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Timeline of Chemnitz

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

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Prior to 20th century

  • 1136 - Benedictine monastery founded near Chemnitz.
  • 1143 - Chemnitz "becomes a market town."
  • 1398 - Paper mill established.
  • 1466 - Population: 3,455.
  • 1498 - Town Hall built near the Markt (Chemnitz).
  • 1539 - Protestant Reformation.
  • 1551 - Population: 5,616.
  • 1630 - Battle of Chemnitz.
  • 1700 - Population: 4,873.
  • 1801 - Population: 10,835.
  • 1811 - Schwalbe manufactory in business (later Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz engineering firm).
  • 1833 - Chemnitz City Orchestra formed.
  • 1836 - Royal Mercantile College established.
  • 1840 - Population: 23,476.
  • 1852 - Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof opens.
  • 1864 - Population: 54,827.
  • 1868 - Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz founded.
  • 1869 - Volksbank Chemnitz (bank) founded.
  • 1878 - Jewish Cemetery, Chemnitz in use (approximate date).
  • 1880
  • Horsecar tram begins operating.
  • Population: 95,123.
  • Schlosschemnitz becomes part of city.
  • 1884 - Chemnitz Tar Mummy discovered.
  • 1885 - Population: 110,817.
  • 1888 - St. Peter's Church, Chemnitz built.
  • 1890 - Population: 138,954.
  • 1893 - Electric tram begins operating.
  • 1899 - Chemnitz Synagogue built.

    • 20th century

  • 1905 - Population: 244,927.
  • 1907 - Bernsdorf becomes part of city.
  • 1909
  • Chemnitz Opera hall built.
  • König-Albert-Museum (Chemnitz) opens.
  • 1910 - Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe-Gymnasium (school) established.
  • 1911 - New City Hall, Chemnitz built.
  • 1913 - Borna-Heinersdorf becomes part of city.
  • 1919 - Population: 303,775.
  • 1920 - Chemnitzer Polizeisportverein sport club formed.
  • 1926 - Südkampfbahn stadium opens.
  • 1933 - Theaterplatz (Chemnitz) renamed "Adolf Hitler Platz".
  • 1934 - Stadion an der Gellertstraße (stadium) opens.
  • 1938 - 9 November: Kristallnacht antisemitic unrest; synagogue destroyed.
  • 1945
  • Bombing of Chemnitz in World War II.
  • City becomes part of East Germany.
  • 1946 - Population: 250,188.
  • 1947 - Wismut (mining company) headquartered in Chemnitz.
  • 1950 - Adelsberg becomes part of city.
  • 1953 - City renamed "Karl-Marx-Stadt".
  • 1955 - Chemnitz Botanical Garden rebuilt.
  • 1959 - Red Tower, Chemnitz reconstructed.
  • 1960 - Arbeiterfestspiele (workers' cultural festival) held.
  • 1961
  • HKW Chemnitz-Nord power station begins operating.
  • City twinned with Tampere, Finland.
  • 1966
  • Chemnitzer FC (football club) formed.
  • City twinned with Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
  • 1967 - City twinned with Arras, France.
  • 1968 - City twinned with Timbuktu, Mali.
  • 1970 - City twinned with Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia.
  • 1971 - 9 October: Karl Marx Monument unveiled.
  • 1972
  • City twinned with Łódź, Poland.
  • Population: 301,502.
  • 1974 - Wohngebiet Fritz Heckert (housing) construction begins.
  • 1990
  • City renamed "Chemnitz".
  • Chemnitzer Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (transit entity) established.
  • Population: 294,244.
  • 1991 - Annual "Days of Jewish Culture" begins.
  • 1993 - Peter Seifert becomes mayor.
  • 1997 - City-Bahn Chemnitz (transit entity) established.
  • 1999 - Röhrsdorf and Wittgensdorf become part of city.

    • 21st century

  • 2001 - Villa Esche restored as a cultural space.
  • 2003 - Chemnitz Industrial Museum opens.
  • 2006 - Barbara Ludwig becomes mayor.
  • 2007 - Gunzenhauser Museum opens.
  • 2010 - Population: 243,248.
  • 2012 - Thor Steinar "Brevik" shop in business.
  • 2014 - March: Neo-Nazi Nationale Sozialisten Chemnitz group banned.

    • References

    Timeline of Chemnitz Wikipedia
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