Timeline of Nuremberg
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Prior to 15th century
- 1030 – Nuremberg Castle built (approximate date).[1]
- 1060 – Residence of the burgrave established.[2]
- 1127 - Emperor Lothair assigns Nuremberg to Henry the Proud.[3]
- 1140 – Monastery of St. Egidius founded.[4]
- 1219 – Nuremberg becomes a Free Imperial City.[1]
- 1298 – St. Lawrence church built.[1]
- 1349 – Craftsmen's uprising.[3]
- 1361 – Frauenkirche (church) built.[1]
- 1377 – Luginsland Tower construction begins in Nuremberg Castle.[3]
- 1380 – Nuremberg Charterhouse (monastery) founded.
- 1382 – Playing cards in use (approximate date).[5]
- 1390 - Paper mill established by Stromer near city.[6]
- 1397 - Population: 5,626.
15th–16th centuries
- 1424 – Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire relocated to Nuremberg.
- 1427 – Ownership of Castle transferred to city.
- 1437 – Black Death.
- 1445 – Stadtbibliothek (city library) established.[7]
- 1470 – Anton Koberger printer in business.[8]
- 1484 - Reformacion der Stat Nuremberg (legal code) with Jewry Oath published[9]
- 1485 - Kuchenmeysterey cookbook published.[10]
- 1486 – Karlsbrücke (Nürnberg) (bridge) built.
- 1488 - Sigmund Meisterlin writes Nürnberger Chronik, a history of the city.
- 1492 – Martin Behaim creates Erdapfel (geographical globe).
- 1493 – Schedel's Liber Chronicarum published.
- 1495 – Artist Albrecht Dürer sets up workshop.
- 1505
- City territory expanded per Landshut War of Succession.
- Clockmaker Peter Henlein active (see Watch 1505)
- 1519
- St. Sebaldus Church built.[1]
- Bratwurstglocklein tavern in business (approximate date).[4]
- 1525 – Protestant Reformation.
- 1526 – Lutheran Melanchthon's Gymnasium opens.[2]
- 1532 – City hosts religious Peace of Nuremberg agreement.[1]
- 1541 - February: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits city.[11]
- 1543 – De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus published.
- 1550 - St. Martha church in use as a theatre space by meistersinger Sachs.[12]
- 1561 – April: Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg.
- 1573 - Wenzel Jamnitzer a distinguished goldsmith represented the Goldsmiths on the Nuremberg city council.[3]
- 1583 - Herrenschiesshaus built.
- 1598 – Fleisch Bridge built over Pegnitz.
17th–18th centuries
- 1619 – Nürnberger Rathaus (town hall) rebuilt.[1][3]
- 1632 – Siege of Nuremberg.
- 1662 – Academy of Fine Arts established.
- 1668 – Simplicissimus (novel) published.[13]
- 1695 – Pachelbel becomes organist of St. Sebaldus Church.[14]
- 1718 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt.[2]
- 1728 – Karlsbrücke (Nürnberg) (bridge) built.
- 1750 - Population: 30,000.
- 1792 – Kunstverein Nürnberg (art association) founded.
19th century
- 1806
- 23 September: Polish 2nd Northern Legion formed in Nuremberg.[15]
- City becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, per Treaty of Confederation of the Rhine.[3]
- 1810
- Catholic parish established.
- Population: 28,544.
- 1817 – City becomes part of the Bavarian Rezatkreis district.
- 1818 - Population: 27,000. [3]
- 1825 – Gostenhof and Johannisfriedhof become part of city.
- 1833 – New City Theatre built on Lorenzer Platz.
- 1835 – Bavarian Ludwigsbahn railway (Fürth-Nuremberg) begins operating.[16]
- 1841 – Eisengießerei Klett & Comp. engineering firm in business.
- 1844 – Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof opens.
- 1852
- German Museum established.
- Population: 53,638.
- 1859 – Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway begins operating.
- 1861 - Population: 62,797.[17]
- 1868 – Bayerisches Gewerbemuseum (museum) founded.[18]
- 1871 – Albrecht Dürer's House museum established.
