Timeline of Augsburg

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

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Prior to 16th century

• 14 BCE – Roman colony Augusta Vindelicorum established (approximate date).
• 5th century CE – Settlement sacked by Huns.
• 6th century CE - Catholic Diocese of Augsburg established.
• 778 – Simpert becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
• 788 – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne.
• 923 – Ulrich becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
• 952 – Diet of Augsburg (meeting of leaders of Holy Roman Empire) active.
• 989 – Perlachturm built.
• 1065 – Augsburg Cathedral consecrated.
• 1251 – Dominican Monastery of St. Katharine active.
• 1276 – Augsburg becomes a Free Imperial City.
• 1300 – Barfüsserkirche (church) founded.
• 1321 – St. Anna-Kirche (church) founded.
• 1364 – Three Moors Inn in business (approximate date).
• 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1407 - Paper mill established.
• 1431 – Augsburg Cathedral remodeled.
• 1472 – Printing press in operation.
• 1487 - Fuggers Bank established.
• 1493 – Artist Hans Holbein the Elder active (approximate date).

16th–18th centuries

• 1500 – Church of St. Ulrich and St. Afra built.
• 1502 – Catholic Holy Cross Church built.
• 1509 – Fortunatus (story) published.
• 1515 – Dominikaner-Kirche (church) built.
• 1517 - Fugger chapel built.
• 1518 - Fire engine built.
• 1523 – Fuggerei residential area developed.
• 1530 – Lutheran Confession of Augsburg introduced.
• 1534 – Augsburg Protestant Cemetery established.
• 1537
  • de (city library) founded.
  • Augsburg joins the Schmalkaldic League.
• 1540 – de (stock exchange) established.
• 1546 – Boeck house and Rotes Tor (gate) built.
• 1573 - Sugar refinery begins operating.
• 1577 – Imperial Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra active.
• 1582 – St. Salvator Jesuit school founded.
• 1594 – de (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.
• 1599 – de (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.
• 1607 – de (armory) built.
• 1609 - Metzg (butchers' house) built.
• 1612 – Engravers Lucas and Wolfgang Kilian in business.
• 1620 – Augsburg Town Hall built.
• 1631 - sv sent to Sweden as a gift.
• 1632 – Swedish occupation begins.
• 1635
  • Swedish occupation ends.
  • Population: 16,432.
• 1650 – de (festival) begins.
• 1703 – Town besieged by Bavarian forces.
• 1712 – Academy of painting founded.
• 1765 – de built.
• 1770 – Ballroom built in the Schaezlerpalais.
• 1782 – Dollische bookseller in business.
• 1786 - August: Air balloon flight of de.

19th century

• 1805 – 10 October: French in power.
• 1806
  • 4 March: Augsburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
  • Population: 26,200.
• 1810 – Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.
• 1817 – Augsburg becomes an administrative capital of the Oberdonaukreis.
• 1825 – Chapel built in Protestant Cemetery.
• 1833 – Holbein-Gymnasium (school) established.
• 1837 – Town becomes administrative capital for the Swabia and Neuburg district.
• 1840
  • Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik in business.
  • Cotton mill established.
• 1846 – Augsburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
• 1847
  • Augsburg Morellstraße station opens.
  • Turnverein Augsburg (sport club) formed.
• 1854 – Maximilian Museum founded.
• 1858 - Population: 43,616.
• 1870 – Konigl. Industrieschule (industrial school) established.
• 1875 – Paar Valley Railway begins operating.
• 1876 – Der Volkswille newspaper in publication.
• 1878
  • de (theatre) built.
  • Augsburger Eislaufverein (ice hockey team) formed.
• 1885
  • de (town archive) building established.
  • Population: 65,905.
• 1898 – Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg and Augsburg-Oberhausen Acetylene Factory in business.

20th century

• 1900 – Population: 89,109.
• 1903 – TSV Schwaben Augsburg (football club) formed.
• 1905 - Population: 94,923.
• 1907 – FC Augsburg (football club) formed.
• 1910
  • Landsberg Prison established in vicinity of Augsburg.
  • Population: 102,487.
• 1911 – Oberhausen becomes part of Augsburg.
• 1917 - de built.
• 1919 - Population: 154,555.
• 1920 – de (public library) founded.
• 1924 – Augsburger Kajak Verein (kayak club) formed.
• 1926 – Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (Bavarian Aircraft Works) in business.
• 1930 - 8 September: Hitler gives campaign speech.
• 1933 – Gau Swabia (Nazi administrative region) established.
• 1937
  • Augsburg Zoo opens.
  • Mozarthaus (house museum) established.
• 1938
  • Messerschmitt aircraft manufactory in business.
  • Ice skating rink opens.
  • 10 November: Synagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht.
• 1942 – 17 April: Bombing by Allied forces.
• 1944 – 25–26 February: Bombing by Allied forces.
• 1945 – Schwäbische Landeszeitung newspaper begins publication.
• 1948
  • Verlagsgruppe Weltbild (publisher) in business.
  • Augsburger Puppenkiste (theatre) opens.
• 1951
  • Rosenaustadion (stadium) opens.
  • Town art collections installed in the Schaezlerpalais.
• 1954 - Fürst Fugger Privatbank established.
• 1956 – United States military 11th Airborne Division stationed in Augsburg.
• 1961 - Population: 208,659.
• 1969 – Part of Göggingen becomes part of Augsburg.
• 1970 – University of Augsburg founded.
• 1971
  • Augsburg Eiskanal (artificial whitewater river) opens.
  • Augsburg University of Applied Sciences founded.
• 1972
  • Inningen becomes part of Augsburg.
  • Kongresshalle opens.
  • Dorint Hotel Tower built.
• 1977
  • de (cultural space) opens.
  • de founded.
• 1989 – Sparkassen-Planetarium opens.
• 1996
  • Kulturhaus Abraxas (cultural space) active.
  • S’ensemble Theater founded.
• 1998 – Brechthaus (house museum) opens.

21st century

• 2008 – Kurt Gribl becomes mayor.
• 2009 – de (public library) building opens.
• 2012 – Population: 272,699.

See also

• Augsburg history
• List of mayors of Augsburg
• Diet of Augsburg
• de

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

published in the 17th-19th century

• Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).

published in the 20th century

in German

• Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).

External links

• Links to fulltext city directories for Augsburg via Wikisource
• Europeana. Items related to Augsburg, various dates
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Augsburg, various dates