Timeline of Braunschweig

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Prior to 19th century

  • 861 - According to legend, Braunschweig founded by Bruno of Saxony.[1]
  • 955 - Area of city expanded.[2]
  • 1031 - St. Magni (Braunschweig) church consecrated.[1]
  • 1145 - Riddagshausen Abbey founded.
  • 1160s - Henry the Lion makes Braunschweig his residence.
  • 1166 - Brunswick Lion statue created.[3]
  • 1175 - Dankwarderode Castle built.
  • 1188 - Gospels of Henry the Lion created.
  • 1190s - St. Martini (Braunschweig) church construction begins.[1]
  • 1194 - Brunswick Cathedral built.[1]
  • 1194 - 6 August: Henry the Lion dies.
  • 1200s
    • St. Katharinen (Braunschweig) church construction begins.
    • Braunschweig joins the Hanseatic League.[4]
    • Schoduvel (carnival) is celebrated.[5]
  • 1245 - Großes Waisenhaus BMV (nursing home and orphanage) established.
  • 1293–94 - Schicht der Gildemeister (civil unrest)
  • 1304 - Bartholomäuskapelle (Braunschweig) on Schützenstraße (Braunschweig) first mentioned.
  • 1307 - Gewandhaus (Braunschweig) guildhall/exchange first mentioned.
  • 1312 - Rüningen gristmill first mentioned.
  • 1370s - Große Schicht (civil unrest)
  • 1390
  • 1396 - Altstadtrathaus (Braunschweig) (city hall) building expanded.[7]
  • 1408 - Altstadtmarktbrunnen (fountain) installed in the Altstadtmarkt (Braunschweig).[7]
  • 1410s
    • Liberei (library) built.
    • Braunschweiger Pfaffenkrieg (conflict between city council and churches)
  • 1411 - Faule Mette cannon created.
  • 1415 - Martino-Katharineum Braunschweig secondary school established.
  • 1420 - St. Andreas (Braunschweig) church built (approximate date).[1]
  • 1432 - The Princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel move their Residenz from Braunschweig to Wolfenbüttel.[8]
  • 1434 - Aegidienkirche (church) built (approximate date).[1]
  • 1445–46 - Schicht der „ungehorsamen Bürger“ (civil unrest)
  • 1451 - Brüdernkirche (Braunschweig) (church) built.[1]
  • 1487–89 - Ludeke Hollants Schicht (civil unrest)
  • 1498 - Braunschweiger Messe (fair) established.[3]
  • 1509 - Printing press in operation.[9]
  • 1520s - Protestant Reformation in Braunschweig.
  • 1524 - Huneborstelsches Haus built.[3]
  • 1531–32 - Braunschweig joins Schmalkaldic League.
  • 1534 - Alte Waage (Braunschweig) built.
  • 1551 - Population: 16,192.
  • 1567 - Haus zur Hanse built.
  • 1573 - Veltheimsches Haus built on the Burgplatz (Braunschweig).[3]
  • 1627 - Hofbrauhaus Wolters (brewery) established.
  • 1643 - Ehemaliges Rüninger Zollhaus (customs house) built.[3]
  • 1663 - Trial and execution of Anna Roleffes.
  • 1671 - Siege of Braunschweig by Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  • 1690 - Opernhaus am Hagenmarkt (opera house and theatre) opens.[3]
  • 1745
  • 1753 - Brunswick Palace established as the new ducal residence.[7]
  • 1754 - Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum and Naturhistorisches Museum open.
  • 1761 - First Battle of Ölper
  • 1769 - Schloss Richmond (castle) built.
  • 1772 - 13 March: Premiere of Lessing's play Emilia Galotti.
  • 1773 - Population: 23,385.
  • 1790s - Braunschweig fortifications dismantled (approximate date).[1]
  • 1791 - Lange Brücke (Braunschweig) (bridge) rebuilt.
  • 1799 - Friedrich Vieweg (publisher) moves to Braunschweig.

19th century

20th century

1900–1945

1946–1999

21st century

  • 2001 - Happy Rizzi House built in the Ackerhof.
  • 2006 - 6 December: Synagoge (Braunschweig) opens.
  • 2007 - 6 May: Rebuilt Brunswick Palace opens.
  • 2010 - RegioStadtBahn Braunschweig light rail project cancelled.
  • 2013 - Population: 247,227.
  • 2014 - Ulrich Markurth becomes mayor.

