Timeline of Dortmund

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

Prior to 19th century



 * 1005 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "ecclesiastical council" in Dortmund.
 * 1016 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "Imperial diet" in Dortmund.
 * 1215 – Katharinenkloster Dortmund consecrated.
 * 1220 – Dortmund becomes an imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.
 * 1240 – Old Town Hall, Dortmund in use (approximate date).
 * 1253 – Dortmund joins the City Alliance of Werne.
 * 1267 – St. Mary's Church first mentioned.
 * 1270 – St. Reinold's Church built.
 * 1293 – Brewing right granted.
 * 1322 – St. Peter's Church, Dortmund (church) construction begins.
 * 1332 – City rights confirmed per "Privilegium Ludovicum."
 * 1387/8 – Dortmund besieged by forces of Friedrich III. von Saarwerden, Archbishop of Cologne.
 * 1388 – Dortmunder Bürgerschützenverein (militia) formed.
 * 1400 – Vehmic court established (approximate date).
 * 1454 – Tower built on St. Reinold's Church.
 * 1521 – "Golden Wonder of Westphalia" altarpiece installed in the Petrikirche.
 * 1523 – Protestant Reformation.
 * 1543 – Stadtgymnasium Dortmund (school) founded.
 * 1546 – Tower for the Dortmund City Archive added to Town Hall.
 * 1570 – Dortmund adopts Lutheranism per the "Augsburg Confession".
 * 1609 – Jülich-Cleves-related Dortmund Recess signed in Dortmund.

19th century

 * 1803 – Dormund "annexed to Nassau."
 * 1806 – French in power.
 * 1808 – Dormund becomes capital of French satellite Ruhr (department).
 * 1815
 * Dortmund becomes part of Prussia per Congress of Vienna.
 * Oberbergamt Dortmund (regional mining office) headquartered in city.
 * 1816 – Population: 4,465.
 * 1841 – (bank) founded.
 * 1847 – Duisburg–Dortmund railway and Dortmund–Hamm railway begin operating.
 * 1849 – Elberfeld–Dortmund railway begins operating.
 * 1855 – Dortmund–Soest railway begins operating.
 * 1861
 * (shooting-sport club) formed.
 * Population: 23,348.
 * 1863 – dismantled.
 * 1871
 * Hoesch AG steel company in business.
 * Westfalenhütte industrial area developed.
 * 1872 – (historical society) founded.
 * 1875
 * Dortmund–Enschede railway in operation.
 * Population:57,742.
 * 1878 – Ernst Heinrich Lindemann becomes mayor.
 * 1880 – in use (approximate date).
 * 1883 – Museum of Art and Cultural History founded.
 * 1885 – Population: 78,435.
 * 1887 – Dortmund Philharmonic orchestra formed.
 * 1890
 * Royal School of Machine Building established.
 * Population: 89,663.
 * 1895
 * Dortmund (regional postal administration) established.
 * Post office built.
 * Population: 111,232.
 * 1897 – City electric power system begins operating.
 * 1898 – Industrial School for Young Ladies and (sport club) established.
 * 1899
 * Dortmund–Ems Canal and Dortmund Port open.
 * City Hall restored.
 * founded.
 * 1900
 * Regional (Chamber of Skilled Crafts) headquartered in city.
 * Synagogue built.

1900s–1945

 * 1901 – established.
 * 1904
 * Theater Dortmund and trade school founded.
 * (tower) built.
 * 1905 – Population: 175,577.
 * 1909
 * Borussia Dortmund sport club formed.
 * Nordmarkt area laid out.
 * 1910
 * Dortmund Hauptbahnhof built.
 * Population: 214,226.
 * 1914 – Eving becomes part of city.
 * 1919 – Population: 295,026.
 * 1920
 * Regional municipal association created.
 * Population: 313,752.
 * 1924 – Weisse Wiese stadium opens.
 * 1926 – Botanischer Garten Rombergpark acquired by city.
 * 1927 – Dortmund U-Tower built.
 * 1928
 * becomes part of city.
 * Population: 465,196.
 * 1929 – and Syburg become part of city.
 * 1933 – mining company in business.
 * 1938 – Dortberghaus built.
 * 1939 – Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).
 * 1943
 * May: SS construction brigade (forced labour camp) established by the SS.
 * September: SS construction brigade presumably dissolved.
 * 1944 – Subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established for 400 Polish women who survived the Warsaw Uprising (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).
 * 1945
 * March: women's subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Prisoners deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
 * 13 April: allied forces take city.

1946–1990s

 * 1946
 * Fritz Henßler becomes mayor.
 *  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1947
 * 29 March: miners strike against food shortage.
 * Museum Ostwall opens.
 * 1950 – Population: 507,349.
 * 1952 – Westfalenhallen rebuilt.
 * 1953 – Dortmund Zoo established.
 * 1955 – City co-hosts the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships.
 * 1956 – Population: 607,885.
 * 1959
 * Florianturm (TV tower) erected.
 * National Bundesgartenschau (garden show) held in the Westfalenpark.
 * City hosts the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships.
 * 1960 – Dortmund Airport opens.
 * 1961 – built.
 * 1963 – Dortmund Stadthaus station opens.
 * 1964 – City hosts the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships.
 * 1968 – University of Dortmund established.
 * 1969 – hi-rise built.
 * 1973
 * Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting begins.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 1974 – Westfalenstadion (stadium) opens.
 * 1975 – City co-hosts the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships.
 * 1976 – established.
 * 1977 – Eving Selimiye Camii (mosque) established.
 * 1978 – built.
 * 1980 – City hosts the 1980 World Figure Skating Championships.
 * 1983
 * Dortmund University station opens.
 * (insurance entity) active.
 * 1984 – Dortmund Stadtbahn begins operating.
 * 1985
 * opens.
 * (casino) built.
 * 1987 – Coalmining pit closes, "marking the end of more than 150 years of coalmining in Dortmund".
 * 1989 – rebuilt on the.
 * 1990 – Eisengiesser Fountain reconstructed on the.
 * 1991 – Steel company Hoesch AG was bought by Krupp.
 * 1992 – (tower) reconstructed.
 * 1993 – museum established.
 * 1999
 * becomes mayor.
 * (trade school) active.

21st century

 * 2005
 * built.
 * opens.
 * 2006 - June: Some of the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer contest held in Dortmund.
 * 2008 - Love Parade held in city.
 * 2014
 * Ullrich Sierau becomes mayor.
 * Population: 580,511.

in English

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in German

 * published in the 19th c.
 * ongoing
 * ongoing


 * published in the 20th-21st c.
 * G. Luntowski and N. Reimann, ed., Dortmund 1100 Jahre Stadtgeschichte, (Dortmund, 1982)
 * Gustav Luntowski et al. Geschichte der Stadt Dortmund. Harenberg, Dortmund 1994, ISBN 3-611-00397-2
 * G. Luntowski and N. Reimann, ed., Dortmund 1100 Jahre Stadtgeschichte, (Dortmund, 1982)
 * Gustav Luntowski et al. Geschichte der Stadt Dortmund. Harenberg, Dortmund 1994, ISBN 3-611-00397-2