Timeline_of_Dortmund
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dortmund, Germany.
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- 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]
- 1803 – Dormund "annexed to Nassau."[1]
- 1806 – French in power.[1]
- 1808 – Dormund becomes capital of French satellite Ruhr (department).[1]
- 1815
- 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
- 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
- 1895
- 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
1900s–1945
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2005
- 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.
- Dortmund history
- History of Dortmund [de]
- List of historic sites in Dortmund [de]
- de:Zahlen und Fakten zur Politik in Dortmund (in German) includes list of mayors
- Timelines of other cities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:(de) Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Münster
- Donald J. Harreld, ed. (2015). A Companion to the Hanseatic League. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-28476-0.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- "Dortmund (III. SS-Baubrigade)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- "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.
- "German Police Arrest More Than 300", New York Times, 15 June 2006
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
in English
- "Dortmund". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7br92q5g.
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- "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
- 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).
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