Timeline of Nuremberg

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

Prior to 15th century

1030 – Nuremberg Castle built (approximate date). 1060 – Residence of the burgrave established. 1127 - Emperor Lothair assigns Nuremberg to Henry the Proud. 1140 – Monastery of St. Egidius founded. 1219 – Nuremberg becomes a Free Imperial City. 1298 – St. Lawrence church built. 1349 – Craftsmen's uprising. 1361 – Frauenkirche (church) built. 1377 – Luginsland Tower construction begins in Nuremberg Castle. 1380 – Nuremberg Charterhouse (monastery) founded. 1382 – Playing cards in use (approximate date). 1390 - Paper mill established by Stromer near city. 1397 - Population: 5,626.

15th–16th centuries

1424 – Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire relocated to Nuremberg. 1427 – Ownership of Castle transferred to city. 1445 – Stadtbibliothek (city library) established. 1470 – Anton Koberger printer in business. 1484 - Reformacion der Stat Nuremberg (legal code) with Jewry Oath published 1485 - Kuchenmeysterey cookbook published. 1486 – (bridge) built. 1488 - Sigmund Meisterlin writes Nürnberger Chronik, a history of the city. 1492 – Martin Behaim creates Erdapfel (geographical globe). 1493 – Schedel's Liber Chronicarum published. 1495 – Artist Albrecht Dürer sets up workshop. 1505 City territory expanded per Landshut War of Succession. Clockmaker Peter Henlein active (see Watch 1505) 1519 St. Sebaldus Church built. Bratwurstglocklein tavern in business (approximate date). 1525 – Protestant Reformation. 1526 – Lutheran Melanchthon's Gymnasium opens. 1532 – City hosts religious Peace of Nuremberg agreement. 1541 - February: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits city. 1543 – De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus published. 1550 - St. Martha church in use as a theatre space by meistersinger Sachs. 1561 – April: Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg. 1573 - Wenzel Jamnitzer a distinguished goldsmith represented the Goldsmiths on the Nuremberg city council. 1583 - built. 1598 – Fleisch Bridge built over Pegnitz.

17th–18th centuries

1619 – (town hall) rebuilt. 1632 – Siege of Nuremberg. 1662 – Academy of Fine Arts established. 1668 – Simplicissimus (novel) published. 1695 – Pachelbel becomes organist of St. Sebaldus Church. 1718 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt. 1728 – (bridge) built. 1750 - Population: 30,000. 1792 – Kunstverein Nürnberg (art association) founded.

19th century 1806 23 September: Polish 2nd Northern Legion formed in Nuremberg. City becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, per Treaty of Confederation of the Rhine. 1810 Catholic parish established. Population: 28,544. 1817 – City becomes part of the Bavarian Rezatkreis district. 1818 - Population: 27,000. 1825 – Gostenhof and become part of city. 1833 – New City Theatre built on Lorenzer Platz. 1835 – Bavarian Ludwigsbahn railway (Fürth-Nuremberg) begins operating. 1841 – engineering firm in business. 1844 – Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof opens. 1852 German Museum established. Population: 53,638. 1859 – Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway begins operating. 1861 - Population: 62,797. 1868 – Bayerisches Gewerbemuseum (museum) founded. 1871 – Albrecht Dürer's House museum established. 1875 - Population: 91,018. 1878 – Verein fur Geschichte der Stadt (city history society) active. 1882 – Numismatic Society founded. 1883 – Nuremberg–Cheb railway in operation. 1885 – Schuckert & Co. engineering firm in business. 1889 – Verein von Freunden der Photographie (photo group) founded.

1899 Nuremberg Photography Society founded. Railway museum opens. 1900 's Intimes Theater opens. Population: 261,081.

20th century

1905 New Staatstheater Nürnberg inaugurated. Population: 294,344. 1912 – Nuremberg Zoo opens. 1916 – Palace of Justice built. 1927 – August: 3rd Nazi Party Congress held. 1928 – Frankenstadion (stadium) opens. 1929 – August: 4th Nazi Party Congress held. 1930 - Population: 416,700. 1933 – 30 August-3 September: 5th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Der Sieg des Glaubens filmed.

1934 July: 4th Deutsche Kampfspiele (athletic event) held in Frankenstadion. September: 6th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will filmed. 1937 – Deutsches Stadion construction begins (never completed). 1938 – Expulsion of Polish Jews. 1939 – Internment camp for civilian prisoners established (future Stalag XIII-D POW camp). 1940 – Oflag XIII-A prisoner-of-war camp for French, British, Belgian, Polish and Serbian officers established in Langwasser. 1941 March: Oflag XIII-B POW camp for Serbian officers established in Langwasser. May: Forced labour camp established at the SS barracks. 1942 3 May: Oflag XIII-A POW camp dissolved. October: Russenwiese forced labour camp established. 1943 April: Oflag XIII-B POW camp relocated to Hammelburg. 15 July: Forced labour camp at the SS barracks converted into a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp. August: Russenwiese forced labour camp dissolved. 1944 April: Oflag 73 POW camp relocated from Beniaminów to Langwasser.Megargee; Overmans; Vogt, p. 224 October: Subcamp of Flossenbürg for women established at the Siemens-Schuckertwerke factory. November: Oflag 73 POW camp converted into a subcamp of the Stalag XIII-D camp. 1945 March: Siemens-Schuckertwerke subcamp of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners sent to subcamps in Holýšov and Mehltheuer. April: SS barracks subcamp of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners sent to the Dachau concentration camp. 16–20 April: Battle of Nuremberg. October: Nürnberger Nachrichten newspaper begins publication. 20 November: International Military Tribunal against Nazi leaders begins. 1946 9 December: Nuremberg Military Tribunals against Nazi leaders begin. Franconia State Orchestra formed. 1948 — A “strong tornado” destroys dozens of homes and kills 11 people in the city. 1950 German Toy Fair begins. Population: 362,459. 1957 – Langwasser development begins. 1959 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt. 1967 – Kunsthalle Nürnberg (art centre) founded. 1968 – City mapped into 10 Statistischen Stadtteilen (statistical districts). 1971 – Nuremberg Toy Museum founded. 1972 – Katzwang becomes part of city. 1987 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S1 metro railway begins operating. 1992 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S2 and S3 metro railway begins operating. 2000 – Neues Museum Nürnberg opens.

21st century 2001 – City co-hosts the 2001 IIHF World Championship. 2002 – Ulrich Maly becomes mayor. 2010 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S4 metro railway begins operating. 2012 – Population: 495,121.

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