Timeline of Dortmund

Prior to 19th century

1005 - "Ecclesiastical council" meets in Dortmund.

1016 - "Imperial diet" meets in Dortmund.

1215 - Katharinenkloster Dortmund consecrated.

1220 - Dortmund becomes an imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.

1240 - Town Hall in use (approximate date).

1253 - Dortmund joins the City Alliance of Werne.

1267 - St. Mary's Church first mentioned.

1270 - St. Reinold's Church built.

1293 - Brewing right granted.

1322 - Petrikirche (Dortmund) (church) construction begins.

1332 - City rights confirmed per "Privilegium Ludovicum."

1387/8 - Dortmund besieged by forces of Friedrich III. von Saarwerden, Archbishop of Cologne.

1388 - Dortmunder Bürgerschützenverein (militia) formed.

1400 - Vehmic court established (approximate date).

1454 - Tower built on St. Reinold's Church.

1521 - "Golden Wonder of Westphalia" altarpiece installed in the Petrikirche.

1523 - Protestant Reformation.

1543 - Stadtgymnasium Dortmund (school) founded.

1546 - Tower for the Dortmund City Archive added to Town Hall.

1570 - Dortmund adopts Lutheranism per the "Augsburg Confession".

1609 - Jülich-Cleves-related agreement signed in Dortmund.

19th century

1803 - Dormund "annexed to Nassau."

1806 - French in power.

1808 - Dormund becomes capital of French satellite Ruhr (department).

1815

Dortmund becomes part of Prussia per Congress of Vienna.

Oberbergamt Dortmund (regional mining office) headquartered in city.

1816 - Population: 4,465.

1841 - Sparkasse Dortmund (bank) founded.

1847 - Duisburg–Dortmund railway and Dortmund–Hamm railway begin operating.

1849 - Elberfeld–Dortmund railway begins operating.

1855 - Dortmund–Soest railway begins operating.

1861

Westfälischer Schützenbund (shooting-sport club) formed.

Population: 23,348.

1863 - City walls dismantled.

1871

Hoesch AG steel company in business.

Westfalenhütte industrial area developed.

1872 - Historischer Verein für Dortmund und die Grafschaft Mark (historical society) founded.

1875 - Dortmund–Enschede railway in operation.

1878 - Ernst Heinrich Lindemann becomes mayor.

1880 - Fredenbaumpark in use (approximate date).

1883 - Museum of Art and Cultural History founded.

1885 - Population: 78,435.

1887 - Dortmund Philharmonic orchestra formed.

1890

Royal School of Machine Building established.

Population: 89,663.

1895

Oberpostdirektion Dortmund (regional postal administration) established.

Post office built.

Population: 111,232.

1897 - City electric power system begins operating.

1898 - Industrial School for Young Ladies and Ruderclub Hansa von 1898 (sport club) established.

1899

Dortmund–Ems Canal and Dortmund Port open.

City Hall built.

Dortmunder Volksbank founded.

1900s-1945

1900

Regional Handwerkskammer Dortmund (Chamber of Skilled Crafts) headquartered in city.

Synagogue built.

1901 - Dortmund Fire Department established.

1904

Theater Dortmund and trade school founded.

Bismarckturm (Dortmund) (tower) built.

1905 - Population: 175,577.

1909

Borussia Dortmund sport club formed.

Nordmarkt area laid out.

1910

Dortmund Hauptbahnhof built.

Population: 214,226.

1914 - Eving becomes part of city.

1919 - Population: 295,026.

1920

Regional Siedlungsverband Ruhrkohlenbezirk municipal association created.

Population: 313,752.

1924 - Weisse Wiese stadium opens.

1926 - Botanischer Garten Rombergpark acquired by city.

1927 - Dortmund U-Tower built.

1928

Hörde becomes part of city.

Population: 465,196.

1929 - Berghofen (Dortmund) and Syburg becomes part of city.

1933 - Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion mining company in business.

1938 - Dortberghaus built.

1945 - 13 April: Allied forces take city.

1946-1990s

1946

Fritz Henßler becomes mayor.

Westfälische Rundschau newspaper begins publication.

1947

29 March: Miners strike against food shortage.

Museum Ostwall opens.

1950 - Population: 507,349.

1952 - Westfalenhallen rebuilt.

1953 - Dortmund Zoo established.

1956 - Population: 607,885.

1959

Florianturm (TV tower) erected.

National Bundesgartenschau (garden show) held in the Westfalenpark.

1960 - Dortmund Airport opens.

1961 - Gesundheitshaus Dortmund built.

1963 - Dortmund Stadthaus station opens.

1968 - University of Dortmund established.

1969 - Sparkassen-Hochhaus hi-rise built.

1973

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting begins.

Günter Samtlebe becomes mayor.

1974 - Westfalenstadion (stadium) opens.

1976 - National Rowing Training Centre, Dortmund established.

1977 - Eving Selimiye Camii (mosque) established.

1978 - WestLB Dortmund built.

1983

Dortmund University station opens.

Vorsorgekasse Hoesch (insurance entity) active.

1984 - Dortmund Stadtbahn begins operating.

1985

Technology Centre Dortmund opens.

Spielbank Hohensyburg (casino) built.

1987 - Coalmining pit closes, "marking the end of more than 150 years of coalmining in Dortmund."

1989 - Dortmund City Hall rebuilt on the Friedensplatz (Dortmund).

1990 - Eisengiesser Fountain reconstructed on the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Platz (Dortmund).

1992 - Adlerturm Dortmund (tower) reconstructed.

1993 - Deutsche Arbeitsschutzausstellung museum established.

1999

Gerhard Langemeyer becomes mayor.

Fritz-Henßler-Berufskolleg (trade school) active.

21st century

2005

RWE Tower built.

Hoesch-Museum opens.

2006 - June: Some of the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer contest held in Dortmund.

2008 - Love Parade held in city.

2014

Ullrich Sierau becomes mayor.

Population: 580,511.