Timeline of Essen

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  • 845 - Essen Abbey founded (approximate date).
  • 971 - Mathilde, granddaughter of Otto I becomes abbess of Essen Abbey.
  • 1012 - Sophia, daughter of Otto II becomes abbottess of the Essen Stift.
  • 1041 - Essen receives rights to a market.
  • 1244 - The association of the ministeriales of the Essen Abbey and the citizens of the town of Essen arrange for the Essen town walls to be erected.
  • 1316 - Essen Minster (church) dedicated.
  • 1390 - Essener Schützenverein (militia) formed.[1]
  • 1598 - Borbeck Castle rebuilt.
  • 1736 - Neueste Essendische Nachrichten von Staats- und Gelehrten Sachen (Newest Essen News of State and Learned Matters) newspaper begins publication.
  • 1797 - G. D. Baedeker Verlag bookseller in business.[2]

19th century
  • 1802 - Area occupied by Prussian troops.
  • 1803
  • 1810 - Krupp foundry in business.
  • 1814 - Town becomes part of Prussia.[3]
  • 1822 - Town becomes part of the Rhine Province.
  • 1841 - Simon Hirschland Bank in business.
  • 1847 - Essen-Bergeborbeck station opens.
  • 1849 - Population: 8,813.[3]
  • 1851 - Zollverein Coal Mine begins operating.
  • 1862 - Essen Hauptbahnhof and Essen-Borbeck station open.
  • 1866 - Fredebeul & Koenen booksellers in business.[2]
  • 1870 - Synagogue consecrated.[4]
  • 1871 - Town becomes part of the German Empire.
  • 1872 - Neu-Westend developed.[5]
  • 1873 - Villa Hügel (Krupp residence) built.
  • 1875 - Population: 54,790.[3]
  • 1880 - Historical Society for the City and Convent of Essen founded.
  • 1881
    • Essener Turnerbund athletic club formed.
    • Beiträge zur Geschichte von Stadt und Stift Essen (journal of city history) begins publication.[6]
  • 1886 - Photographische Genossenschaft von Essen (photography group) founded.[7]
  • 1892 - City Theatre opens.[8][9]
  • 1893
  • 1898 - Krupp's Essener Hof (hotel) built.
  • 1899 - Essen Philharmonic Orchestra founded.[10]

20th century

1900s-1940s

1950s-1990s

21st century

See also

References
  1. Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.
  2. Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 (in German). Leipzig: O.A. Schulz. 1870.
  3. "Essen", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopædia Britannica Co., 1910, OCLC 14782424
  4. Shmuel Spector, ed. (2001). "Essen". Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust. USA: NYU Press. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-8147-9376-3.
  5. Samuel M. Lindsay (1892). "Social Work at the Krupp Foundries, Essen, A. R., Germany". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 3: 74–106. JSTOR 1008598.
  6. Historischer Verein für Stadt und Stift Essen, Beiträge zur Geschichte von Stadt und Stift Essen (in German), ISSN 0341-9088
  7. Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
  8. Neuer Theater Almanach (in German). Berlin: Gunther & Sohn. 1909. hdl:2027/uva.x030515383.
  9. Almanach 1919 der vereinigten Stadttheater Essens (in German), Essen: Fredebeul & Koenen, 1919
  10. 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.
  11. "History". Grugapark Essen. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  12. "Garden Search: Germany". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  13. "Movie Theaters in Essen, Germany". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  14. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  15. Paul Betts (2004). The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-94135-9.
  16. "Bisherige Gartenschauen" [Previous Garden Shows] (in German). Bonn: Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  17. Don Rubin, ed. (2001). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. 1: Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780415251570.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in German

  • F. Ph. Funcke (1848), Geschichte des Fürstenthums und der Stadt Essen [History of the principality and the city of Essen] (in German), H. Kamp, OCLC 38688441, OL 20454145M
  • Paul Clemen, ed. (1893). Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt und des Kreises Essen. Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz (in German). 2. Dusseldorf: Schwann.
  • T. Kellen (1902). Industriestadt Essen in Wort und Bild (in German). Essen-Ruhr: Fredebeul & Koenen.
  • P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Essen". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
  • Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte, eds. (1989), Essen, Deutscher Städteatlas (in German), 4, ISBN 3891150008CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)

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