Timeline of Linz

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• ca.400 CE - Roman fortress of Lentia [1]
• 799 CE - First mention of the name Linz [1]
• 823 CE - Archbishop of Passau in power.[2]
• 1190 - Babenberger Leopold V in power (approximate date).[3]
• 1210 - Linzer Schloss (castle) expanded (approximate date).[2]
• 1236 - Siege by Bavarians.[4]
• 1251 - Ottokar II of Bohemia in power.[5]
• 1260 - Provincial administration based in the castle by Ottokar II of Bohemia.[4]
• 1324 - City rights granted.[1]
• 1391 - First mention of a prison at the castle.[4]
• 1489 - Meeting of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary.[4]
• 1490 - Linz becomes capital of Österreich ob der Enns province.[1]
• 1497 - Bridge built.[1]
• 1564 - Linzer Landhaus construction begins.[3]
• 1619 - Castle seized by Protestant rebels.[4]
• 1620 - Bavaria in power.[4]
• 1626 - Peasants' War:[1] castle besieged by the peasants.[4]
• 1628 - Austria in power.
• 1659 - Town Hall expanded.[3]
• 1680 - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli a professional soldier, died in Linz.[1]
• 1682 - Church of Ignatius built.[1]
• 1684 - 5 March: Holy League alliance established in the city between the Holy Roman Empire, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Republic of Venice.
• 1723 - Trinity Column, Linz erected on the Hauptplatz (Linz).[1]
• 1725 - Deutschordenskirche Linz (church) built.[3]
• 1741 - Linz taken by Bavarian forces during the War of the Austrian Succession.[1]
• 1742 - Linz recovered from the Bavarians.[1]
• 1785 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz established.[1][6]
• 1786 - Army barracks placed in the castle.[4]
• 1800 - Fire.[3]

• 1803 - Linz State Theatre built.[7]
• 1809 - 3 May: Battle of Ebelsberg fought near Linz during the War of the Fifth Coalition.
• 1811 - Prison located in the castle.[4]
• 1833 - Museum Francisco-Carolinum founded.[1]
• 1836 - Turmbefestigung Linz (fortification) built.[3]
• 1851 - Prison relocated from the castle to Garsten. Army barracks placed in the castle.[4]
• 1858
  • Linz Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) opened.
  • Vienna-Linz railway begins operating.[8]
• 1864 - Neustadtviertel development begins.[3]
• 1865 - Tages-Post (Linz) newspaper begins publication.[9]
• 1869 - Linzer Volksblatt (newspaper) begins publication.[8]
• 1873 - Lustenau (Linz) and Waldegg (Linz) become part of Linz.[8]
• 1877 - Linz Synagogue built.
• 1880 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
• 1890 - Population: 47,560.[10]

Linz at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries

• 1896 - Oberösterreichische Landesarchiv (regional archives) headquartered in Linz.[11]^(de)
• 1898 - Pöstlingbergbahn (railway) begins operating.
• 1899 - Flood.[8]
• 1900
  • Linzer Eisenbahnbrücke (bridge) opens.
  • Population: 58,778.[1]

• 1909 - Central Kino (Linz) (cinema) opens on Landstraße (Linz).
• 1910 - Population: 67,817.[12]
• 1915 - St. Peter (Linz) becomes part of Linz.[8]
• 1919 - Pöstlingberg (district) and Urfahr become part of Linz.[8]
• 1920 - Population: 93,473.[13]
• 1923
  • Kleinmünchen becomes part of Linz.[8]
  • Linzer Volksstimme newspaper begins publication.
• 1924 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception consecrated.[3]
• 1926 - Amtliche Linzer Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.[9]
• 1933 - Christkönigkirche (Linz) (church) built.[3]
• 1934 - 12 February: Austrian Civil War begins at the Hotel Schiff in Linz, where the Social Democratic Party of Austria kept an office.[8]
• 1936 - Tabakfabrik Linz (tobacco factory) built.[3]
• 1937 - Linz designated a "Führer city" by Hitler.

Hermann Göring in Linz in 1938

• 1938
  • 12 March: Hitler arrives in Linz during the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.[8]
  • Linz becomes seat of the Nazi Reichsgau Oberdonau (administrative division).
  • Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp begins operating near Linz.
  • Ebelsberg and St. Magdalena (Linz) become part of Linz.[8]
  • Eisenwerke Oberdonau (steelworks) begins operating.
• 1939 - Keferfeld becomes part of Linz.[8]
• 1940
  • Nibelungenbrücke (Linz) (bridge) built.
  • Linz Städtischen Symphonieorchester (orchestra) formed.[14]
• 1943
  • 11 January: Linz I subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Poland, Yugoslavia, Soviet Union and Germany.[15]
  • Bruckner Orchestra Linz active.[14]
• 1944
  • Bombing by Allied forces during World War II.[16]
  • 21 February: Linz II subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Poland and Soviet Union.[15]
  • Oberleitungsbus Linz begins operating.
  • 26 May: Linz III subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Soviet Union and Poland.[15]
  • 3 August: Linz I subcamp dissolved, prisoners moved to the Linz III subcamp.[15]
• 1945
  • Bombing by Allied forces.[16]
  • May: Prisoners of the Linz II subcamp are either moved to the Linz III subcamp or sent on a death march to the main Mauthausen camp. Subcamp dissolved.[15]
  • 5 May: Allied forces take city.[8] Linz III subcamp liberated by American troops.[15]
  • Oberösterreichische Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
• 1947 - University of Art and Design Linz established
• 1952
  • Linzer Stadion (stadium) opens.[8]
  • Linz Botanical Garden established.[17]
• 1962 - St. Theresia (Linz) church built.[3]
• 1965 - Memorial stone to former prisoners of the Linz I and Linz III subcamps of the Mauthausen concentration camp erected.[15]
• 1966 - Hochschule für Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften (school) established.[18]

Linz in 1972

• 1972 - VOEST Bridge built.[8]
• 1974 - Brucknerhaus assembly hall opens.[3]
• 1975 - Johannes Kepler University Linz active.
• 1979 - Ars Electronica festival begins.[8]
• 1985 - Neues Rathaus (Linz) (city hall) built.
• 1986 - Donauhalle ice rink opens.
• 1988 - Franz Dobusch becomes mayor.[19]
• 1994 - Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic opened.[20]
• 2000 - Linz AG established.

• 2001 - Memorial at the former Linz II subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp erected.[15]
• 2003 - Lentos Art Museum opens.
• 2004 - Linz Hauptbahnhof (train station) rebuilt.
• 2010 - City co-hosts the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.
• 2013 - Klaus Luger becomes mayor.
• 2014 - Honorary Consulate of Poland opened.[21]
• 2016
  • City hosts the 2016 World Karate Championships.
  • Population: 200,843.

• Linz history (de)
• List of mayors of Linz
• Kastell Lentia, Roman-era fortress
• Archiv der Stadt Linz (city archives)
• Timelines of other cities in Austria: Graz, Salzburg, Vienna

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