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Timeline of Chemnitz

January 01, 1970

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century edit

  • 1136 – Benedictine monastery [de] founded near Chemnitz.[1]
  • 1143 – Chemnitz "becomes a market town."[1]
  • 1398 – Paper mill established.[2]
  • 1466 – Population: 3,455.
  • 1498 – Town Hall [de] built near the Markt (Chemnitz) [de].
  • 16th. C. – "The manufacture of cloth was very flourishing."[1]
  • 1539 – Protestant Reformation.[1]
  • 1546 – Benedictine monastery, founded in 1136 by the emperor Lothair II is dissolved.[1]
  • 1551 – Population: 5,616.
  • 1630 – Battle of Chemnitz.
  • 1700 – Population: 4,873.
  • 1801 – Population: 10,835.
  • 1811 – Schwalbe manufactory in business (later Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz [de] engineering firm).
  • 1833 – Chemnitz City Orchestra [de] formed.[3]
  • 1836 – Royal Mercantile College established.
  • 1840 – Population: 23,476.[4]
  • 1852 – Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof opens.[1]
  • 1864 – Population: 54,827.[4]
  • 1868 – Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz [de] founded.
  • 1869 – Volksbank Chemnitz [de] (bank) founded.
  • 1878 – Jewish Cemetery, Chemnitz [de] in use (approximate date).
  • 1880
    • Horsecar tram begins operating.
    • Population: 95,123.[4]
    • Schlosschemnitz [de] becomes part of city.
  • 1884 – Chemnitz Tar Mummy discovered.
  • 1885 – Population: 110,817.[1] [5]
  • 1888 – St. Peter's Church, Chemnitz [de] built.
  • 1890 – Population: 138,954.[4]
  • 1893 – Electric tram begins operating.
  • 1895 – Population: 161,017.[1]
  • 1898 – Horsecar tram stop operating.
  • 1899 – Chemnitz Synagogue [de] built.

20th century edit

 
Castle Church at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
 
Arbeiterfestspiele participants in front of City Hall, 1960
  • 1960 – Arbeiterfestspiele [de] (workers' cultural festival) held.
  • 1961
  • 1966
  • 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.[10]
  • 1972
    • City twinned with Łódź, Poland.
    • Population: 301,502.
  • 1974 – Wohngebiet Fritz Heckert [de] (housing) construction begins.
  • 1986 – City hosts the 1986 European Weightlifting Championships.
  • 1988 – City twinned with Düsseldorf, West Germany.
  • 1990
    • City renamed "Chemnitz".
    • Chemnitzer Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft [de] (transit entity) established.
    • Population: 294,244.
  • 1991 – Annual "Days of Jewish Culture" begins.[11]
  • 1993 – Peter Seifert [de] becomes mayor.
  • 1997 – City-Bahn Chemnitz (transit entity) established.
  • 1999 – Röhrsdorf [de] and Wittgensdorf [de] become part of city.

21st century edit

  • 2001 – Villa Esche [de] restored as a cultural space.[10]
  • 2002 – Neue Synagoge opens.
  • 2002 – Multi-system tramway network ("Chemnitzer Modell") starts.
  • 2003 – Chemnitz Industrial Museum [de] opens.[citation needed]
  • 2006 – Barbara Ludwig [de] becomes mayor.
  • 2007 – Gunzenhauser Museum opens.[10]
  • 2010 – Population: 243,248.
  • 2012 – Thor Steinar "Brevik" shop in business.[12]
  • 2014 – March: Neo-Nazi Nationale Sozialisten Chemnitz [de] group banned.[citation needed]
  • 2014 – SMAC (Saxonian Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz) opens in the restored historical Mendelsohn building (former "Schocken").
  • 2018 – Protests.
  • 2020 – Stefan-Heym-Forum opens in a restored historical building (today "Kulturkaufhaus Tietz").
  • 2020 – Sven Schulze becomes mayor.
  • 2020 – Central academic library of the TU Chemnitz opens.
  • 2020 – Schauplatz Eisenbahn is part of the Saxon Exhibition "Boom".
  • 2021 – Chemnitz becomes German main part of the Hydrogen and Mobility Innovation Center ("HIC").

