Timeline of Nuremberg

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nuremberg, Germany.

Prior to 15th century[]

  • 1030 – Nuremberg Castle built (approximate date).[1]
  • 1060 – Residence of the burgrave established.[2]
  • 1140 – Monastery of St. Egidius founded.[3]
  • 1219 – Nuremberg becomes a Free Imperial City.[1]
  • 1298 – St. Lawrence church built.[1]
  • 1349 – Craftsmen's uprising.
  • 1361 – Frauenkirche (church) built.[1]
  • 1377 – Luginsland Tower construction begins in Castle.
  • 1380 – Nuremberg Charterhouse (monastery) founded.
  • 1382 – Playing cards in use (approximate date).[4]
  • 1390 - Paper mill established by Stromer near city.[5]
  • 1397 - Population: 5,626.

15th–16th centuries[]

Parade, Nuremberg, 1539
  • 1424 – Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire relocated to Nuremberg.
  • 1427 – Ownership of Castle transferred to city.
  • 1437 – Black Death.
  • 1445 – Stadtbibliothek (city library) established.[6]
  • 1470 – Anton Koberger printer in business.[7]
  • 1484 - Reformacion der Stat Nuremberg (legal code) with Jewry Oath published[8]
  • 1485 - Kuchenmeysterey cookbook published.[9]
  • 1486 –  [de] (bridge) built.
  • 1488 - Sigmund Meisterlin writes Nürnberger Chronik, a history of the city.
  • 1492 – Martin Behaim creates Erdapfel (geographical globe).
  • 1493 – Schedel's Liber Chronicarum published.
  • 1495 – Artist Albrecht Dürer sets up workshop.
  • 1505
    • City territory expanded per Landshut War of Succession.
    • Clockmaker Peter Henlein active (see Watch 1505)
  • 1519
    • St. Sebaldus Church built.[1]
    • Bratwurstglocklein tavern in business (approximate date).[3]
  • 1525 – Protestant Reformation.
  • 1526 – Lutheran Melanchthon's Gymnasium opens.[2]
  • 1532 – City hosts religious Peace of Nuremberg agreement.[1]
  • 1541 - February: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits city.[10]
  • 1550 - St. Martha church in use as a theatre space by meistersinger Sachs.[11]
  • 1561 – April: Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg.
  • 1583 -  [de] built.
  • 1598 – Fleisch Bridge built over Pegnitz.

17th–18th centuries[]

Fleisch Bridge over Pegnitz River, Nuremberg, 17th century (from Topographia Germaniae)
  • 1619 –  [de] (town hall) rebuilt.[1]
  • 1632 – Siege of Nuremberg.
  • 1662 – Academy of Fine Arts established.
  • 1668 – Simplicissimus (novel) published.[12]
  • 1695 – Pachelbel becomes organist of St. Sebaldus Church.[13]
  • 1718 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt.[2]
  • 1728 –  [de] (bridge) built.
  • 1750 - Population: 30,000.
  • 1792 – Kunstverein Nürnberg (art association) founded.

19th century[]

  • 1806 – City becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, per Treaty of Confederation of the Rhine.
  • 1810
    • Catholic parish established.
    • Population: 28,544.
  • 1817 – City becomes part of the Bavarian Rezatkreis district.
  • 1825 – Gostenhof and  [de] become part of city.
  • 1833 – New City Theatre built on Lorenzer Platz.
  • 1835 – Bavarian Ludwigsbahn railway (Fürth-Nuremberg) begins operating.[14]
  • 1841 –  [de] engineering firm in business.
  • 1844 – Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof opens.
  • 1852
    • German Museum established.
    • Population: 53,638.
  • 1859 – Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway begins operating.
  • 1861 - Population: 62,797.[15]
  • 1868 – Bayerisches Gewerbemuseum (museum) founded.[16]
  • 1871 – Albrecht Dürer's House museum established.
  • 1875 - Population: 91,018.
  • 1878 – Verein fur Geschichte der Stadt (city history society) active.[16]
  • 1882 – Numismatic Society founded.[16]
  • 1883 – Nuremberg–Cheb railway in operation.
  • 1885 – Schuckert & Co. engineering firm in business.[17]
  • 1889 – Verein von Freunden der Photographie (photo group) founded.[16]
  • 1899
    • Nürnberg Photography Society founded.[16]
    • Railway museum opens.
  • 1900
    •  [de]'s Intimes Theater opens.[18]
    • Population: 261,081.

