Timeline of Münster

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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19th century

20th century
  • 1901
    • Tram begins operating.
    • Stadtwerke Münster established.
  • 1905 - Population: 81,468.[22]
  • 1906 - Stadtbücherei Münster (library) and SC Preußen Münster (football club) founded.
  • 1908 - Westphalian State Museum opens.
  • 1919
    • Münster Symphony Orchestra founded.
    • Population: 100,452.[23]
  • 1926 - Halle Münsterland and Preußenstadion (stadium) open.
  • 1929 - Provinzialinstitut für westfälische Landes- und Volkskunde (regional history institute) founded.[24]
  • 1940
    • 16 May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins.(de)[25]
    • Population: 144,945.
  • 1946 - Westfälische Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.[26]
  • 1947 - Reconstruction of Prinzipalmarkt begins.
  • 1948 - University of Münster's Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum established.
  • 1956 - Städtische Bühnen Münster (theatre) built.[17]
  • 1958 - Old City Hall reconstructed.
  • 1960
    • City twinned with Orléans, France.[17]
    • Population: 180,117.
  • 1971 - Fachhochschule Münster established.
  • 1972 - Münster/Osnabrück Airport begins operating.[17]
  • 1974 - Population: 200,448.
  • 1975
    • Hiltrup becomes part of city.
    • Population: 264,546.
  • 1977
  • 1979
    • Stadtmuseum Münster founded.
    • South Park, Münster created.
  • 1981 - Filmfestival Münster begins.
  • 1984 - Jörg Twenhöven becomes mayor.
  • 1985 - Fernmeldeturm Münster (TV tower) erected.
  • 1987 - Catholic pope visits city.[17]
  • 1993
    • Münster-Barometer survey begins.
    • Museum für Lackkunst opens.
  • 1994 - Marion Tüns becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - Berthold Tillmann becomes mayor.

21st century

See also

References
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  3. Lovinson 1889.
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  5. Chambers 1901.
  6. Christof Jeggle (2011). "Pre-industrial Worlds of Production: Conventions, Institutions and Organizations". Historical Social Research. 36 (4 (138)): 125–149. JSTOR 23032288.
  7. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  8. Hsia 1984.
  9. Georg Michael Pachtler (1890). "Chronologie der Stiftung von Kollegien S.J. innerhalb des alten deutschen Reiches und Belgiens (Chronology of Jesuit colleges in the old German Empire and Belgium)". Monumenta Germaniae Paedagogica (in German). 9. Berlin: A. Hofmann & Comp.
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  11. Stadtarchiv. "Kongressstadt Münster 1643 bis 1649". Stadtgeschichte online (in German). Stadt Münster. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  12. Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (1994). Renate Schwärzel (ed.). Nachweis historischer Quellen in Unternehmen, Körperschaften des Öffentlichen Rechts (Kammern) und Verbänden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Deutsche Wirtschaftsarchive (in German). 1. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. ISBN 978-3-515-06211-4.
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  14. Kill 2001.
  15. "Garden Search: Germany". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  16. Haydn 1910.
  17. "Town History (timeline)". Münster Marketing. Stadt Münster. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  18. Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. Routledge. 1995. ISBN 978-1-135-37262-0.
  19. "Germany: States of North Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869.
  20. Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  21. "German Empire: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
  22. "German Empire". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908 – via HathiTrust.
  23. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  24. "Uber uns: Das Institut". LWL-Institut für westfälische Regionalgeschichte (in German). Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  25. Stadtarchiv. "Kriegschronik: Münster im Zweiten Weltkrieg". Stadtgeschichte online (in German). Stadt Münster. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  26. Ulrich Pätzold; et al., eds. (2003). Strukturen und Angebote lokaler Medien in Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). Leske + Budrich. ISBN 978-3-322-99440-0.
  27. "Soldaten gehen – und hinterlassen 800 Wohnungen", Die Welt (in German), 15 September 2012
  28. "UK troops to withdraw from Germany by end of decade under MoD plans", The Guardian, 9 November 2011
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