See also edit

Other cities in the state of Saxony:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Sandermann (2013). "Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern". Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-662-09193-7. (timeline)
  3. ^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
  4. ^ a b c d Brockhaus 1896.
  5. ^ "German Empire: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
  6. ^ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590592.
  7. ^ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
  8. ^ a b "Chemnitz Subcamp". KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Garden Search: Germany". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "In Germany, an Unlikely Art Hub Honed by Enthusiasm", New York Times, 27 July 2012
  11. ^ "Kurt Weill's Heritage: Honor Replaces Scorn; A German City Performs His Jewish Opera", New York Times, 28 June 1999
  12. ^ "Furore over German 'Brevik' clothing shop in Chemnitz", BBC News, 6 March 2012

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography edit

in English edit

in German edit

  • C. W. Zoellner (1886). Geschichte der Fabrik- und Handelsstadt Chemnitz.
  • "Chemniz". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064445.
  • P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Chemnitz". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
  • Harald Weber. Aus der Geschichte von Chemnitz und Umgebung. Verlag für sächsische Regionalgeschichte, Nördlingen 2000, ISBN 3-9805106-3-8.

External links edit

 
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chemnitz Germany This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources Contents 1 Prior to 20th century 2 20th century 3 21st century 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography 6 1 in English 6 2 in German 7 External linksPrior to 20th century edit1136 Benedictine monastery de founded near Chemnitz 1 1143 Chemnitz becomes a market town 1 1398 Paper mill established 2 1466 Population 3 455 1498 Town Hall de built near the Markt Chemnitz de 16th C The manufacture of cloth was very flourishing 1 1539 Protestant Reformation 1 1546 Benedictine monastery founded in 1136 by the emperor Lothair II is dissolved 1 1551 Population 5 616 1630 Battle of Chemnitz 1700 Population 4 873 1801 Population 10 835 1811 Schwalbe manufactory in business later Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz de engineering firm 1833 Chemnitz City Orchestra de formed 3 1836 Royal Mercantile College established 1840 Population 23 476 4 1852 Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof opens 1 1864 Population 54 827 4 1868 Museum fur Naturkunde Chemnitz de founded 1869 Volksbank Chemnitz de bank founded 1878 Jewish Cemetery Chemnitz de in use approximate date 1880 Horsecar tram begins operating Population 95 123 4 Schlosschemnitz de becomes part of city 1884 Chemnitz Tar Mummy discovered 1885 Population 110 817 1 5 1888 St Peter s Church Chemnitz de built 1890 Population 138 954 4 1893 Electric tram begins operating 1895 Population 161 017 1 1898 Horsecar tram stop operating 1899 Chemnitz Synagogue de built 20th century edit nbsp Castle Church at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries 1905 Population 244 927 1 6 1907 Bernsdorf de becomes part of city 1909 Chemnitz Opera hall built Konig Albert Museum Chemnitz de opens 1910 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Gymnasium school established 1911 New City Hall Chemnitz de built 1913 Borna Heinersdorf de becomes part of city 1919 Population 303 775 7 1920 Chemnitzer Polizeisportverein de sport club formed 1926 Airport Chemnitz opens 1926 Sudkampfbahn stadium opens 1930 Modernised classification yard Hilbersdorf opens 1933 Theaterplatz Chemnitz de renamed Adolf Hitler Platz 1934 Stadion an der Gellertstrasse stadium opens 1938 9 November Kristallnacht antisemitic unrest synagogue destroyed 1944 Subcamp of the Flossenburg concentration camp established Over 500 women mostly Russian Polish Italian and Slovenian were held there as slave labour 8 1945 Bombing of Chemnitz in World War II de April Subcamp of the Flossenburg concentration camp dissolved Its prisoners were sent on a death march to German occupied Rtyne nad Bilinou 8 City becomes part of East Germany 1946 Population 250 188 1947 Wismut mining company headquartered in Chemnitz 1950 Adelsberg de becomes part