Timeline of Nuremberg

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

Prior to 15th century

 * 1030 – Nuremberg Castle built (approximate date).
 * 1060 – Residence of the burgrave established.
 * 1127 - Emperor Lothair assigns Nuremberg to Henry the Proud.
 * 1140 – Monastery of St. Egidius founded.
 * 1219 – Nuremberg becomes a Free Imperial City.
 * 1298 – St. Lawrence church built.
 * 1349 – Craftsmen's uprising.
 * 1361 – Frauenkirche (church) built.
 * 1377 – Luginsland Tower construction begins in Nuremberg Castle.
 * 1380 – Nuremberg Charterhouse (monastery) founded.
 * 1382 – Playing cards in use (approximate date).
 * 1390 - Paper mill established by Stromer near city.
 * 1397 - Population: 5,626.

15th–16th centuries

 * 1424 – Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire relocated to Nuremberg.
 * 1427 – Ownership of Castle transferred to city.
 * 1437 – Black Death.
 * 1445 – Stadtbibliothek (city library) established.
 * 1470 – Anton Koberger printer in business. 
 * 1484 - Reformacion der Stat Nuremberg (legal code) with Jewry Oath published
 * 1485 - Kuchenmeysterey cookbook published.
 * 1486 – Karlsbrücke (Nürnberg) (bridge) built.
 * 1488 - Sigmund Meisterlin writes Nürnberger Chronik, a history of the city.
 * 1492 – Martin Behaim creates Erdapfel (geographical globe).
 * 1493 – Schedel's Liber Chronicarum published.
 * 1495 – Artist Albrecht Dürer sets up workshop.
 * 1505
 * City territory expanded per Landshut War of Succession.
 * Clockmaker Peter Henlein active (see Watch 1505)
 * 1519
 * St. Sebaldus Church built.
 * Bratwurstglocklein tavern in business (approximate date).
 * 1525 – Protestant Reformation.
 * 1526 – Lutheran Melanchthon's Gymnasium opens.
 * 1532 – City hosts religious Peace of Nuremberg agreement.
 * 1541 - February: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits city.
 * 1543 – De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus published.
 * 1550 - St. Martha church in use as a theatre space by meistersinger Sachs.
 * 1561 – April: Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg.
 * 1573 - Wenzel Jamnitzer a distinguished goldsmith represented the Goldsmiths on the Nuremberg city council.
 * 1583 - Herrenschiesshaus built.
 * 1598 – Fleisch Bridge built over Pegnitz.

17th–18th centuries

 * 1619 – Nürnberger Rathaus (town hall) rebuilt.
 * 1632 – Siege of Nuremberg.
 * 1662 – Academy of Fine Arts established.
 * 1668 – Simplicissimus (novel) published.
 * 1695 – Pachelbel becomes organist of St. Sebaldus Church.
 * 1718 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt.
 * 1728 – Karlsbrücke (Nürnberg) (bridge) built.
 * 1750 - Population: 30,000.
 * 1792 – Kunstverein Nürnberg (art association) founded.

19th century

 * 1806
 * 23 September: Polish 2nd Northern Legion formed in Nuremberg.
 * City becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, per Treaty of Confederation of the Rhine.
 * 1810
 * Catholic parish established.
 * Population: 28,544.
 * 1817 – City becomes part of the Bavarian Rezatkreis district.
 * 1818 - Population: 27,000.
 * 1825 – Gostenhof and Johannisfriedhof become part of city.
 * 1833 – New City Theatre built on Lorenzer Platz.
 * 1835 – Bavarian Ludwigsbahn railway (Fürth-Nuremberg) begins operating.
 * 1841 – Eisengießerei Klett & Comp. engineering firm in business.
 * 1844 – Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof opens.
 * 1852
 * German Museum established.
 * Population: 53,638.
 * 1859 – Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway begins operating.
 * 1861 - Population: 62,797.
 * 1868 – Bayerisches Gewerbemuseum (museum) founded.
 * 1871 – Albrecht Dürer's House museum established.
 * 1875 - Population: 91,018.
 * 1878 – Verein fur Geschichte der Stadt (city history society) active.
 * 1882 – Numismatic Society founded.
 * 1883 – Nuremberg–Cheb railway in operation.
 * 1885 – Schuckert & Co. engineering firm in business.
 * 1889 – Verein von Freunden der Photographie (photo group) founded.
 * 1899
 * Nuremberg Photography Society founded.
 * Railway museum opens.
 * 1900
 * Emil Meßthaler's Intimes Theater opens.
 * Population: 261,081.

