Timeline of Lübeck

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

Prior to 13th century

• 1138 – Town sacked.[1]
• 1143 – New town founded by Adolf II of Holstein near site of old town.[1]
• 1158 – Town ceded by Adolf II of Holstein to Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony.[2]
• 1160 – Seat of Catholic diocese of Lübeck relocated to Lübeck from Oldenburg in Holstein.[3]
• 1173 – Lübeck Cathedral construction begins.[4]
• 1177 – Benedictine St.-Johannis-Kloster (Lübeck) founded.[4]
• 1188 – Town charter issued by Henry the Lion.[1]

13th–15th centuries

• 1201 – Danes in power.[4]
• 1210 – Lübeck Cathedral construction completed (approximate date).[4]
• 1226 – Lübeck becomes an Imperial Free City.[5]
• 1250 – Petrikirche (Lübeck) (church) built.[6]
• 1310 – Marienkirche (church) built (approximate date).[7][8]
• 1312 – Heiligen-Geist-Hospital (Lübeck) founded.[9]
• 1356 – St. Catherine's Church built (approximate date).
• 1368 – Hanseatic League adopts Lübeck's city seal.[1]
• 1379 – Circle Company founded.[10]
• 1408 – Uprising.[11]
• 1420 - Paper mill established.[12]
• 1442 – Lübeck Town Hall built.[5]
• 1444 – Burgtor (city gate) built.
• 1450 – Merchants Company founded (approximate date).[10]
• 1462 – Hinrich Castorp becomes mayor.
• 1463 – Bernt Notke creates Dance of Death artwork for the Marienkirche.[13]
• 1475 - Printing press in operation.[14]
• 1477
  • Crucifix created by Bernt Notke erected in Lübeck Cathedral.
  • Holstentor (city gate) built.[9]
• 1491 – Artist Hans Memling creates triptych for the Lübeck Cathedral.[9]

16th–18th centuries

• 1515 – St. Anne's Priory built.
• 1530 – Protestant reformation.[4]
• 1531 – Katharineum (school) opens.[15]
• 1533 – Jürgen Wullenwever becomes mayor.[15]
• 1535 – Shipowners' Guild house built.[9]
• 1586 – Outer Holstentor (city gate) built.
• 1630 – Last Hanseatic Diet meets at Lübeck.[1]
• 1668 – Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at the Marienkirche.[16]
• 1697 – Buthman's Bierstube (tavern) in business.[17]
• 1793 – Gesellschaft zur Beförderung gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit (charitable society) established.

19th century

• 1801 – Town "temporarily occupied" by Danes.[1]
• 1802 – Town walls dismantled.[7]
• 1806 – 5 November: Town occupied by French forces.[4]
• 1810 – 12 November: Town becomes part of the French Empire.[5]
• 1813 – French occupation ends.
• 1825 – Navigation School founded.[15]
• 1832 – Lübecker General-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
• 1835 – Lübeckische Blätter (newspaper) in publication.
• 1851 – Population: town 26,093; territory 54,166.[2]
• 1857 - Population: town 30,717; territory 49,324.[18]
• 1866 – Lübeck becomes part of the North German Confederation.[7]
• 1867 – Wilhelm-Theater opens.[19]
• 1868
  • Lübeck joins the German Customs Union.[7]
  • Schiffergesellschaft (restaurant) in operation.[17]
• 1874 – Aegidienkirche (Lübeck) (church) restored.[9]
• 1875 – Population: 44,799.[7]
• 1890 – Population: town 63,590; territory 76,485.[7]
• 1891 – Sacred Heart Church consecrated.
• 1893 – Museum am Dom (Lübeck) built.
• 1900 – Elbe-Trave canal opens.[1]

20th century

• 1904 – City Theatre opens.[19]
• 1905 – Population: town 91,541; state 105,857.[4]
• 1915 – St. Anne's Museum opens.
• 1917 – Lübeck Airport constructed.
• 1919
  • Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck (sport club) formed.
  • Population: town 113,071.[20]
• 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.[21]
• 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.
• 2000 – Bernd Saxe becomes mayor.

21st century

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

See also

• Lübeck history
• History of Lübeck (includes timeline)
• List of mayors of Lübeck

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. Knight 1866.
3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
4. Lins 1913.
5. Townsend 1867.
6. Hirsch 1906.
7. Chambers 1901.
8. Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck [Architecture and monuments of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck] (in German). 2. Lübeck: Bernhard Nöhring. 1906.
9. Murray 1877.
10. Simon 1993.
11. Rhiman A. Rotz (1977). "The Lübeck Uprising of 1408 and the Decline of the Hanseatic League". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 121 (1): 1–45. JSTOR 986565.
12. Wilhelm Sandermann (2013). "Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern". Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-662-09193-7. (timeline)
13. Elina Gertsman (2003). "The Dance of Death in Reval (Tallinn)". Gesta. 42. JSTOR 25067083.
14. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Germany: Lubeck". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631 – via HathiTrust.
15. Hoffmann 1908.
16. George Grove, ed. (1879). A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 1. London: Macmillan.
17. New York Times 2011.
18. Georg Friedrich Kolb (1862). "Deutschland: Lubeck". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung.
19. "Lübeck". Neuer Theater-Almanach (in German). Berlin: F.A. Günther & Sohn. 1908. hdl:2027/uva.x030515382.
20. "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via Hathi Trust.
21. "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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External links

• Links to fulltext city directories for Lubeck via Wikisource
• Europeana. Items related to Lübeck, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Lübeck, various dates