Timeline of Koblenz

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Prior to 19th century[]

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  • 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 -  [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
  • 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.
    •  [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 -  [de] becomes mayor.

21st century[]

See also[]

  • Koblenz history
  •  [de]
  • Goloring, Bronze Age (1200–800 BCE) earthwork near Koblenz
  • List of Archbishop-Electors of Trier

Other cities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate:(de)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Britannica 1910.
  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.
  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. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via Hathi Trust.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Christina Kossak (1997). "Provincial Pretensions: Architecture and Town-Planning in the Gau-Capital Koblenz 1933-45". Architectural History. 40: 241–265. doi:10.2307/1568677. 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.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

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. (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. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064569.
  • 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, OL 6534538M
  • "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). 75. Berlin: Albert Goldschmidt. 1900 – via Google Books.
  • 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.  [de] (in German). 20.

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