Timeline of Linz

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Linz, Austria.

Prior to 19th century

 * ca.400 CE - Roman fortress of Lentia
 * 799 CE - First mention of the name Linz
 * 823 CE - Archbishop of Passau in power.
 * 1190 - Babenberger Leopold V in power (approximate date).
 * 1210 - (castle) expanded (approximate date).
 * 1236 - Siege by Bavarians.
 * 1251 - Ottokar II of Bohemia in power.
 * 1260 - Provincial administration based in the castle by Ottokar II of Bohemia.
 * 1324 - City rights granted.
 * 1391 - First mention of a prison at the castle.
 * 1489 - Meeting of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary.
 * 1490 - Linz becomes capital of Österreich ob der Enns province.
 * 1497 - Bridge built.
 * 1564 - construction begins.
 * 1619 - Castle seized by Protestant rebels.
 * 1620 - Bavaria in power.
 * 1626 - Peasants' War: castle besieged by the peasants.
 * 1628 - Austria in power.
 * 1659 - expanded.
 * 1680 - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli a professional soldier, died in Linz.
 * 1682 - Church of Ignatius built.
 * 1684 - 5 March: Holy League alliance established in the city between the Holy Roman Empire, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Republic of Venice.
 * 1723 - erected on the.
 * 1725 - (church) built.
 * 1741 - Linz taken by Bavarian forces during the War of the Austrian Succession.
 * 1742 - Linz recovered from the Bavarians.
 * 1785 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz established.
 * 1786 - Army barracks placed in the castle.
 * 1800 - Fire.

19th century

 * 1803 - Linz State Theatre built.
 * 1809 - 3 May: Battle of Ebelsberg fought near Linz during the War of the Fifth Coalition.
 * 1811 - Prison located in the castle.
 * 1833 - Museum Francisco-Carolinum founded.
 * 1836 - (fortification) built.
 * 1851 - Prison relocated from the castle to Garsten. Army barracks placed in the castle.
 * 1858
 * Linz Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) opened.
 * Vienna-Linz railway begins operating.
 * 1864 - development begins.
 * 1865 - newspaper begins publication.
 * 1869 - Linzer Volksblatt (newspaper) begins publication.
 * 1873 - and  become part of Linz.
 * 1877 - built.
 * 1880 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
 * 1890 - Population: 47,560.
 * 1896 - Oberösterreichische Landesarchiv (regional archives) headquartered in Linz. (de)
 * 1898 - Pöstlingbergbahn (railway) begins operating.
 * 1899 - Flood.
 * 1900
 * (bridge) opens.
 * Population: 58,778.

20th century

 * 1909 - (cinema) opens on.
 * 1910 - Population: 67,817.
 * 1915 - becomes part of Linz.
 * 1919 - and  become part of Linz.
 * 1920 - Population: 93,473.
 * 1923
 * becomes part of Linz.
 * Linzer Volksstimme newspaper begins publication.
 * 1924 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception consecrated.
 * 1926 -  (newspaper) begins publication.
 * 1933 - (church) built.
 * 1934 - 12 February: Austrian Civil War begins at the Hotel Schiff in Linz, where the Social Democratic Party of Austria kept an office.
 * 1936 - (tobacco factory) built.
 * 1937 - Linz designated a "Führer city" by Hitler.
 * 1938
 * 12 March: Hitler arrives in Linz during the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.
 * Linz becomes seat of the Nazi Reichsgau Oberdonau (administrative division).
 * Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp begins operating near Linz.
 * and become part of Linz.
 * Eisenwerke Oberdonau (steelworks) begins operating.
 * 1939 - Keferfeld becomes part of Linz.
 * 1940
 * (bridge) built.
 * Linz Städtischen Symphonieorchester (orchestra) formed.
 * 1943
 * 11 January: Linz I subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Poland, Yugoslavia, Soviet Union and Germany.
 * Bruckner Orchestra Linz active.
 * 1944
 * Bombing by Allied forces during World War II.
 * 21 February: Linz II subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Poland and Soviet Union.
 * begins operating.
 * 26 May: Linz III subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Soviet Union and Poland.
 * 3 August: Linz I subcamp dissolved, prisoners moved to the Linz III subcamp.
 * 1945
 * Bombing by Allied forces.
 * May: Prisoners of the Linz II subcamp are either moved to the Linz III subcamp or sent on a death march to the main Mauthausen camp. Subcamp dissolved.
 * 5 May: Allied forces take city. Linz III subcamp liberated by American troops.
 * Oberösterreichische Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
 * 1947 - University of Art and Design Linz established
 * 1952
 * Linzer Stadion (stadium) opens.
 * established.
 * 1962 - church built.
 * 1965 - Memorial stone to former prisoners of the Linz I and Linz III subcamps of the Mauthausen concentration camp erected.
 * 1966 - Hochschule für Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften (school) established.
 * 1972 - built.
 * 1974 - Brucknerhaus assembly hall opens.
 * 1975 - Johannes Kepler University Linz active.
 * 1979 - Ars Electronica festival begins.
 * 1985 - (city hall) built.
 * 1986 - Donauhalle ice rink opens.
 * 1988 - becomes mayor.
 * 1994 - Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic opened.
 * 2000 - Linz AG established.

21st century

 * 2001 - Memorial at the former Linz II subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp erected.
 * 2003 - Lentos Art Museum opens.
 * 2004 - Linz Hauptbahnhof (train station) rebuilt.
 * 2010 - City co-hosts the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.
 * 2013 - becomes mayor.
 * 2014 - Honorary Consulate of Poland opened.
 * 2016
 * City hosts the 2016 World Karate Championships.
 * Population: 200,843.

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