Timeline of Lübeck
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Prior to 13th century
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- 1138 – Town sacked.[1]
 - 1143 – New town founded by Adolf II of Holstein near site of old town.[1]
 - 1158 – Town ceded by Adolf II of Holstein to Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony.[2]
 - 1160 – Seat of Catholic diocese of Lübeck relocated to Lübeck from Oldenburg in Holstein.[3]
 - 1173 – Lübeck Cathedral construction begins.[4]
 - 1177 – Benedictine St.-Johannis-Kloster (Lübeck) founded.[4]
 - 1188 – Town charter issued by Henry the Lion.[1]
 
13th–15th centuries
- 1201 – Danes in power.[4]
 - 1210 – Lübeck Cathedral construction completed (approximate date).[4]
 - 1226 – Lübeck becomes an Imperial Free City.[5]
 - 1250 – Petrikirche (Lübeck) (church) built.[6]
 - 1310 – Marienkirche (church) built (approximate date).[7][8]
 - 1312 – Heiligen-Geist-Hospital (Lübeck) founded.[9]
 - 1356 – St. Catherine's Church built (approximate date).
 - 1368 – Hanseatic League adopts Lübeck's city seal.[1]
 - 1379 – Circle Company founded.[10]
 - 1408 – Uprising.[11]
 - 1420 - Paper mill established.[12]
 - 1442 – Lübeck Town Hall built.[5]
 - 1444 – Burgtor (city gate) built.
 - 1450 – Merchants Company founded (approximate date).[10]
 - 1462 – Hinrich Castorp becomes mayor.
 - 1463 – Bernt Notke creates Dance of Death artwork for the Marienkirche.[13]
 - 1475 - Printing press in operation.[14]
 - 1477
- Crucifix created by Bernt Notke erected in Lübeck Cathedral.
 - Holstentor (city gate) built.[9]
 
 - 1491 – Artist Hans Memling creates triptych for the Lübeck Cathedral.[9]
 
16th–18th centuries
- 1515 – St. Anne's Priory built.
 - 1530 – Protestant reformation.[4]
 - 1531 – Katharineum (school) opens.[15]
 - 1533 – Jürgen Wullenwever becomes mayor.[15]
 - 1535 – Shipowners' Guild house built.[9]
 - 1586 – Outer Holstentor (city gate) built.
 - 1630 – Last Hanseatic Diet meets at Lübeck.[1]
 - 1668 – Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at the Marienkirche.[16]
 - 1697 – Buthman's Bierstube (tavern) in business.[17]
 - 1793 – Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit (charitable society) established.
 
19th century

- 1801 – City "temporarily occupied" by Danes.[1]
 - 1802 – Town walls dismantled.[7]
 - 1806 – 6 November: City captured by French forces.[4]
 - 1810 – 12 November: City becomes part of the French Empire.[5]
 - 1813 – French occupation ends.
 - 1815
- Recognized as a free city by the Congress of Vienna.
 - Joins the German Confederation.
 
 - 1825 – Navigation School founded.[15]
 - 1832 – Lübecker General-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
 - 1835 – Lübeckische Blätter (newspaper) in publication.
 - 1851 – Population: town 26,093; territory 54,166.[2]
 - 1857 - Population: town 30,717; territory 49,324.[18]
 - 1866 – Joins the North German Confederation.[7]
 - 1867 – Wilhelm-Theater opens.[19]
 - 1868
- Joins the German Customs Union.[7]
 - Schiffergesellschaft (restaurant) in operation.[17]
 
 - 1871 – Joins the German Empire.
 - 1874 – Aegidienkirche (Lübeck) (church) restored.[9]
 - 1875 – Population: 44,799.[7]
 - 1890 – Population: town 63,590; territory 76,485.[7]
 - 1891 – Sacred Heart Church consecrated.
 - 1893 – Museum am Dom (Lübeck) built.
 - 1900 – Elbe-Trave canal opens.[1]
 
20th century

- 1904 – City Theatre opens.[19]
 - 1905 – Population: town 91,541; state 105,857.[4]
 - 1915 – St. Anne's Museum opens.
 - 1917 – Lübeck Airport constructed.
 - 1919
- Lübeck joins the Weimar Republic.
 - Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck (sport club) formed.
 - Population: town 113,071.[20]
 
 - 1921 – Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck (sport club) formed.
 - 1924 – Stadion an der Lohmühle (stadium) opens.
 - 1937 – The Greater Hamburg Act merges Lübeck into the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and it loses its status as an independent free city.
 - 1940 – Oflag X-C prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers established.
 - 1942 – Bombing of Lübeck in World War II.
 - 1945
- 2 May: City captured by British forces. Oflag X-C POW camp liberated.
 - VfB Lübeck sport club formed.
 
 - 1946 - Lübecker Nachrichten and Lübecker Freie Presse newspapers begin publication.[21]
 - 1948 – Lübecker Kantorei (choir) founded.
 - 1973 – Lübeck Academy of Music founded.
 - 1982
- Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets established.
 - Lübeck Cathedral reconstructed.
 
 - 1987 – City centre becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 - 2000 – Bernd Saxe becomes mayor.
 
21st century
- 2001 – International School of New Media established.
 - 2005 – Herren Tunnel opens.
 - 2012 – Population: 211,713.
 
See also
- Lübeck history
 - History of Lübeck (includes timeline)
 - List of mayors of Lübeck
 
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Pauli & Ashworth 1911.
 - ^ a b Knight 1866.
 - ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
 - ^ a b c d e f g Lins 1913.
 - ^ a b c Townsend 1867.
 - ^ Hirsch 1906.
 - ^ a b c d e f Chambers 1901.
 - ^ Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck [Architecture and monuments of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck] (in German). Vol. 2. Lübeck: Bernhard Nöhring. 1906.
 - ^ a b c d e Murray 1877.
 - ^ a b Simon 1993.
 - ^ Rhiman A. Rotz (1977). "The Lübeck Uprising of 1408 and the Decline of the Hanseatic League". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 121 (1): 1–45. JSTOR 986565.
 - ^ Wilhelm Sandermann (2013). "Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern". Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-662-09193-7. (timeline)
 - ^ Elina Gertsman (2003). "The Dance of Death in Reval (Tallinn)". Gesta. 42. JSTOR 25067083.
 - ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Germany: Lubeck". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631 – via HathiTrust.
 - ^ a b c Hoffmann 1908.
 - ^ George Grove, ed. (1879). A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 1. London: Macmillan.
 - ^ a b New York Times 2011.
 - ^ Georg Friedrich Kolb (1862). "Deutschland: Lubeck". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung.
 - ^ a b "Lübeck". Neuer Theater-Almanach (in German). Berlin: F.A. Günther & Sohn. 1908. hdl:2027/uva.x030515382.
 - ^ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via Hathi Trust.
 - ^ "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
 
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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