20th century[]

  • 1905 – New Staatstheater Nürnberg inaugurated.
  • 1910 - Population: 333,142.
  • 1912 – Nuremberg Zoo opens.[19]
  • 1916 – Palace of Justice built.
  • 1927 – August: 3rd Nazi Party Congress held.
  • 1928 – Frankenstadion (stadium) opens.
  • 1929 – August: 4th Nazi Party Congress held.
  • 1930 - Population: 416,700.
  • 1933 – 30 August-3 September: 5th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Der Sieg des Glaubens filmed.
  • 1934
    • July: 4th Deutsche Kampfspiele (athletic event) held in Frankenstadion.
    • September: 6th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will filmed.
  • 1937 – Deutsches Stadion construction begins (never completed).
  • 1945
  • 1946
    • 9 December: Nuremberg Military Tribunals against Nazi leaders begin.
    • Franconia State Orchestra formed.
  • 1950
    • German Toy Fair begins.
    • Population: 362,459.
  • 1957 – Langwasser development begins.
  • 1959 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt.
  • 1967 – Kunsthalle Nürnberg (art centre) founded.
  • 1968 – City mapped into 10 Statistischen Stadtteilen (statistical districts).[21]
  • 1971 – Nuremberg Toy Museum founded.
  • 1972 – Katzwang becomes part of city.
  • 1987 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S1 metro railway begins operating.
  • 1992 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S2 and S3 metro railway begins operating.
  • 2000 – Neues Museum Nürnberg opens.

21st century[]

  • 2002 – Ulrich Maly becomes mayor.[22]
  • 2010 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S4 metro railway begins operating.
  • 2012 – Population: 495,121.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Townsend 1867.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Nürnberg". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. 3. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064802.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Rée 1905.
  4. ^ Smoller 1986.
  5. ^ Dard Hunter (1978). "Chronology". Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft. Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-23619-3.
  6. ^ Julius Petzholdt (1853), "Nürnberg", Handbuch Deutscher Bibliotheken (in German), Halle: H.W. Schmidt, OCLC 8363581
  7. ^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  8. ^ Evers, Renate (2020). "The 1484 Nuremberg Jewry Oath (More Judaico)". Leo Baeck Institute Year Book. 65: 3–35 – via Oxford University Press.
  9. ^ Melitta Weiss Adamson (2004). "Timeline". Food in Medieval Times. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-32147-4.
  10. ^ "Entry of Charles V into Nuremberg (Nuremberg: 16th February, 1541)". Treasures in Full: Renaissance Festival Books. British Library. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  11. ^ William Grange (2006). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of German Theater. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6489-4.
  12. ^ Manfred H. Grieb, ed. (2007). Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-091296-8.
  13. ^ Stephen Rose (2005). "Chronology". In Tim Carter and John Butt (ed.). Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79273-8.
  14. ^ Ernest F. Henderson (1937). "Chronological Table: 1658-1914". A Short History of Germany. New York: Macmillan. hdl:2027/uc1.b3851058 – via HathiTrust.
  15. ^ Georg Friedrich Kolb (1862). "Deutschland: Bayern". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
  17. ^ "Siemens History: Siemens-Schuckertwerke". Siemens AG. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  18. ^ Neuer Theater-Almanach (in German). Berlin: F.A. Günther & Sohn. 1908. hdl:2027/uva.x030515382.
  19. ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  20. ^ Richard Overy, ed. (2013). New York Times Book of World War II 1939-1945. USA: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60376-377-6.
  21. ^ "Kleinräumige Gliederung Nürnberg". Virtueller Atlas Nürnberg (in German). Stadt Nürnberg. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  22. ^ "German mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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