- 1875 - Population: 91,018.
- 1878 – Verein fur Geschichte der Stadt (city history society) active.[18]
- 1882 – Numismatic Society founded.[18]
- 1883 – Nuremberg–Cheb railway in operation.
- 1885 – Schuckert & Co. engineering firm in business.[19]
- 1889 – Verein von Freunden der Photographie (photo group) founded.[18]
- 1899
- Nuremberg Photography Society founded.[18]
- Railway museum opens.
- 1900
- Emil Meßthaler's Intimes Theater opens.[20]
- Population: 261,081.
20th century
- 1905
- New Staatstheater Nürnberg inaugurated.
- Population: 294,344.[3]
- 1912 – Nuremberg Zoo opens.[21]
- 1916 – Palace of Justice built.
- 1927 – August: 3rd Nazi Party Congress held.
- 1928 – Frankenstadion (stadium) opens.
- 1929 – August: 4th Nazi Party Congress held.
- 1930 - Population: 416,700.
- 1933 – 30 August-3 September: 5th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Der Sieg des Glaubens filmed.
- 1934
- July: 4th Deutsche Kampfspiele (athletic event) held in Frankenstadion.
- September: 6th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will filmed.
- 1937 – Deutsches Stadion construction begins (never completed).
- 1938 – Expulsion of Polish Jews.
- 1939 – Internment camp for civilian prisoners established (future Stalag XIII-D POW camp).
- 1940 – Oflag XIII-A prisoner-of-war camp for French, British, Belgian, Polish and Serbian officers established in Langwasser.[22]
- 1941
- March: Oflag XIII-B POW camp for Serbian officers established in Langwasser.[22]
- May: Forced labour camp established at the SS barracks.[23]
- 1942
- 1943
- April: Oflag XIII-B POW camp relocated to Hammelburg.[22]
- 15 July: Forced labour camp at the SS barracks converted into a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.[23]
- August: Russenwiese forced labour camp dissolved.[24]
- 1944
- April: Oflag 73 POW camp relocated from Beniaminów to Langwasser.[25]
- October: Subcamp of Flossenbürg for women established at the Siemens-Schuckertwerke factory.[26]
- November: Oflag 73 POW camp converted into a subcamp of the Stalag XIII-D camp.[25]
- 1945
- March: Siemens-Schuckertwerke subcamp of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners sent to subcamps in Holýšov and Mehltheuer.[26]
- April: SS barracks subcamp of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners sent to the Dachau concentration camp.[23]
- 16–20 April: Battle of Nuremberg.
- October: Nürnberger Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
- 20 November: International Military Tribunal against Nazi leaders begins.[27]
- 1946
- 9 December: Nuremberg Military Tribunals against Nazi leaders begin.
- Franconia State Orchestra formed.
- 1948 — A “strong tornado” destroys dozens of homes and kills 11 people in the city.
- 1950
- German Toy Fair begins.
- Population: 362,459.
- 1957 – Langwasser development begins.
- 1959 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt.
- 1967 – Kunsthalle Nürnberg (art centre) founded.
- 1968 – City mapped into 10 Statistischen Stadtteilen (statistical districts).[28]
- 1971 – Nuremberg Toy Museum founded.
- 1972 – Katzwang becomes part of city.
- 1987 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S1 metro railway begins operating.
- 1992 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S2 and S3 metro railway begins operating.
- 2000 – Neues Museum Nürnberg opens.
21st century
- 2001 – City co-hosts the 2001 IIHF World Championship.
- 2002 – Ulrich Maly becomes mayor.[29]
- 2010 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S4 metro railway begins operating.
- 2012 – Population: 495,121.
See also
- History of Nuremberg
- List of mayors of Nuremberg
- Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, 1219-1806
- List of districts of Nuremberg
- Art and architecture of Nuremberg (in German)
- Timelines of other cities in the state of Bavaria: Augsburg, Munich, Würzburg
