Timeline of Mannheim
Prior to 19th century
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- 1606 - Mannheimer Rheinschanze (fortification) construction begins.
- 1607 - Mannheim granted town privileges by Frederick IV, Elector Palatine.[1]
- 1660 - Synagogue built.(de)
- 1688 - Manheim taken by French forces during the Nine Years' War.[1]
- 1689 - Fire.[1]
- 1701 - Almshouse (predecessor of university hospital mannheim) founded[2]
- 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 completed.[1]
- 1766 - Population: 24,190.(de)
- 1771 - Town Hall built.[1]
- 1774 - Mannheim Observatory tower built.
- 1775 - Deutsche Gesellschaft in Mannheim active.[3]
- 1779
- Zeughaus (Mannheim) (arsenal) built.
- Mannheim National Theatre founded.
- 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.[4]
- 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.[5]
- 1891 - Mannheim Fire Brigade active.
- 1895 - Friesenheimer Insel becomes part of Mannheim.[6]
- 1896 - Population: 94,160.(de)
- 1897 - Käfertal becomes part of Mannheim.[6]
- 1899 - Neckarau becomes part of Mannheim.[6]
- 1900 - Population: 141,131.[7]
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1905 - Population: 162,607.[1]
- 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.[6]
- 1911
- Christuskirche (Mannheim) (church) built.
- Population: 200,285.(de)
- 1912 - Mannheim Firehouse built.
- 1913 - Rheinau and Sandhofen become part of Mannheim.[6]
- 1914 - Bachchor Mannheim (choir) formed.
- 1919 - Population: 229,576.[8]
- 1924 - Mannheim Hospital (now University Hospital Mannheim) opened on the banks of the river Neckar[9]
- 1925 - "Neue Sachlichkeit" art exhibition held.
- 1926 - Airfield established at Neuostheim.
- 1929 - Wallstadt becomes part of Mannheim.[6]
- 1930
- 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.[10]
- 1945 - July: United States Coleman Army Airfield begins operating.
- 1946 - Mannheimer Morgen newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 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.[11]
- 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)
References
- Britannica 1910.
- "History: Mannheim hospital, Germany". www.umm.de. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- "Die Presse der Stadt Mannheim: vom Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts bis ca. 1980" (in German). Heidelberg: Udo Leuschner. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- "Germany: Baden". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469 – via Hathi Trust.
- "Stadtteilleben". Mannheim.de (in German). Stadt Mannheim. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1904. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368424.
- "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
- "History: Mannheim hospital, Germany". www.umm.de. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- Wolf 2003.
- "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. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312926.
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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 588–589.
- "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. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064551.
- 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)
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