Timeline of Lübeck
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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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 of Saxony Henry the Lion.[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
Main article: Free City of Lübeck
- 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]
- 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.[12]
- 1475 - Printing press in operation.[13]
- 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.[14]
- 1533 – Jürgen Wullenwever becomes mayor.[14]
- 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.[15]
- 1697 – Buthman's Bierstube (tavern) in business.[16]
- 1793 – Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit (charitable society) established.
19th century
- 1801 – Town "temporarily occupied" by Danes.[1]
- 1802 – Town walls dismantled.[7]
- 1806 – 5 November: Town occupied by French forces.[4]
- 1810 – 12 November: Town becomes part of the French Empire.[5]
- 1813 – French occupation ends.
- 1825 – Navigation School founded.[14]
- 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.[17]
- 1866 – Lübeck becomes part of the North German Confederation.[7]
- 1867 – Wilhelm-Theater opens.[18]
- 1868
- Lübeck joins the German Customs Union.[7]
- Schiffergesellschaft (restaurant) in operation.[16]
- 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.
20th century
- 1900 – Elbe-Trave canal opens.[1]
- 1904 – City Theatre opens.[18]
- 1905 – Population: town 91,541; state 105,857.[4]
- 1915 – St. Anne's Museum opens.
- 1917 – Lübeck Airport constructed.
- 1919
- Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck (sport club) formed.
- Population: town 113,071.[19]
- 1921 – Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck (sport club) formed.
- 1924 – Stadion an der Lohmühle (stadium) opens.
- 1942 – Bombing of Lübeck in World War II.
- 1945 – VfB Lübeck (sport club) formed.
- 1946 - Lübecker Nachrichten and Lübecker Freie Presse newspapers begin publication.[20]
- 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.
21st century
- 2000 – Bernd Saxe becomes mayor.
- 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 Knight 1866.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lins 1913.
- 1 2 3 Townsend 1867.
- ↑ Hirsch 1906.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chambers 1901.
- ↑ Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck [Architecture and monuments of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck] (in German) 2. Lübeck: Bernhard Nöhring. 1906.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Murray 1877.
- 1 2 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. JSTOR 986565.
- ↑ 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 – via HathiTrust.
- 1 2 3 Hoffmann 1908.
- ↑ George Grove, ed. (1879). A Dictionary of Music and Musicians 1. London: Macmillan.
- 1 2 New York Times 2011.
- ↑ Georg Friedrich Kolb (1862). "Deutschland: Lubeck". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung.
- 1 2 "Lübeck". Neuer Theater-Almanach (in German). Berlin: F.A. Günther & Sohn. 1908.
- ↑ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via Hathi Trust.
- ↑ "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Lübeck", The Grand Tour, 2: Germany and Holland, London: S. Birt
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Lübeck". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- "Lübeck", Leigh's New Descriptive Road Book of Germany, London: Leigh and Son, 1837
- Robert Baird (1842), "Lübeck", Visit to Northern Europe, New York: John S. Taylor & Co., OCLC 8052123
- Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Lübeck". Geography. English Cyclopaedia 3. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.
- George Henry Townsend (1867), "Lübeck", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
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- John Lalor, ed. (1883). "Lübeck". Cyclopaedia of Political Science. Chicago.
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in German
- "Lübeck". Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris. Topographia Germaniae (in German). Frankfurt. 1653. p. 154+.
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- Max Hoffmann (1889–1892). Geschichte der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck (in German).
- Ernst Deecke (1891), Lübische Geschichten und Sagen (in German)
- Karl von Hegel (1891). "Lübeck". Städte und Gilden der germanischen Völker im Mittelalter (in German) 2. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot – via HathiTrust.
- Fritz Hirsch (1906). Die Petrikirche. Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck (Architecture and monuments of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck) (in German) 2. Lübeck: Bernhard Nöhring.
- Max Hoffmann (1908). Chronik der Stadt Lübeck (in German). Lübcke & Nöring.
- P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Lübeck". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
- Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte, ed. (1984), Lübeck, Deutscher Städteatlas (in German) 3, ISBN 3891150008
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