The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany.
Prior to 19th century
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- 706 - Marienkirche, Würzburg (church) dedicated.[1]
- 741 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg established.[2]
- 788 - Cathedral consecrated.[1]
- 1042 - Sankt Burkard church built.[3]
- 1057 - Neumünster Abbey founded.
- 1165 - Imperial Diet held in Würzburg.
- 1180 - Imperial Diet held in Würzburg.[3]
- 1189 - Rebuilt Würzburg Cathedral consecrated.[3]
- 1287 - Synod and Diet of Würzburg at which an imperial peace is declared
- 1377 - Marienkapelle construction begins.[3]
- 1456 - Rathaus Würzburg rebuilt.[3]
- 1479 - Printing press in operation.[4]
- 1525 - Battle of Wurzburg fought during the German Peasants' War.
- 1576 - Julius Hospital founded.[3]
- 1582 - University of Würzburg active.[3]
- 1619 - Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg (library) founded.
- 1643 - Würzburger Hofbräu (brewery) established.
- 1691 - Hauger Stiftskirche (church) built.[3]
- 1703 - Mainbrücke (stone bridge) built.
- 1744 - Würzburg Residence (palace) built.[3]
- 1789 - St. Stephan (Würzburg) church built.[3]
- 1796 - 3 September: Battle of Würzburg fought during the French Revolutionary Wars.
19th century
- 1803
- Würzburg secularized.
- City becomes part of Bavaria.[3]
- 1805 - Grand Duke of Würzburg Ferdinand in power per Treaty of Pressburg.[3]
- 1815 - Würzburg becomes part of Bavaria again.[3]
- 1817 - Koenig & Bauer manufactory in business.
- 1837 - University's Martin von Wagner Museum opens.
- 1838 - Würzburg becomes part of the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken und Aschaffenburg (administrative region).[5]
- 1848 - Wurzburg Bishops' Conference (1848) held.
- 1858 - Population: 36,052.[6]
- 1866 - Würzburg "bombarded and taken by the Prussians."[3]
- 1872 - Stadtbücherei Würzburg (library) founded.
- 1887 - Luitpold Bridge built.[3]
Würzburg in the 1890s
- 1892 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
- 1894 - Ludwigsbrücke (Würzburg) (bridge) built.[3]
- 1895 - Rontgen discovers X-radiation.
- 1900 - Electric tram begins operating.
20th century
- 1904 - Würzburger FV (football club) formed.
- 1919
- SV Heidingsfeld (football club) formed.
- Population: 86,571.[7]
- 1921 - Mozart Festival Würzburg begins.
- 1930 - Heidingsfeld and Heuchelhof become part of city.(de)
- 1943 – Subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp founded. Its prisoners were mostly Poles and Soviets.[8]
- 1945
- 16 March: Bombing of Würzburg in World War II.
- 22 March: Subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp dissolved. Prisoners deported to the main Flossenbürg camp.[8]
- 31 March: Battle of Würzburg begins.
- 6 April: Battle ends. Americans capture the city.
- Main-Post newspaper begins publication.
- 1952 - Sabbie di Capri (Pizzeria) in business.[9]
- 1954 - New Würzburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
- 1971 - University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt established.
- 1974 - Rottenbauer becomes part of city.(de)
- 1976 - Oberdürrbach and Unterdürrbach become part of city.(de)
- 1978 - Lengfeld and Versbach become part of city.(de)
- 1991 - Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway begins operating.
21st century
- 2010 - Population: 133,799.(de)
- 2012 - Refugee protest.[10]
- 2014 - Christian Schuchardt becomes mayor.
- 2016 - 18 July: Train attack near Würzburg.
- 2021 - 25 June: Stabbing.
See also
- History of Würzburg
- List of mayors of Würzburg (in German)
- List of bishops of Würzburg
- History of Franconia region
- Timelines of other cities in the state of Bavaria: Augsburg, Munich, Nuremberg
References
- 1 2 Christian F. Otto, "Würzburg", Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 17 November 2016
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Henri Bouchot (1890). H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co. pp. 368–374.
- ↑ "Die Chronologie zur Verwaltungsgeschichte in Unterfranken" [Chronology of Lower Franconia Administrative History] (in German). Würzburg: Regierung von Unterfranken. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ↑ "Germany: States of South Germany: Bavaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
- ↑ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
- 1 2 "Würzburg Subcamp". KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ↑ Melitta Weiss Adamson (2004). "Timeline". Food in Medieval Times. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-32147-4.
- ↑ "Refugees to Europe: Do Better Than This", The Nation, USA, 30 September 2015
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Würzburg". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t56d64f6t.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Würzburg", Southern Germany (12th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 2011248
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 860.
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Würzburg". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
in German
- "Würzburg". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 16 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064536.
- Gerhard Köbler (2007). "Würzburg". Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder (in German) (7th ed.). Munich: C.H. Beck. p. 810+. ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1.
- Frank Kleinehagenbrock (2012). "Wurzburg". In Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal (eds.). Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 2293–2332. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.
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