Timeline of Mannheim

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 1606 - Mannheimer Rheinschanze (fortification) construction begins.
• 1607 - Mannheim granted town privileges by Frederick IV, Elector Palatine.
• 1660 - Synagogue built.^(de)
• 1688 - Manheim taken by French forces during the Nine Years' War.[1]
• 1689 - Fire.[1]
• 1706 - Lemle-Moses-Klaussynagoge founded.
• 1720 - Residence of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine relocated to Mannheim from Heidelberg.[1]
• 1729 - Population: 15,760.^(de)
• 1731 - Mannheim Palace Church built.
• 1756 - Jesuit Church, Mannheim built.
• 1759 - Mannheim Palace built.[1]
• 1766 - Population: 24,190.^(de)
• 1771 - Town Hall built.[1]
• 1774 - Mannheim Observatory tower built.
• 1775 - Deutsche Gesellschaft in Mannheim active.[2]
• 1779 - Zeughaus (Mannheim) (arsenal) built.
• 1782 - 13 January: Premiere of Schiller's play The Robbers.
• 1788 - Palais Bretzenheim built.
• 1794 - French in power.[1]
• 1795
  • Mannheim besieged during the Campaigns of 1795 in the French Revolutionary Wars.[1]
  • Austrians in power.[1]

19th century

• 1803 - Mannheim becomes part of the Electorate of Baden.[1]
• 1806 - Mannheim becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Baden.
• 1819 - March: Writer August von Kotzebue assassinated.[1]
• 1828 - Mannheim Harbour opens on the Rhine river.
• 1837 - Mannheimer Journal newspaper begins publication.[3]
• 1840 - Heidelberg-Mannheim railway begins operating.
• 1849 - Political unrest during the Baden Revolution.[1]
• 1855 - Hauptsynagoge (Mannheim) (synagogue) built.
• 1859 - Heinrich Lanz AG machinery manufactory in business.
• 1876 - Mannheim Hauptbahnhof (train station) built.
• 1880 - Population: 53,465.[4]
• 1891 - Mannheim Fire Brigade active.
• 1895 - Friesenheimer Insel becomes part of Mannheim.[5]
• 1896 - Population: 94,160.^(de)
• 1897 - Käfertal becomes part of Mannheim.[5]
• 1899 - Neckarau becomes part of Mannheim.[5]
• 1900 - Population: 141,131.[6]

20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1907
  • Industriehafen Mannheim (harbour) opens on the Neckar river.
  • Stadtarchiv Mannheim (city archives) established.
  • Kunsthalle Mannheim (exhibit hall) built.
  • SV Waldhof Mannheim (sport club) formed.
  • Population: 173,424.^(de)
• 1910 - Feudenheim becomes part of Mannheim.[5]
• 1911
  • Christuskirche (Mannheim) (church) built.
  • Population: 200,285.^(de)
• 1912 - Mannheim Firehouse built.
• 1913 - Rheinau and Sandhofen become part of Mannheim.[5]
• 1914 - Bachchor Mannheim (choir) formed.
• 1919 - Population: 229,576.[7]
• 1925 - "Neue Sachlichkeit" art exhibition held.
• 1926 - Airfield established at Neuostheim.
• 1929 - Wallstadt becomes part of Mannheim.[5]
• 1930
  • Friedrichsfeld, Kirschgartshausen, Sandtorf, Seckenheim, Straßenheim become part of Mannheim.[5]
  • Population: 271,833.^(de)
• 1938
  • November: Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews.
  • Landkreis Mannheim (district) formed.
  • Eisstadion am Friedrichspark (ice rink) built.
• 1940 - Bombing of Mannheim in World War II begins.[8]
• 1945 - July: United States Coleman Army Airfield begins operating.
• 1946 - Mannheimer Morgen newspaper begins publication.[3]
• 1947 - United States military Benjamin Franklin Village established.
• 1949 - Mannheim Waterways and Shipping office established.

1950s-1990s

• 1955 - Mannheimer Liste Free Voters established.
• 1957 - National Theatre Mannheim rebuilt.
• 1959 - Rhine Bridge rebuilt.
• 1961 - Population: 313,890.^(de)
• 1967 - University of Mannheim established.
• 1970
  • Landgericht Mannheim (courthouse) built.
  • Population: 332,378.^(de)
• 1972 - Kurt-Schumacher-Brücke (Mannheim) (bridge) opens.
• 1975
  • Fernmeldeturm Mannheim (communication tower) erected.
  • National Bundesgartenschau 1975 (garden show) held in Mannheim.
• 1976 - Federal electoral districts Mannheim I, II, and III formed.
• 1979 - Odeon cinema opens.[9]
• 1987 - Synagoge (Mannheim) built on the Paradeplatz (Mannheim).
• 1991
  • Mannheimer Stadthaus (city hall) built.
  • Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway begins operating.
• 1992 - Revised federal electoral districts Mannheim I and II formed.
• 1994
  • 5 December: Aircraft crashes into the Fernmeldeturm.
  • Carl-Benz-Stadion (stadium) opens.
• 1995 - Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque built.

21st century

• 2002 - Revised federal Mannheim (electoral district) formed.
• 2003
  • Popakademie Baden-Württemberg (music school) established.
  • Glaskubus memorial erected on the Mannheimer Planken.
• 2004 - Musikpark Mannheim (business office) opens.
• 2005 - SAP Arena opens.
• 2007 - Peter Kurz becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Population: 313,174.^(de)
• 2011 - United States Army Garrison Mannheim closes.
• 2014 - 25 May: Baden-Württemberg local election, 2014 held.^(de)

See also

• History of Mannheim
• List of monuments in Mannheim
• History of Baden-Württemberg state
• History of Baden territory (in German)

Other cities in the state of Baden-Württemberg:^(de)

• Timeline of Stuttgart

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
3. "Die Presse der Stadt Mannheim: vom Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts bis ca. 1980" (in German). Heidelberg: Udo Leuschner. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
4. "Germany: Baden". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885 – via Hathi Trust.
5. "Stadtteilleben". Mannheim.de (in German). Stadt Mannheim. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
6. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1904.
7. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
8. Wolf 2003.
9. "Movie Theaters in Mannheim, Germany". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• "Mannheim". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• "Mannheim", Jewish Encyclopedia, 8, New York, 1904
• "Mannheim", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
• "Mannheim", The Rhine, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483

in German

• J. C. Rieger (1824). Historisch- topographisch- statistische beschreibung von Mannheim und seiner umgebung (in German).
• "Mannheim". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
• Chronik der Hauptstadt Mannheim (in German) 1901-
• Max Oeser (1908). Geschichte der Stadt Mannheim (in German).
• P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Mannheim-Ludwigshafen". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
• Dieter Wolf (2003), Luftkriegsereignisse in Mannheim 1939-1945 (PDF) (in German) (2nd ed.), Stadtarchiv Mannheim
• Geschichte der Stadt Mannheim (in German). Heidelberg: Verlag Regionalkultur. 2007-2009 (3 vols)

External links

• Items related to Mannheim, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Mannheim, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)