Timeline of Chemnitz
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chemnitz, Germany.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1136 - de founded near Chemnitz.[1]
- 1143 - Chemnitz "becomes a market town."[1]
- 1398 - Paper mill established.[2]
- 1466 - Population: 3,455.
- 1498 - de built near the de.
- 1539 - Protestant Reformation.[1]
- 1551 - Population: 5,616.
- 1630 - Battle of Chemnitz.
- 1700 - Population: 4,873.
- 1801 - Population: 10,835.
- 1811 - Schwalbe manufactory in business (later de engineering firm).
- 1833 - de formed.[3]
- 1836 - Royal Mercantile College established.
- 1840 - Population: 23,476.[4]
- 1852 - Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof opens.
- 1864 - Population: 54,827.[4]
- 1868 - de founded.
- 1869 - de (bank) founded.
- 1878 - de in use (approximate date).
- 1880
- 1884 - Chemnitz Tar Mummy discovered.
- 1885 - Population: 110,817.[5]
- 1888 - de built.
- 1890 - Population: 138,954.[4]
- 1893 - Electric tram begins operating.
- 1899 - de built.
20th century
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Arbeiterfestspiele participants in front of City Hall, 1960
- 1905 - Population: 244,927.[6]
- 1907 - de becomes part of city.
- 1909
- Chemnitz Opera hall built.
- de opens.
- 1910 - Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe-Gymnasium (school) established.
- 1911 - de built.
- 1913 - de becomes part of city.
- 1919 - Population: 303,775.[7]
- 1920 - de sport club formed.
- 1926 - Südkampfbahn stadium opens.
- 1933 - de renamed "Adolf Hitler Platz".
- 1934 - Stadion an der Gellertstraße (stadium) opens.
- 1938 - 9 November: Kristallnacht antisemitic unrest; synagogue destroyed.
- 1945
- de.
- City becomes part of East Germany.
- 1946 - Population: 250,188.
- 1947 - Wismut (mining company) headquartered in Chemnitz.
- 1950 - de becomes part of city.
- 1953 - City renamed "Karl-Marx-Stadt".
- 1955 - Chemnitz Botanical Garden rebuilt.[8]
- 1959 - de reconstructed.
- 1960 - de (workers' cultural festival) held.
- 1961
- HKW Chemnitz-Nord power station begins operating.
- City twinned with Tampere, Finland.
- 1966
- Chemnitzer FC (football club) formed.
- City twinned with Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
- 1967 - City twinned with Arras, France.
- 1968 - City twinned with Timbuktu, Mali.
- 1970 - City twinned with Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia.
- 1971 - 9 October: Karl Marx Monument unveiled.[9]
- 1972
- City twinned with Łódź, Poland.
- Population: 301,502.
- 1974 - de (housing) construction begins.
- 1990
- City renamed "Chemnitz".
- de (transit entity) established.
- Population: 294,244.
- 1991 - Annual "Days of Jewish Culture" begins.[10]
- 1993 - de becomes mayor.
- 1997 - de (transit entity) established.
- 1999 - de and de become part of city.
21st century
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- 2001 - de restored as a cultural space.[9]
- 2003 - de opens.[citation needed]
- 2006 - de becomes mayor.
- 2007 - Gunzenhauser Museum opens.[9]
- 2010 - Population: 243,248.
- 2012 - Thor Steinar "Brevik" shop in business.[11]
- 2014 - March: Neo-Nazi de group banned.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Britannica 1910.
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This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
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in German
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- Harald Weber. Aus der Geschichte von Chemnitz und Umgebung. Verlag für sächsische Regionalgeschichte, Nördlingen 2000, ISBN 3-9805106-3-8.
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- Links to fulltext city directories for Chemnitz via Wikisource
- Europeana. Items related to Chemnitz, various dates.
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Chemnitz, various dates
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