Timeline of Münster
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Prior to 19th century
- 797 – School founded.
- 800 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster established.[1]
- 800's – Charlemagne made it the residence of Saint Ludger, the newly appointed bishop of the Saxons.[2]
- 1040 – Überwasserkirche convent founded.[3]
- 1070 – Church of St Maurice founded.[4]
- 1170 – Church of St Ludgerus erected. [4]
- 1180
- Prince-Bishopric of Münster established.
- Municipal charter received.[4]
- 13th C. – Member of the Hanseatic League. [4]
- 1250 – Town Hall in use (approximate date).[5]
- 1253 – Munster joins the City Alliance of Werne.[6]
- 1264 - Münster Cathedral built.
- 1340 - Our Lady's Church built.[7]
- 1444 - Kloster Niesing (béguinage) founded.[3]
- 1450 – Münster Diocesan Feud begins.
- 1458 – Leinenlegge (cloth inspection entity) established (approximate date).[8]
- 1485 – Printing press in operation.[9]
- 1532 – Protestant Reformation.[7]
- 1534 – February: Münster Rebellion;[4] Anabaptists in power.
- 1588 – Jesuit College, Münster founded.[10][11]
- 1589
- Krameramtshaus (guild hall) built.
- Jesuit College's Bibliotheca Paulina (library) active.[12]
- 1617 – Saint Clare Monastery construction begins on the Stubengasse.[13]
- 1630 – Liebfrauen-Schützenbruderschaft von 1630 Münster (militia) formed.
- 1648 – Dutch-Spanish peace treaty signed in Munster.[7][4]
- 1661 – Forces of Christoph Bernhard von Galen occupy Munster.[4]
- 1662 – Münster Citadel built.[7]
- 1665 – An alliance with Christoph Bernhard von Galen was sought by the English against Holland.[4]
- 1720 – Aschendorff publisher in business.[14]
- 1759 - City besieged by Hanoverian forces during the Seven Years' War.[15]
- 1780 - University of Münster founded.[4]
- 1787 - Schloss Münster (palace) built.[2]
- 1800 – Damenclub founded.[16]
19th century
- 1803
- Münster Regierungsbezirk (administrative region) established.
- Botanischer Garten Münster established.[17]
- The bishopric was secularized and annexed to Prussia.[4]
- 1806 – French in power.[18]
- 1810 – Münster "annexed to France."[18]
- 1815 – Münster "ceded to Prussia" per Congress of Vienna.[18][19]
- 1816 – Population: 17,316.
- 1825 – Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde Westfalens, Abt. Münster (historical society) founded.
- 1829 – Staatsarchiv Münster (regional archive) established.[20]
- 1835 - "Revidierte Städteordnung" (city self-administration) in effect.[19]
- 1848
- 25 May: Münster–Hamm railway begins operating.[19]
- Münster Hauptbahnhof opens.
- 1861 - Population: 27,332 (city).[21]
- 1874 – Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway in operation.
- 1875
- 1880 - Population: 40,434.[4]
- 1885 - Population: 44,060.[2]
- 1890 – Münster Hauptbahnhof opened.
- 1892 – Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde opens.
- 1895
- Lortzing-Theater opens.[citation needed]
- Population: 57,135.[23]
- 1897 – Münstersche Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.
- 1899 – Port of Münster and Dortmund–Ems Canal open.[19]
20th century
- 1901
- Tram begins operating.
- Stadtwerke Münster established.
- 1905 – Population: 81,468.[24][2]
- 1906 – Stadtbücherei Münster (library) and SC Preußen Münster (football club) founded.
- 1908 – Westphalian State Museum opens.
- 1919
- Münster Symphony Orchestra founded.[citation needed]
- Population: 100,452.[25]
- 1926 – Halle Münsterland and Preußenstadion (stadium) open.
- 1929 – Provinzialinstitut für westfälische Landes- und Volkskunde (regional history institute) founded.[26]
- 1940
- 16 May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins.(de)[27]
- Oflag VI-D prisoner-of-war camp mostly for French, but also some Polish and Soviet, officers founded.[28]
- Population: 144,945.
- 1944 - September: Allied prisoners of war relocated from Oflag VI-D to Oflag VI-A in Soest.[28]
- 1946 - Westfälische Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.[29]
- 1947 - Reconstruction of Prinzipalmarkt begins.
- 1948 - University of Münster's Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum established.
- 1956 – Städtische Bühnen Münster (theatre) built.[19]
- 1958 – Old City Hall reconstructed.
- 1960
- 1971 – Fachhochschule Münster established.
- 1972 – Münster/Osnabrück Airport begins operating.[19]
- 1974 – Population: 200,448.
- 1975
- Hiltrup becomes part of city.
- Population: 264,546.
- 1977
- Salzstraße (Münster) pedestrianized.
- Skulptur Projekte Münster begins.[19]
- 1979
- Stadtmuseum Münster founded.
- South Park, Münster created.
- 1981 – Filmfestival Münster begins.
- 1984 – Jörg Twenhöven becomes mayor.
- 1985 – Fernmeldeturm Münster (TV tower) erected.
- 1987 – Catholic pope visits city.[19]
- 1993
- Münster-Barometer survey begins.
- Museum für Lackkunst opens.
- 1994 – Marion Tüns becomes mayor.
- 1999 – Berthold Tillmann becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2003 – Bait ul-Momin mosque opens in Hiltrup.
- 2005 – GuD-Kraftwerk Münster Hafen begins operating.
- 2007 – January: Storm.
- 2009 – Markus Lewe becomes mayor (CDU).
- 2010 – Population: 279,803.
- 2012 – British military stationed in York Barracks in Gremmendorf depart.[30][31]
- 2018 – 2018 Münster attack.
- 2025 – Tilman Fuchs becomes mayor (Greens).