20th century

 * 1905
 * New Staatstheater Nürnberg inaugurated.
 * Population: 294,344.
 * 1912 – Nuremberg Zoo opens.
 * 1916 – Palace of Justice built.
 * 1927 – August: 3rd Nazi Party Congress held.
 * 1928 – Frankenstadion (stadium) opens.
 * 1929 – August: 4th Nazi Party Congress held.
 * 1930 - Population: 416,700.
 * 1933 – 30 August-3 September: 5th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Der Sieg des Glaubens filmed.
 * 1934
 * July: 4th Deutsche Kampfspiele (athletic event) held in Frankenstadion.
 * September: 6th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will filmed.
 * 1937 – Deutsches Stadion construction begins (never completed).
 * 1938 – Expulsion of Polish Jews.
 * 1939 – Internment camp for civilian prisoners established (future Stalag XIII-D POW camp).
 * 1940 – Oflag XIII-A prisoner-of-war camp for French, British, Belgian, Polish and Serbian officers established in Langwasser.
 * 1941
 * March: Oflag XIII-B POW camp for Serbian officers established in Langwasser.
 * May: Forced labour camp established at the SS barracks.
 * 1942
 * 3 May: Oflag XIII-A POW camp dissolved.
 * October: Russenwiese forced labour camp established.
 * 1943
 * April: Oflag XIII-B POW camp relocated to Hammelburg.
 * 15 July: Forced labour camp at the SS barracks converted into a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.
 * August: Russenwiese forced labour camp dissolved.
 * 1944
 * April: Oflag 73 POW camp relocated from Beniaminów to Langwasser.
 * October: Subcamp of Flossenbürg for women established at the Siemens-Schuckertwerke factory.
 * November: Oflag 73 POW camp converted into a subcamp of the Stalag XIII-D camp.
 * 1945
 * March: Siemens-Schuckertwerke subcamp of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners sent to subcamps in Holýšov and Mehltheuer.
 * April: SS barracks subcamp of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners sent to the Dachau concentration camp.
 * 16–20 April: Battle of Nuremberg.
 * October: Nürnberger Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
 * 20 November: International Military Tribunal against Nazi leaders begins.
 * 1946
 * 9 December: Nuremberg Military Tribunals against Nazi leaders begin.
 * Franconia State Orchestra formed.
 * 1948 — A “strong tornado” destroys dozens of homes and kills 11 people in the city.
 * 1950
 * German Toy Fair begins.
 * Population: 362,459.
 * 1957 – Langwasser development begins.
 * 1959 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt.
 * 1967 – Kunsthalle Nürnberg (art centre) founded.
 * 1968 – City mapped into 10 Statistischen Stadtteilen (statistical districts).
 * 1971 – Nuremberg Toy Museum founded.
 * 1972 – Katzwang becomes part of city.
 * 1987 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S1 metro railway begins operating.
 * 1992 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S2 and S3 metro railway begins operating.
 * 2000 – Neues Museum Nürnberg opens.

21st century

 * 2001 – City co-hosts the 2001 IIHF World Championship.
 * 2002 – Ulrich Maly becomes mayor.
 * 2010 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S4 metro railway begins operating.
 * 2012 – Population: 495,121.

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