenz to the year 1500] (in German), Bonn: H. Behrendt, OCLC 29072849
"Koblenz". Kleiner Führer für die Rhein-Reise von Köln bis Frankfurt [Short guide for a trip along the Rhine from Cologne to Frankfurt]. Griebens Reisebücher (in German). Vol. 75. Berlin: Albert Goldschmidt. 1900 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
Eduard Ausfeld (1903). Übersicht über die bestände des K. Staatsarchivs zu Coblenz [Overview of the holdings of the State Archives at Coblenz]. Mitteilungen der K. Preussischen Archivverwaltung (in German). Leipzig: S. Hirzel.
Paul Clemen, ed. (1937). Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Koblenz. Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz [de] (in German). Vol. 20.

External links

Links to fulltext city directories for Koblenz via Wikisource

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

[Tallau2008-2] Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

[petzholdt1853-3] Julius Petzholdt (1853), Handbuch Deutscher Bibliotheken (in German), Halle: H.W. Schmidt, OCLC 8363581

[4] Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. "Katalog". Retrieved 2 December 2013.

[5] "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via Hathi Trust. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

[kossak1997-6] Christina Kossak (1997). "Provincial Pretensions: Architecture and Town-Planning in the Gau-Capital Koblenz 1933-45". Architectural History. 40. JSTOR 1568677.

[7] "Sister and Friendship Cities Program". USA: City of Austin. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[8] "Bisherige Gartenschauen" [Previous Garden Shows] (in German). Bonn: Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

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