Timeline of Dortmund

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

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Dortmund, 16th century

Prior to 19th century

Old Town Hall, in use circa 1240 (photo circa 1890s)

• 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]

19th century

• 1803 – Dormund "annexed to Nassau."^[1]
• 1806 – French in power.^[1]
• 1808 – Dormund becomes capital of French satellite Ruhr (department).^[1]
• 1815
  • Dortmund becomes part of Prussia per Congress of Vienna.^[1]
  • Oberbergamt Dortmund [de] (regional mining office) headquartered in city.
• 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
  • Westfälischer Schützenbund [de] (shooting-sport club) formed.
  • Population: 23,348.^[9]
• 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–Gronau 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
  • Royal School of Machine Building established.^[13]
  • Population: 89,663.^[14]
• 1895
  • Oberpostdirektion [de] Dortmund (regional postal administration) established.
  • Post office built.^[1]
  • Population: 111,232.^[15]
• 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
  • Regional Handwerkskammer Dortmund [de] (Chamber of Skilled Crafts) headquartered in city.
  • Synagogue built.

20th century

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
  • Technology Centre Dortmund [de] opens.^[27]
  • Spielbank Hohensyburg [de] (casino) built.
• 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
  • Gerhard Langemeyer [de] becomes mayor.
  • Fritz-Henßler-Berufskolleg [de] (trade school) active.

21st century

• 2005
  • RWE Tower [de] built.
  • Hoesch-Museum [de] opens.
• 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.

See also

• 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