Timeline of Dortmund
Prior to 19th century
    

Old Town Hall, in use circa 1240 (photo circa 1890s)
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- 1005 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "ecclesiastical council" in Dortmund.[1]
 - 1016 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "Imperial diet" in Dortmund.[1]
 - 1215 – Katharinenkloster Dortmund consecrated.
 - 1220 – Dortmund becomes an imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.[2]
 - 1240 – Town Hall in use (approximate date).
 - 1253 – Dortmund joins the City Alliance of Werne.[3]
 - 1267 – St. Mary's Church first mentioned.
 - 1270 – St. Reinold's Church built.
 - 1293 – Brewing right granted.[2]
 - 1322 – St. Peter's Church, Dortmund (church) construction begins.
 - 1332 – City rights confirmed per "Privilegium Ludovicum."[2][4]
 - 1387/8 – Dortmund besieged by forces of Friedrich III. von Saarwerden, Archbishop of Cologne.[1]
 - 1388 – Dortmunder Bürgerschützenverein (militia) formed.[5]
 - 1400 – Vehmic court established (approximate date).[2]
 - 1454 – Tower built on St. Reinold's Church.
 - 1521 – "Golden Wonder of Westphalia" altarpiece installed in the Petrikirche.
 - 1523 – Protestant Reformation.[2]
 - 1543 – Stadtgymnasium Dortmund (school) founded.[2]
 - 1546 – Tower for the Dortmund City Archive added to Town Hall.[6]
 - 1570 – Dortmund adopts Lutheranism per the "Augsburg Confession".[2]
 - 1609 – Jülich-Cleves-related agreement signed in Dortmund.[2]
 
19th century
    
- 1803 – Dormund "annexed to Nassau."[1]
 - 1806 – French in power.[1]
 - 1808 – Dormund becomes capital of French satellite Ruhr (department).[1]
 - 1815
- Dortmund becomes part of Prussia per Congress of Vienna.[1]
 - Oberbergamt Dortmund (regional mining office) headquartered in city.
 
 - 1816 – Population: 4,465.[7]
 - 1841 – Sparkasse Dortmund (bank) founded.[8]
 - 1847 – Duisburg–Dortmund railway and Dortmund–Hamm railway begin operating.
 - 1849 – Elberfeld–Dortmund railway begins operating.
 - 1855 – Dortmund–Soest railway begins operating.
 - 1861
- Westfälischer Schützenbund (shooting-sport club) formed.
 - Population: 23,348.[9]
 
 - 1863 – City walls dismantled.[1]
 - 1871
- Hoesch AG steel company in business.
 - Westfalenhütte industrial area developed.
 
 - 1872 – Historischer Verein für Dortmund und die Grafschaft Mark (historical society) founded.[10]
 - 1875 
- Dortmund–Enschede railway in operation.
 - Population:57,742.[1]
 
 - 1878 – Ernst Heinrich Lindemann becomes mayor.
 - 1880 – Fredenbaumpark in use (approximate date).
 - 1883 – Museum of Art and Cultural History founded.
 - 1885 – Population: 78,435.[11]
 - 1887 – Dortmund Philharmonic orchestra formed.[12]
 - 1890
 - 1895
 - 1897 – City electric power system begins operating.[16]
 - 1898 – Industrial School for Young Ladies[13] and Ruderclub Hansa von 1898 (sport club) established.
 - 1899
- Dortmund–Ems Canal and Dortmund Port open.[16]
 - City Hall restored.[1]
 - Dortmunder Volksbank founded.
 
 - 1900
- Regional Handwerkskammer Dortmund (Chamber of Skilled Crafts) headquartered in city.
 - Synagogue built.
 
 
20th century
    
    1900s–1945
    
- 1901 – Dortmund Fire Department established.[17]
 - 1904
- Theater Dortmund and trade school[13] founded.
 - Bismarckturm (Dortmund) (tower) built.
 
 - 1905 – Population: 175,577.[18]
 - 1909
- Borussia Dortmund sport club formed.
 - Nordmarkt area laid out.
 
 - 1910
- Dortmund Hauptbahnhof built.
 - Population: 214,226.[19]
 
 - 1914 – Eving becomes part of city.
 - 1919 – Population: 295,026.[20]
 - 1920
- Regional Siedlungsverband Ruhrkohlenbezirk municipal association created.
 - Population: 313,752.
 
 - 1924 – Weisse Wiese stadium opens.
 - 1926 – Botanischer Garten Rombergpark acquired by city.
 - 1927 – Dortmund U-Tower built.
 - 1928
- Hörde becomes part of city.
 - Population: 465,196.
 
 - 1929 – Berghofen (Dortmund) and Syburg become part of city.
 - 1933 – Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion mining company in business.
 - 1938 – Dortberghaus built.
 - 1939 – Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).[21]
 - 1943
- May: SS construction brigade (forced labour camp) established by the SS.[22]
 - September: SS construction brigade presumably dissolved.[22]
 
 - 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).[23]
 - 1945
- March: women's subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Prisoners deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.[23]
 - 13 April: allied forces take city.
 