of city 1953 City renamed Karl Marx Stadt 1955 Chemnitz Botanical Garden rebuilt 9 1959 Red Tower Chemnitz de reconstructed nbsp Arbeiterfestspiele participants in front of City Hall 1960 1960 Arbeiterfestspiele 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 Usti nad Labem Czechoslovakia 1971 9 October Karl Marx Monument unveiled 10 1972 City twinned with Lodz Poland Population 301 502 1974 Wohngebiet Fritz Heckert de housing construction begins 1986 City hosts the 1986 European Weightlifting Championships 1988 City twinned with Dusseldorf West Germany 1990 City renamed Chemnitz Chemnitzer Verkehrs Aktiengesellschaft de transit entity established Population 294 244 1991 Annual Days of Jewish Culture begins 11 1993 Peter Seifert de becomes mayor 1997 City Bahn Chemnitz transit entity established 1999 Rohrsdorf de and Wittgensdorf de become part of city 21st century edit2001 Villa Esche de restored as a cultural space 10 2002 Neue Synagoge opens 2002 Multi system tramway network Chemnitzer Modell starts 2003 Chemnitz Industrial Museum de opens citation needed 2006 Barbara Ludwig de becomes mayor 2007 Gunzenhauser Museum opens 10 2010 Population 243 248 2012 Thor Steinar Brevik shop in business 12 2014 March Neo Nazi Nationale Sozialisten Chemnitz de group banned citation needed 2014 SMAC Saxonian Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz opens in the restored historical Mendelsohn building former Schocken 2018 Protests 2020 Stefan Heym Forum opens in a restored historical building today Kulturkaufhaus Tietz 2020 Sven Schulze becomes mayor 2020 Central academic library of the TU Chemnitz opens 2020 Schauplatz Eisenbahn is part of the Saxon Exhibition Boom 2021 Chemnitz becomes German main part of the Hydrogen and Mobility Innovation Center HIC See also editChemnitz history History of Chemnitz de List of mayors of Chemnitz de List of heritage sites in Chemnitz de Other cities in the state of Saxony Timeline of Dresden Timeline of LeipzigReferences edit a b c d e f g h i Britannica 1910 Wilhelm Sandermann 2013 Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern Papier Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte in German Springer Verlag ISBN 978 3 662 09193 7 timeline Colin Lawson ed 2003 Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century chronological list Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 00132 8 a b c d Brockhaus 1896 German Empire Area and Population Principal Towns Statesman s Year Book London Macmillan and Co 1890 hdl 2027 nyp 33433081590527 Germany Statesman s Year Book London Macmillan and Co 1908 hdl 2027 nyp 33433081590592 Germany Area and Population Principal Towns Statesman s Year Book London Macmillan and Co 1921 hdl 2027 njp 32101072368440 via HathiTrust a b Chemnitz Subcamp KZ Gedenkstatte Flossenburg Retrieved 9 August 2022 Garden Search Germany London Botanic Gardens Conservation International Retrieved 30 November 2015 a b c In Germany an Unlikely Art Hub Honed by Enthusiasm New York Times 27 July 2012 Kurt Weill s Heritage Honor Replaces Scorn A German City Performs His Jewish Opera New York Times 28 June 1999 Furore over German Brevik clothing shop in Chemnitz BBC News 6 March 2012 This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia Bibliography editin English edit Chemnitz Handbook for North Germany London J Murray 1886 hdl 2027 hvd hn1imr Chemnitz Chambers s Encyclopaedia London 1901 hdl 2027 uc2 ark 13960 t0vq37095 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Chemnitz Northern Germany 15th ed Leipzig Karl Baedeker 1910 OCLC 78390379 Chemnitz Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 6 11th ed 1910 pp 76 77 in German edit C W Zoellner 1886 Geschichte der Fabrik und Handelsstadt Chemnitz Chemniz Brockhaus Konversations Lexikon in German 14th ed Leipzig Brockhaus 1896 hdl 2027 njp 32101064064445 P Krauss und E Uetrecht ed 1913 Chemnitz Meyers Deutscher Stadteatlas Meyer s Atlas of German Cities in German Leipzig Bibliographisches Institut Harald Weber Aus der Geschichte von Chemnitz und Umgebung Verlag fur sachsische Regionalgeschichte Nordlingen 2000 ISBN 3 9805106 3 8 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Chemnitz 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Timeline of Chemnitz amp oldid 1217855918, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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