Images

See also

Other cities in the state of Lower Saxony:(de)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
  2. ↑ Overall 1870.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Stadtgeschichte: Stadtchronik Braunschweig" [City History: Chronology of Braunschweig] (in German). Stadt Braunschweig. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Moderhack, Richard (1997). Braunschweiger Stadtgeschichte (in German). Braunschweig: Wagner. pp. 50–52. ISBN 3-87884-050-0.
  5. ↑ Søndergaard, Leif. "Carnival is Festival: Dances as Entertainment". Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  6. ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  7. 1 2 3 Baedeker 1910.
  8. ↑ Moderhack 1997, pp. 60–69
  9. ↑ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel. The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  10. ↑ Gerhard Schildt: Von der Restauration zur Reichsgründungszeit, in Horst-Rüdiger Jarck / Gerhard Schildt (eds.), Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region, Braunschweig 2000, pp. 753–766
  11. ↑ E. Oppermann (1911): Landeskunde des Herzogtums Braunschweig. Geschichte und Geographie. Braunschweig: E. Appelhans, p. 64.
  12. ↑ Neubauer, Jürgen / Salewsky, Dieter (1988): 150 Jahre 1. Deutsche Staatseisenbahn Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. Braunschweig: Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag. ISBN 3-926701-05-6.
  13. ↑ "Germany". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922.
  14. ↑ "Stadtarchiv: Geschichte des Archivs" (in German). Stadt Braunschweig. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Germany: States of Germany: Brunswick". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873.
  16. ↑ Ciarán Fahey (19 June 2014). "Fußball: The History of a German Obsession". Societäts-Medien. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Germany: States of Germany: Brunswick". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1883.
  18. ↑ "German Empire: States of Germany: Brunswick". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
  19. ↑ "German Empire". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1894.
  20. ↑ "German Empire". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
  21. ↑ Henning Steinführer, Gerd Biegel (eds.): 1913 – Braunschweig zwischen Monarchie und Moderne. Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2015, ISBN 978-3-944939-12-4.
  22. ↑ Moderhack 1997, pp. 193–194
  23. ↑ Rother 1990, pp. 27–30
  24. ↑ Rother 1990, pp. 67–72
  25. ↑ Hans-Ulrich Ludewig (2000): Der Erste Weltkrieg und die Revolution (1914–1918/19), in: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck / Gerhard Schildt (eds.), Die Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region, Braunschweig 2000, pp. 935–943
  26. ↑ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  27. ↑ Rother 1990, p. 244
  28. ↑ "Braunschweiger Schloss / SS-Junkerschule". Vernetztes-gedaechtnis.de. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  29. ↑ "Akademie für Jugendführung". Vernetztes-gedaechtnis.de. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  30. ↑ "Entbindungsheim für Ostarbeiterinnen". Vernetztes-gedaechtnis.de. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  31. ↑ Braunschweig-Weststadt - größtes Wohnbauprojekt in unserer Region (in German). Retrieved on 3 September 2017.
  32. ↑ "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

  • Abraham Rees (1819), "Brunswick", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
  • Edward Augustus Domeier (1830), "Brunswick", Descriptive Road-Book of Germany, London: Samuel Leigh
  • William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Brunswick". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
  • "Brunswick", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
  • "Brunswick", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Braunschweig". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.

in German

  • "Braunschweig: Die Stadt". Biblioteca geographica: Verzeichniss der seit der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis zu Ende des Jahres 1856 in Deutschland (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 1858 – via Google Books. (bibliography)
  • Braunschweig. Die Chroniken der Deutschen Städte (in German). 6, 16, 35. Leipzig: S. Hirzel Verlag. 1868–1928 – via HathiTrust.
  • Hermann Adalbert Daniel (1878). "Das Herzogthum Braunschweig". Handbuch der Geographie (in German) (5th ed.). Leipzig: Fues's Verlag.
  • Karl von Hegel (1891). "Braunschweig". Städte und Gilden der germanischen Völker im Mittelalter (in German). 2. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot – via HathiTrust.
  • "Braunschweig". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
  • P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Braunschweig". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
  • Rother, Bernd (1990). Die Sozialdemokratie im Land Braunschweig 1918 bis 1933 (in German). Bonn: Verlag J. H. W. Dietz Nachf. ISBN 3-8012-4016-9.
  • Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon (in German), 1992

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