Timeline of Magdeburg
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Magdeburg, Germany.
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- 937 - Mauritiuskloster (monastery) founded.[1]
- 968
- Catholic Archbishopric of Magdeburg established.[2]
- Kloster Berge (monastery) founded.[3]
- 1010 - Volksfest begins.
- 1018 - Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen (monastery) founded.[1]
- 1188 - Fire.[3]
- 1294 - Magdeburg rights in effect.[4]
- 1297 - Freischiessen begins.[5]
- 1480 - Sankt-Petri-Kirche (Magdeburg) (church) rebuilt.
- 1520 - Magdeburg Cathedral towers built.[3]
- 1524 - Protestant reformation.[3]
- 1525 - Stadtbibliothek Magdeburg (library) founded.
- 1550
- Magdeburg Confession issued in response to the Augsburg Interim.
- Magdeburg besieged by forces of Maurice, Elector of Saxony.[3]
- 1631 - May: Sack of Magdeburg during the Thirty Years' War; city burned.[3](de)
- 1680 - Duchy of Magdeburg established.
- 1685 - Huguenot refugee French Colony of Magdeburg develops.
- 1691 - Rathaus Magdeburg (city hall) rebuilt.[3]
- 1702 - Magdeburg Citadel built.[6]
- 1721 - Fort Berge construction begins.
- 1780 - Population: 22,389.(de)
- 1783 - Harmonie-Gesellschaft (Magdeburg) (cultural association) founded.
19th century
- 1806 - Siege of Magdeburg (1806) by French forces; Magdeburg "annexed to the kingdom of Westphalia."[3]
- 1814 - Magdeburg becomes part of Prussia again.[3]
- 1815 - Administrative Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg (region) created.
- 1818 - Prussian IV Army Corps headquartered in Magdeburg.
- 1824 - Herrenkrugpark expanded.
- 1825 - Industrie- und Handelskammer Magdeburg (chamber of commerce) founded.[7]
- 1840
- Magdeburg-Leipzig railway built.
- Population: 50,898.(de)
- 1843
- Magdeburg–Thale railway begins operating.
- Magdeburger Börse (stock exchange) founded.
- 1846 - Berlin–Magdeburg railway begins operating.
- 1851 - Magdeburg Synagogue built.
- 1855 - Grusonwerk machinery manufactory begins operating in nearby Buckau.
- 1860 - Viktoriatheater (Magdeburg) opens.
- 1867 - Sudenburg becomes part of Magdeburg.
- 1873 - Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
- 1876 - Stadttheater Magdeburg (theatre) opens.
- 1877 - Soldiers' Memorial erected.[6]
- 1885 - Population: 114,291.(de)
- 1886
- Alte Neustadt becomes part of Magdeburg.
- Martin Luther monument (Magdeburg) erected.[6]
- 1887 - Buckau becomes part of Magdeburg.
- 1890 - Volksstimme newspaper begins publication.[7]
- 1895 - Population: 214,424.[8]
- 1896
- SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg (football club) formed.
- Gruson-Gewächshäuser (greenhouse garden) opens.
20th century
- 1903 - Königsbrücke (bridge) opens.
- 1906 - Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg founded.
- 1907
- Zentraltheater (theatre) opens.[4]
- Rathaus Magdeburg (city hall) new building constructed.
- 1908 - Rothensee becomes part of Magdeburg.[4]
- 1910 - Cracau (Magdeburg), Fermersleben, Lemsdorf, Prester (Magdeburg), Salbke, and Westerhüsen become part of Magdeburg.[4]
- 1919 - Population: 285,856.[9]
- 1934 - Volkspark Westerhüsen (park) opens.[10]
- 1938 - November: Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews.[4]
- 1942 - Zwangsarbeiterlager Diana (labor camp) built.
- 1944 - Province of Magdeburg established.
- 1945
- 1949 - City becomes part of the German Democratic Republic.
- 1954 - Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg (hospital) and Medizinische Akademie Magdeburg (medical school) founded.
- 1955
- Ernst Grube Stadium opens.
- SC Magdeburg (sport club) formed.
- 1965
- 1. FC Magdeburg (football club) formed.[4]
- Neue Strombrücke Magdeburg (bridge) opens.
- 1974 - S-Bahn Mittelelbe (city railway) begins operating.
- 1987 - Technical University Magdeburg active.[4]
- 1990
- 1991
- Regional Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt (legislature) begins meeting in Magdeburg.
- Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal (school) established.
- 1993 - Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg established.
- 1994 - Municipal election held.(de)
- 1996 - Jerusalembrücke (Nordbrücke) (bridge) built.
- 1997 - GETEC Arena opens.
- 1998
- March: Alliance '90/The Greens conference held in Magdeburg.(de)
- Allee-Center Magdeburg (shopping centre) in business on Breiter Weg (Magdeburg).
- 1999
- Jahrtausendturm (tower) built.
- Panoramabahn monorail begins operating.
- National Bundesgartenschau (garden show) held in the Elbauenpark.[4]
21st century
- 2001
- Lutz Trümper becomes mayor.[4]
- Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt (archives) established.
- 2003 - Magdeburg Water Bridge opens near city.[4]
- 2006 - MDCC-Arena opens.
- 2010 - Magdeburger Regionalverkehrsverbund (transit entity) established.
- 2013 - June: Flood.[4]
- 2015 - Population: 238,212.(de)
See also
- Magdeburg history (de)
- List of mayors of Magdeburg (in German)
- List of bishops of Magdeburg (en)
- List of heritage sites in Magdeburg
- History of Saxony-Anhalt
Other cities in the state of Saxony-Anhalt:(de)
References
- 1 2 Hourihane 2012.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Stadt Geschichte: Die Stadtchronik (timeline)". Ottostadt Magdeburg (in German). Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 Chambers 1901.
- 1 2 "Germany". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ↑ "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via Hathi Trust.
- ↑ Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg 1995.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Magdeburg". Handbook for North Germany. London: J. Murray. 1877.
- "Magdeburg". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Magdeburg", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
- "Magdeburg", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Magdeburg". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Magdeburg". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
in German
- J. A. F. Hermes; M.J. Weigelt (1842). Historisch-geographisch-statistisch-topographisches Handbuch vom Regierungsbezirke Magdeburg (in German). Magdeburg: W. Heinrichshofen.
- Magdeburg. Die Chroniken der Deutschen Städte (in German). 7, 27. Leipzig: S. Hirzel Verlag. 1869–1899 – via HathiTrust.
- Max Dittmar (1885). Beiträge zur geschichte der stadt Magdeburg in den ersten jahren nach ihrer zerstörung 1631 (in German). Halle: Max Niemeyer.
- Waldemar Kawerau (1886). Aus Magdeburgs Vergangenheit (in German). Halle.
- Karl von Hegel (1891). "Magdeburg". Städte und Gilden der germanischen Völker im Mittelalter (in German). 2. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot – via HathiTrust.
- "Zeittafel: Magdeburger Geschichte (timeline)", Parkanlagen Stadt Magdeburg I (in German), Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg, 1995, pp. 16–23
- Helmut Asmus; Manfred Wille. 1200 Jahre Magdeburg: von der Kaiserpfalz zur Landeshauptstadt: eine Stadtgeschichte (in German). ISBN 3933046165. 2000-2009. (4 vols.)
- Magdeburger Biographisches Lexikon (in German). 2002.
- Sachsen-Anhalt 1: Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg. Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler (in German). 2002.
- Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal, eds. (2012). "Magdeburg". Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 1349–1390. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.
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