Timeline of Augsburg

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

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Prior to 16th century

• 14 BCE – Roman colony Augusta Vindelicorum established (approximate date).[1]
• 5th century CE – Settlement sacked by Huns.[1]
• 6th century CE - Catholic Diocese of Augsburg established.[2]
• 778 – Simpert becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
• 788 – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne.[3]
• 923 – Ulrich becomes Bishop of Augsburg.
• 952 – Diet of Augsburg (meeting of leaders of Holy Roman Empire) active.
• 989 – Perlachturm built.
• 1065 – Augsburg Cathedral consecrated.[4]
• 1251 – Dominican Monastery of St. Katharine active.
• 1276 – Augsburg becomes a Free Imperial City.[1]
• 1300 – Barfüsserkirche (church) founded.[5]
• 1321 – St. Anna-Kirche (church) founded.[4]
• 1364 – Three Moors Inn in business (approximate date).[5]
• 1370 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[6]
• 1407 - Paper mill established.[7]
• 1431 – Augsburg Cathedral remodeled.[4]
• 1468 - Burkhard Zingg writes Augsburger Chronik, a history of the city (approximate date).
• 1472 – Printing press in operation.[8]
• 1487 - Fuggers Bank established.[9]
• 1493 – Artist Hans Holbein the Elder active (approximate date).[4]
• 1500 – Church of St. Ulrich and St. Afra built.[1]

16th–18th centuries

• 1502 – Catholic Holy Cross Church built.[4]
• 1509 – Fortunatus (story) published.
• 1515 – Dominikaner-Kirche (church) built.[4]
• 1517 - Fugger chapel built.[10]
• 1518 - Fire engine built.[11]
• 1523 – Fuggerei residential area developed.
• 1530 – Lutheran Confession of Augsburg introduced.[12]
• 1534 – Augsburg Protestant Cemetery established.
• 1537
  • Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg (city library) founded.[13]
  • Augsburg joins the Schmalkaldic League.
• 1540 – Augsburger Börse (stock exchange) established.
• 1546 – Boeck house[4] and Rotes Tor (gate)[4] built.
• 1573 - Sugar refinery begins operating.[14]
• 1577 – Imperial Abbey of Saints Ulrich and Afra active.
• 1582 – St. Salvator Jesuit school founded.[15]
• 1594 – Augustusbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.[5]
• 1599 – Herkulesbrunnen (fountain) created for Maximiliansstrasse.[5]
• 1607 – Augsburger Zeughaus (armory) built.[4]
• 1609 - Metzg (butchers' house) built.[4]
• 1612 – Engravers Lucas and Wolfgang Kilian in business.[16]
• 1620 – Augsburg Town Hall built.[1]
• 1631 - Augsburg Art Cabinet sent to Sweden as a gift.[17]
• 1632 – Swedish occupation begins.[1]
• 1635
  • Swedish occupation ends.
  • Population: 16,432.
• 1650 – Augsburger Hohes Friedensfest (festival) begins.
• 1703 – Town besieged by Bavarian forces.[3]
• 1712 – Academy of painting founded.[3]
• 1765 – Gignoux-Haus built.
• 1770 – Ballroom built in the Schaezlerpalais.[4]
• 1782 – Dollische bookseller in business.[18]
• 1786 - August: Air balloon flight of Joseph Maximilian Freiherr von Lütgendorf.[19]

