Timeline of Koblenz

The following is a timeline of the history of Koblenz, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

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• 9 BCE - Military post established by Roman Drusus (approximate date).^[1]
• 1018 CE -
  Archbishop of Trier.^[1]
• 1208 - Church of St. Castor built.^[1]
• 1254 - Town walls built.^[1]
• 1344 - Stone bridge built over Mosel.^[1]
• 1359 - Koblenzer Schützengesellschaft (militia) formed.^[2]
• 1469 - Population: 1,193.
• 1688 - Town besieged by French forces.^[1]
• 1698 - Jesuit College built.^{[citation needed]}
• 1725 - Merchants' Hall restored.^[1]
• 1768 -
  Archbishop-Elector of Trier
• 1778 - Population: 7,475.
• 1786 - Electoral Palace built.^[1]
• 1794 - Town taken by French forces.^[1]
• 1798 - Koblenz becomes "chief town of the Rhine and Mosel department."^[1]

19th century

• 1813 - Johann Josef Mazza [de] becomes mayor.
• 1814 - Town occupied by Russian forces.^[1]
• 1815 - Koblenz Fortress construction begins near town.
• 1822 - Town becomes seat of the Rhine province.^[1]
• 1827 - Bürgerbibliothek (town library) founded.^[3]
• 1832 - Ehrenbreitstein Fortress built near town.
• 1840 - Population: 18,387.
• 1849 - Coblenzer Zeitung newspaper in publication.^[4]
• 1858 - Koblenz-Lützel station opens.
• 1864 - Pfaffendorf Bridge built.^[1]
• 1885 - Population: 31,669.^[1]
• 1897 - Statue of Wilhelm I installed on the Deutsches Eck.^[1]

20th century

• 1902 - Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
• 1905 - Population: 53,902.^[1]
• 1919 - Population: 56,676.^[5]
• 1933 - Population: 65,257.
• 1934
  • Koblenz radio transmitter erected.
  • TuS Koblenz football club formed.
• 1935 -
  Thingplatz^[6] and Stadion Oberwerth
  (stadium) inaugurated.
• 1943 - Koblenz becomes capital of
  Koblenz-Trier Gau.^[6]
• 1946
  • Koblenz becomes part of the Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • Josef Schnorbach [de] becomes mayor.
• 1953 - Pfaffendorf Bridge rebuilt.
• 1961 - Population: 99,240.
• 1976 - Fernmeldeturm Koblenz (telecommunications tower) erected near city.
• 1991 - City
  partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.^[7]
• 1992 - 2000th anniversary of founding of Koblenz.
• 1994 - Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann [de] becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2001 - DB Museum opens.
• 2004 - Tahir Mosque (Koblenz) [de] opens.
• 2010 - Joachim Hofmann-Göttig [de] becomes mayor.
• 2011
  • Koblenz Stadtmitte station opens.
  • City hosts Federal Horticultural Show 2011.^[8]
• 2012 - Population: 109,779.

See also

• Koblenz history
• History of Kobelnz [de]
• Goloring, Bronze Age (1200–800 BCE) earthwork near Koblenz
• List of Archbishop-Electors of Trier

Other cities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate:^(de)

• Timeline of Mainz

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Monsieur de Blainville (1757), "Coblentz", Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, but especially Italy, translated by Turnbull, London: John Noon
• "Coblenz" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 612–613.
• "Coblenz", The Rhine, Leipzig:
  OCLC 21888483 (+ 1882 ed.
  )
• John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Coblenz". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia.
  ISBN 0-8240-7644-3
  .

in German

• Wilhelm Arnold Günther (1813). Topographische Geschichte der Stadt Coblenz von ihrem Entstehen bis zum Schlusse des 18ten Jahrhunderts (in German). Coblenz.
• "Coblenz". 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)
• Julius Wegeler (1882), Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Coblenz (in German), Coblenz: J. Schuth
• "Koblenz".
  hdl:2027/njp.32101064064569
  .
• Max Bär, ed. (1898), Urkunden und akten zur geschichte der verfassung und verwaltung der stadt Koblenz bis zum jahre 1500 [Records for the history of the administration of the city of Koblenz to the year 1500] (in German), Bonn: H. Behrendt,
  OL 6534538M
• "Koblenz". Kleiner Führer für die Rhein-Reise von Köln bis Frankfurt [Short guide for a trip along the Rhine from Cologne to Frankfurt].
  Griebens Reisebücher
  (in German). Vol. 75. Berlin: Albert Goldschmidt. 1900 – via Google Books.
• Eduard Ausfeld (1903). Übersicht über die bestände des K. Staatsarchivs zu Coblenz [Overview of the holdings of the State Archives at Coblenz]. Mitteilungen der K. Preussischen Archivverwaltung (in German). Leipzig: S. Hirzel.
• Paul Clemen, ed. (1937). Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Koblenz. Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz [de] (in German). Vol. 20.

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