Timeline of Koblenz

The following is a timeline of the history of Koblenz, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

 * 9 BCE – Military post established by Roman Drusus (approximate date).
 * 1018 CE – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor gives Koblenz to Archbishop of Trier.
 * 1208 – Church of St. Castor built.
 * 1254 – Town walls built.
 * 1344 – Stone bridge built over Mosel.
 * 1359 – Koblenzer Schützengesellschaft (militia) formed.
 * 1469 – Population: 1,193.
 * 1688 – Town besieged by French forces.
 * 1698 – Jesuit College built.
 * 1725 – Merchants' Hall restored.
 * 1768 – Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony becomes Archbishop-Elector of Trier
 * 1778 – Population: 7,475.
 * 1786 – Electoral Palace built.
 * 1794 – Town taken by French forces.
 * 1798 – Koblenz becomes "chief town of the Rhine and Mosel department."

19th century

 * 1813 – becomes mayor.
 * 1814 – Town occupied by Russian forces.
 * 1815 – Koblenz Fortress construction begins near town.
 * 1822 – Town becomes seat of the Rhine province.
 * 1827 – Bürgerbibliothek (town library) founded.
 * 1832 – Ehrenbreitstein Fortress built near town.
 * 1840 – Population: 18,387.
 * 1849 – Coblenzer Zeitung newspaper in publication.
 * 1858 – Koblenz-Lützel station opens.
 * 1864 – Pfaffendorf Bridge built.
 * 1885 – Population: 31,669.
 * 1897 – Statue of Wilhelm I installed on the Deutsches Eck.

20th century

 * 1902 – Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
 * 1905 – Population: 53,902.
 * 1919 – Population: 56,676.
 * 1933 – Population: 65,257.
 * 1934
 * Koblenz radio transmitter erected.
 * TuS Koblenz football club formed.
 * 1935 – Thingplatz and Stadion Oberwerth (stadium) inaugurated.
 * 1943 – Koblenz becomes capital of Koblenz-Trier Gau.
 * 1946
 * Koblenz becomes part of the Rhineland-Palatinate.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 1953 – Pfaffendorf Bridge rebuilt.
 * 1961 – Population: 99,240.
 * 1976 – Fernmeldeturm Koblenz (telecommunications tower) erected near city.
 * 1991 – City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.
 * 1992 – 2000th anniversary of founding of Koblenz.
 * 1994 – becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2001 – DB Museum opens.
 * 2004 – opens.
 * 2010 – becomes mayor.
 * 2011
 * Koblenz Stadtmitte station opens.
 * City hosts Federal Horticultural Show 2011.
 * 2012 – Population: 109,779.

in English

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in German

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