19th century

• 1805 – 10 October: French in power.[3]
• 1806
  • 4 March: Augsburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.[1]
  • Population: 26,200.
• 1810 – Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.[20]
• 1817 – Augsburg becomes an administrative capital of the Oberdonaukreis.
• 1825 – Chapel built in Protestant Cemetery.
• 1833 – Holbein-Gymnasium (school) established.
• 1837 – Town becomes administrative capital for the Swabia and Neuburg district.
• 1840
  • Sander'sche Maschinenfabrik in business.
  • Cotton mill established.[5]
• 1846 – Augsburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
• 1847
  • Augsburg Morellstraße station opens.
  • Turnverein Augsburg (sport club) formed.
• 1854 – Maximilian Museum founded.[4]
• 1858 - Population: 43,616.[21]
• 1870 – Konigl. Industrieschule (industrial school) established.[22]
• 1875 – Paar Valley Railway begins operating.
• 1876 – Der Volkswille newspaper in publication.[23]
• 1878
  • Stadttheater Augsburg (theatre) built.[5]
  • Augsburger Eislaufverein (ice hockey team) formed.
• 1885
  • Stadtarchiv Augsburg (town archive) building established.[24]
  • Population: 65,905.[1]
• 1898 – Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg and Augsburg-Oberhausen Acetylene Factory in business.
• 1900 – Population: 89,109.[1]

20th century

• 1903 – TSV Schwaben Augsburg (football club) formed.
• 1905 - Population: 94,923.[25]
• 1907 – FC Augsburg (football club) formed.
• 1910
  • Landsberg Prison established in vicinity of Augsburg.
  • Population: 102,487.[26]
• 1911 – Oberhausen becomes part of Augsburg.
• 1917 - Augsburg Synagogue built.
• 1919 - Population: 154,555.[27]
• 1920 – Stadtbücherei Augsburg (public library) founded.
• 1924 – Augsburger Kajak Verein (kayak club) formed.[28]
• 1926 – Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (Bavarian Aircraft Works) in business.
• 1930 - 8 September: Hitler gives campaign speech.
• 1933 – Gau Swabia (Nazi administrative region) established.
• 1937
  • Augsburg Zoo opens.[29]
  • Mozarthaus (house museum) established.
• 1938
  • Messerschmitt aircraft manufactory in business.
  • Ice skating rink opens.
  • 10 November: Synagogue destroyed during Kristallnacht.
• 1942 – 17 April: Bombing by Allied forces.
• 1944 – 25–26 February: Bombing by Allied forces.
• 1945 – Schwäbische Landeszeitung newspaper begins publication.[20]
• 1948
  • Verlagsgruppe Weltbild (publisher) in business.
  • Augsburger Puppenkiste (theatre) opens.
• 1951
  • Rosenaustadion (stadium) opens.
  • Town art collections installed in the Schaezlerpalais.
• 1954 - Fürst Fugger Privatbank established.
• 1956 – United States military 11th Airborne Division stationed in Augsburg.[30]
• 1961 - Population: 208,659.
• 1969 – Part of Göggingen becomes part of Augsburg.
• 1970 – University of Augsburg founded.
• 1971
  • Augsburg Eiskanal (artificial whitewater river) opens.
  • Augsburg University of Applied Sciences founded.
• 1972
  • Inningen becomes part of Augsburg.
  • Kongresshalle opens.
  • Dorint Hotel Tower built.
• 1977
  • Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle (cultural space) opens.[31]
  • Romanistentheater (Augsburg) founded.
• 1989 – Sparkassen-Planetarium opens.
• 1996
  • Kulturhaus Abraxas (cultural space) active.
  • S’ensemble Theater founded.
• 1998 – Brechthaus (house museum) opens.

21st century

• 2008 – Kurt Gribl becomes mayor.[32]
• 2009 – Stadtbücherei Augsburg (public library) building opens.
• 2012 – Population: 272,699.

