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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Contents

Prior to 13th century

  • 1138 – Town sacked.
  • 1143 – New town founded by Adolf II of Holstein near site of old town.
  • 1158 – Town ceded by Adolf II of Holstein to Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony.
  • 1160 – Seat of Catholic diocese of Lübeck relocated to Lübeck from Oldenburg in Holstein.
  • 1173 – Lübeck Cathedral construction begins.
  • 1177 – Benedictine St.-Johannis-Kloster (Lübeck) founded.
  • 1188 – Town charter issued by Henry the Lion.

    • 13th–15th centuries

  • 1201 – Danes in power.
  • 1210 – Lübeck Cathedral construction completed (approximate date).
  • 1226 – Lübeck becomes an Imperial Free City.
  • 1250 – Petrikirche (Lübeck) (church) built.
  • 1310 – Marienkirche (church) built (approximate date).
  • 1312 – Heiligen-Geist-Hospital (Lübeck) founded.
  • 1356 – St. Catherine's Church built (approximate date).
  • 1368 – Hanseatic League adopts Lübeck's city seal.
  • 1379 – Circle Company founded.
  • 1408 – Uprising.
  • 1420 - Paper mill established.
  • 1442 – Lübeck Town Hall built.
  • 1444 – Burgtor (city gate) built.
  • 1450 – Merchants Company founded (approximate date).
  • 1462 – Hinrich Castorp becomes mayor.
  • 1463 – Bernt Notke creates Dance of Death artwork for the Marienkirche.
  • 1475 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1477
  • Crucifix created by Bernt Notke erected in Lübeck Cathedral.
  • Holstentor (city gate) built.
  • 1491 – Artist Hans Memling creates triptych for the Lübeck Cathedral.

    • 16th–18th centuries

  • 1515 – St. Anne's Priory built.
  • 1530 – Protestant reformation.
  • 1531 – Katharineum (school) opens.
  • 1533 – Jürgen Wullenwever becomes mayor.
  • 1535 – Shipowners' Guild house built.
  • 1586 – Outer Holstentor (city gate) built.
  • 1630 – Last Hanseatic Diet meets at Lübeck.
  • 1668 – Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at the Marienkirche.
  • 1697 – Buthman's Bierstube (tavern) in business.
  • 1793 – Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit (charitable society) established.

    • 19th century

  • 1801 – Town "temporarily occupied" by Danes.
  • 1802 – Town walls dismantled.
  • 1806 – 5 November: Town occupied by French forces.
  • 1810 – 12 November: Town becomes part of the French Empire.
  • 1813 – French occupation ends.
  • 1825 – Navigation School founded.
  • 1832 – Lübecker General-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
  • 1835 – Lübeckische Blätter (newspaper) in publication.
  • 1851 – Population: town 26,093; territory 54,166.
  • 1857 - Population: town 30,717; territory 49,324.
  • 1866 – Lübeck becomes part of the North German Confederation.
  • 1867 – Wilhelm-Theater opens.
  • 1868
  • Lübeck joins the German Customs Union.
  • Schiffergesellschaft (restaurant) in operation.
  • 1874 – Aegidienkirche (Lübeck) (church) restored.
  • 1875 – Population: 44,799.
  • 1890 – Population: town 63,590; territory 76,485.
  • 1891 – Sacred Heart Church consecrated.
  • 1893 – Museum am Dom (Lübeck) built.

    • 20th century

  • 1900 – Elbe-Trave canal opens.
  • 1904 – City Theatre opens.
  • 1905 – Population: town 91,541; state 105,857.
  • 1915 – St. Anne's Museum opens.
  • 1917 – Lübeck Airport constructed.
  • 1919
  • Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck (sport club) formed.
  • Population: town 113,071.
  • 1921 – Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck (sport club) formed.
  • 1924 – Stadion an der Lohmühle (stadium) opens.
  • 1942 – Bombing of Lübeck in World War II.
  • 1945 – VfB Lübeck (sport club) formed.
  • 1946 - Lübecker Nachrichten and Lübecker Freie Presse newspapers begin publication.
  • 1948 – Lübecker Kantorei (choir) founded.
  • 1973 – Lübeck Academy of Music founded.
  • 1982
  • Lübeck Museum of Theatre Puppets established.
  • Lübeck Cathedral reconstructed.
  • 1987 – City centre becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 – Bernd Saxe becomes mayor.
  • 2001 – International School of New Media established.
  • 2005 – Herren Tunnel opens.
  • 2012 – Population: 211,713.

    • References

    Timeline of Lübeck Wikipedia
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