 
1946–1990s
    
- 1946
- Fritz Henßler becomes mayor.
 - Westfälische Rundschau newspaper begins publication.[24]
 
 - 1947
- 29 March: miners strike against food shortage.[25]
 - Museum Ostwall opens.
 
 - 1950 – Population: 507,349.
 - 1952 – Westfalenhallen rebuilt.
 - 1953 – Dortmund Zoo established.[26]
 - 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 – Gesundheitshaus Dortmund built.
 - 1963 – Dortmund Stadthaus station opens.
 - 1964 – City hosts the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships.
 - 1968 – University of Dortmund established.
 - 1969 – Sparkassen-Hochhaus hi-rise built.
 - 1973
- Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting begins.
 - Günter Samtlebe becomes mayor.
 
 - 1974 – Westfalenstadion (stadium) opens.
 - 1975 – City co-hosts the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships.
 - 1976 – National Rowing Training Centre, Dortmund established.
 - 1977 – Eving Selimiye Camii (mosque) established.
 - 1978 – WestLB Dortmund built.
 - 1980 – City hosts the 1980 World Figure Skating Championships.
 - 1983
- Dortmund University station opens.
 - Vorsorgekasse Hoesch (insurance entity) active.
 
 - 1984 – Dortmund Stadtbahn begins operating.
 - 1985
- Technology Centre Dortmund opens.[27]
 - Spielbank Hohensyburg (casino) built.
 
 - 1987 – Coalmining pit closes, "marking the end of more than 150 years of coalmining in Dortmund".[27]
 - 1989 – Dortmund City Hall rebuilt on the Friedensplatz (Dortmund).
 - 1990 – Eisengiesser Fountain reconstructed on the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Platz (Dortmund).
 - 1991 – Steel company Hoesch AG was bought by Krupp.[28]
 - 1992 – Adlerturm Dortmund (tower) reconstructed.
 - 1993 – Deutsche Arbeitsschutzausstellung museum established.
 - 1999
- Gerhard Langemeyer becomes mayor.
 - Fritz-Henßler-Berufskolleg (trade school) active.
 
 
21st century
    
- 2005
- RWE Tower built.
 - Hoesch-Museum opens.
 
 - 2006 - June: Some of the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer contest held in Dortmund.[29]
 - 2008 - Love Parade held in city.
 - 2014
- Ullrich Sierau becomes mayor.
 - Population: 580,511.
 
 
See also
    
- Dortmund history
 - History of Dortmund
 - List of historic sites in Dortmund
 - de:Zahlen und Fakten zur Politik in Dortmund (in German) includes list of mayors
 - Timelines of other cities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:(de) Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Münster
 
References
    
- Britannica 1910.
 - Ring 1995.
 - Donald J. Harreld, ed. (2015). A Companion to the Hanseatic League. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-28476-0.
 - Frensdorff 1882.
 - Hermann Tallau (2008). "Älteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.
 - "Stadtarchiv Dortmund: Wir über uns: Geschichte". Archive in Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
 - Brockhaus 1896.
 - Moritz Neefe, ed. (1906). Statistisches Jahrbuch deutscher Städte [Statistical Yearbook of German Cities] (in German). Vol. 13. Breslau: Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn. hdl:2027/mdp.39015010783606.
 - "Germany: States of North Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
 - Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
 - "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
 - Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
 - U.S. Bureau of Education (1910). "Prussian system of vocational schools from 1884 to 1909". Report of the Commissioner of Education. U.S. Government Printing Office. hdl:2027/umn.31951000865102o.
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 - "Feuerwehr: Über uns: Historie (timeline)". Dortmund.de. Stadt Dortmund. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
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 - "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
 - "Lager für Sinti und Roma Dortmund". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
 - "Dortmund (III. SS-Baubrigade)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
 - "Dortmund (Hüttenverein)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
 - "Dortmund (Germany) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
 - "March 24-April 6, 1947". Chronology of International Events and Documents. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 3 (7): 189–201. 1947. JSTOR 40545021.
 - Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
 - Hennings 1990.
 - Zeit.de: Ein Mythos verblasst
 - "German Police Arrest More Than 300", New York Times, 15 June 2006
 
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
 
Bibliography
    
in English
- "Dortmund". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t7br92q5g.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Dortmund", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
 - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 437.
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in German
- published in the 19th c.
 
- Bernhard Thiersch [in German] (1854). Geschichte der Freireichsstadt Dortmund (in German).
 - Beiträge zur Geschichte Dortmunds und der Grafschaft Mark [Contributions to the History of Dortmund and the County of Mark] (in German). Historischer Verein für Dortmund und die Grafschaft Mark. 1875. ongoing
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- published in the 20th-21st c.
 
- P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Dortmund". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
 - Institute for Comparative Urban History [in German], ed. (1973), Dortmund, Deutscher Städteatlas (in German), vol. 1, ISBN 3891150008
 - 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
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