Timeline of Erfurt

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741 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt established.^[1]
755 - Catholic diocese absorbed into that of Mainz.^[2]
805 - Market rights granted by Charlemagne.^[2]
932 - Religious Synod of Erfurt held.^[3]
1060 - Benedictine Peterskloster (monastery) established.^[3]
1109 - Landgrave of Thuringia in power.^[2]
1255 - Municipal rights granted by bishop Gerhard I. von Dhaun.^[2]
1270 - Erfurt Synagogue rebuilt.
1290 - Rebuilt St. Mary's Cathedral consecrated.^[4]
1325 - Stone Merchant's Bridge built.^[5]
1349 - 21 March: Pogrom against Jews.
1392 - University of Erfurt opens.^[5]
1472 - Fire.^[5]
1483 - Saxons in power per Treaty of Amorbach.^[5]
1494 - Printing press in operation.^[6]
1521 - Protestant reformation.^[2]
1664 - Erfurt becomes part of the Electorate of Mainz.^[2]
1754 - Akademie gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften zu Erfurt (learned society) formed.^[7]

19th century

1802 - Erfurt becomes part of Prussia.^[2]
1806 - 16 October: Prussian forces capitulate to French at Erfurt during the War of the Fourth Coalition.
1807 - Principality of Erfurt of the French Empire established.
1808 - French-Russian diplomatic meeting held in the Kaisersaal in Erfurt.^[2]
1816 - University of Erfurt closes.^[5]
1840 - Kleine Synagoge (Erfurt) (synagogue) built.^[3]
1847 - Erfurt Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
1850 - Erfurt Union of German states created.
1862 - Königlich Preußische Gewehrfabrik Erfurt (manufactory) established.
1863 - Verein für die Geschichte und Altertumskunde von Erfurt (history society) founded.^[3]
1865 - Stadtarchiv Erfurt (city archives) established.^[8]
1869 - Nordhausen–Erfurt railway begins operating.
1875 - Rathaus (Erfurt) (town hall) built.^[2]
1878 - Topf and Sons engineering firm in business.
1880 - Population: 53,254.^[9]
1884 - Große Synagoge (Erfurt) (synagogue) built.
1889 - Martin Luther monument (Erfurt) erected on the Anger.^[3]
1891 - Meeting of the Social Democratic Party of Germany held in city; "Erfurt Program" adopted.
1895 - Population: 78,174.^[10]

20th century

1909 - Gutenbergschule (school) opens.
1911 - Ilversgehofen becomes part of Erfurt.^(de)
1919 - Population: 129,646.^[11]
1937 - Population: 152,651.^(de)
1938 - Hochheim and Melchendorf become part of Erfurt.^(de)
1940 - Bombing of Erfurt in World War II begins.^[3]
1945
- April: United States forces take city.^[3]
- July: City becomes part of the Soviet Occupation zone of Germany.^[3]
1949 - City becomes part of the German Democratic Republic.^[3]
1945 - Thüringische Landeszeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
1950
- Bindersleben, Bischleben-Stedten, Dittelstedt, Gispersleben, Marbach, Möbisburg-Rhoda, and Schmira become part of Erfurt.^(de)
- City becomes capital of the Kreis Erfurt-Land (district).^[5]
1952 - Neue Synagoge (Erfurt) (synagogue) built.
1958 - Thüringer Zoopark Erfurt founded.^[12]
1960 - Heimattreue Erfurter association of Erfurters who moved to West Germany founded.^[3]
1971 - Population: 198,265.^(de)
1974 - Stadtmuseum Erfurt opens in the Haus zum Stockfisch.^[3]
1990
- City becomes capital of state of Thuringia in the reunited nation of Germany.^[5]
- Manfred Ruge becomes mayor.
- Thüringer Allgemeine newspaper in publication.
1993 - University of Erfurt reestablished.^[5]
1994
- Alach, Azmannsdorf, Büßleben, Egstedt, Ermstedt, Frienstedt, Gottstedt, Hochstedt, Kerspleben, Kühnhausen, Linderbach, Mittelhausen, Molsdorf, Niedernissa, Rohda, Salomonsborn, Schaderode, Schwerborn, Stotternheim, Tiefthal, Töttelstädt, Töttleben, Urbich, Vieselbach, Wallichen, Waltersleben, and Windischholzhausen become part of Erfurt.^(de)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Erfurt reestablished.^[1]
1995 - Naturkundemuseum Erfurt (museum) built.^[3]
1997 - Erfurt Stadtbahn (tram) begins operating.

21st century

2001 - April: Topf and Sons squat begins.^[13]
2002 - 26 April: Erfurt school massacre occurs.
2006 - Andreas Bausewein becomes mayor.
2007 - Erfurter Bahn (railway) begins operating.
2010 - Population: 204,994.^(de)

References

1 2 "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Geschichte: Chronik" [Historical Chronology]. Erfurt.de: das offizielle Stadtportal der Landeshauptstadt Thüringens (in German). Landeshauptstadt Erfurt. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
↑ "Erfurt", Oxford Art Online, (subscription required (help)) . Retrieved 18 November 2016
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Levi 1995.
↑ Henri Bouchot (1890). H. Grevel, ed. The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co. pp. 368–374.
↑ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
↑ "Geschichte des Stadtarchivs Erfurt". Erfurt.de: das offizielle Stadtportal der Landeshauptstadt Thüringens (in German). Landeshauptstadt Erfurt. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
↑ "Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885 – via HathiTrust.
↑ "German Empire: States of Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
↑ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
↑ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
↑ "Ende einer Entführung: Polizei befreit Bernd das Brot", Der Spiegel (in German), 1 February 2009

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

"Erfurt". Handbook for North Germany (20th ed.). London: J. Murray. 1886.
"Erfurt". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
"Erfurt", Jewish Encyclopedia, 5, New York, 1903
"Erfurt", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379 – via Internet Archive
"Erfurt", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
Anthony Levi (1995). "Erfurt". In Trudy Ring. Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 267–271. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Erfurt". Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia. Garland. pp. 208–210. ISBN 978-0-8240-7644-3.

in German

"Erfurt". Biblioteca geographica: Verzeichniss der seit der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis zu Ende des Jahres 1856 in Deutschland (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 1858. (bibliography)
"Erfurt". Neuestes Reisehandbuch für Thüringen. Meyers Reisebücher (in German). Hildburghausen: Bibliographisches Institut. 1864.
Erfurt in seiner Vergangenheit und Gegenwart: historisch-topographischer Führer durch die Stadt (in German). Carl Villaret. 1868.
"Erfurt". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Erfurt". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
Friedrich Benary (1919). Zur Geschichte der Stadt und der Universität Erfurt am Ausgang des Mittelalters (in German). Gotha.
Thüringen. Griebens Reiseführer (in German). 1919.
Thüringen. Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler (in German). Munich. 2003. ISBN 3-422-03095-6.
Geschichte der Stadt Erfurt (in German). Weimar. 1986.
Friedhilde Krause; Felicitas Marwinski, eds. (1998). "Erfurt". Thüringen. Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände (in German). Georg Olms Verlag. pp. 176–221.
Gerhard Köbler (2007). "Erfurt". Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder (in German) (7th ed.). Munich: C.H. Beck. p. 171. ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1.
Steffen Raßloff (2012). Geschichte der Stadt Erfurt (in German). Erfurt: Sutton Verlag. ISBN 978-3-95400-044-9.

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