See also

• Augsburg history
• List of mayors of Augsburg
• Diet of Augsburg
• List of heritage sites in Augsburg
• Timelines of other cities in the state of Bavaria: Munich, Nuremberg, Würzburg

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
3. George Henry Townsend (1867), "Augsburg", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
4. Baedeker 1914.
5. Murray 1903.
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. Wilhelm Sandermann (2013). "Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern". Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-662-09193-7. (timeline)
8. Henri Bouchot (1890). H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
9. Glyn Davies; Roy Davies (2002). "Comparative Chronology of Money" – via University of Exeter.
10. "Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
11. Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
12. Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Augsburg", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
13. Julius Petzholdt (1853), "Augsburg", Handbuch Deutscher Bibliotheken (in German), Halle: H.W. Schmidt, OCLC 8363581
14. Ursula Heinzelmann (2008). "Timeline". Food Culture in Germany. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-34495-4.
15. Gernot Michael Müller, ed. (2010). Humanismus und Renaissance in Augsburg [Humanism and the Renaissance in Augsburg] (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-023124-3.
16. H. P. R (June 1927), Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, 25, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, pp. 37–38, JSTOR 4170056
17. "Central Europe (including Germany), 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
18. Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 (in German). Leipzig: O.A. Schulz. 1870.
19. Richard Holmes (2013). Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-307-90870-4.
20. "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
21. "Germany: States of South Germany: Bavaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1869. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590337.
22. Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
23. Universitätsbibliothek. "Augsburger Zeitungen" [Newspapers of Augsburg] (in German). Universität Augsburg. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
24. "Aufgaben und Geschichte des Stadtarchivs" (in German). Stadt Augsburg. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
25. "German Empire". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590592 – via HathiTrust.
26. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1915. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368358.
27. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
28. "Augsburger Kajak Verein" (in German). Augsburg. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
29. Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
30. "11th Airborne vets return to Germany". United States Army. 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
31. "Porträt und Bilder" (in German). Augsburg: Kulturhaus Kresslesmühle. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
32. "German mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 10 December 2013.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

published in the 17th-19th century

• Thomas Nugent (1749), "Augsburg", The Grand Tour, 2: Germany and Holland, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762572
• Monsieur de Blainville (1757), "Augsburg", Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, but especially Italy, Translated by Turnbull, London: John Noon
• "Augsburg". A Geographical, Historical and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia: With a Gazetteer. London: John Stockdale. 1800. OCLC 79519893.
• David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Augsburg". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
• Frances Trollope (1838), "Augsburg", Vienna and the Austrians, London: R. Bentley, OCLC 2431804
• Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Augsburg". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. 1. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064786.
• "Augsburg", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1873
• Lewis, "The Roman Antiquities of Augsburg and Ratisbon", in volume xlviii, Archæological Journal, (London, 1891).

published in the 20th century

• "Augsburg". Handbook for Travellers in South Germany and Austria (15th ed.). London: J. Murray. 1903.
• "Augsburg", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
• Joseph Lins (1913). "Diocese of Augsburg". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
• "Augsburg", Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria) (12th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 2011248
• Franz Grenacher (1968). "Guide to the Cartographic History of the Imperial City of Augsburg". Imago Mundi. 22: 85–106. doi:10.1080/03085696808592321. JSTOR 1150439.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Augsburg". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.

published in the 21st century

• John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Augsburg". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.

in German

• "Augsburg". Topographia Sueviae. Topographia Germaniae (in German). Frankfurt. 1643. p. 8+.
• Paul von Stetten (1779), Kunst-, Gewerb- und Handwerks Geschichte der Reichs-Stadt Augsburg (in German), Augsburg: C.H. Stage
• Augsburgs geschichte. 1826.
• Augsburg. Die Chroniken der Deutschen Städte (in German). 4-5, 22-23, 25, 29, 32. Leipzig: S. Hirzel Verlag. 1865–1917 – via HathiTrust.
• "Augsburg". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064437.
• Werner, Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg, (Augsburg, 1900).
• Christian Meyer (1907), Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg (in German), Tübingen: H. Laupp, OCLC 163258088, OL 24871238M
• P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Augsburg". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
• Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal, eds. (2012). "Augsburg". Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum (in German). De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.

External links

• Links to fulltext city directories for Augsburg via Wikisource
• Europeana. Items related to Augsburg, various dates
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Augsburg, various dates