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

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  • 1136 – Benedictine monastery [de] founded near Chemnitz.[1]
  • 1143 – Chemnitz "becomes a market town."[1]
  • 1398 – Paper mill established.[2]
  • 1466 – Population: 3,455.
  • 1498 – Town Hall [de] built near the Markt (Chemnitz) [de].
  • 16th. C. – "The manufacture of cloth was very flourishing."[1]
  • 1539 – Protestant Reformation.[1]
  • 1546 – Benedictine monastery, founded in 1136 by the emperor Lothair II is dissolved.[1]
  • 1551 – Population: 5,616.
  • 1630 – Battle of Chemnitz.
  • 1700 – Population: 4,873.
  • 1801 – Population: 10,835.
  • 1811 – Schwalbe manufactory in business (later Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz [de] engineering firm).
  • 1833 – Chemnitz City Orchestra [de] formed.[3]
  • 1836 – Royal Mercantile College established.
  • 1840 – Population: 23,476.[4]
  • 1852 – Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof opens.[1]
  • 1864 – Population: 54,827.[4]
  • 1868 – Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz [de] founded.
  • 1869 – Volksbank Chemnitz [de] (bank) founded.
  • 1878 – Jewish Cemetery, Chemnitz [de] in use (approximate date).
  • 1880
  • 1884 – Chemnitz Tar Mummy discovered.
  • 1885 – Population: 110,817.[1] [5]
  • 1888 – St. Peter's Church, Chemnitz [de] built.
  • 1890 – Population: 138,954.[4]
  • 1893 – Electric tram begins operating.
  • 1895 – Population: 161,017.[1]
  • 1898 – Horsecar tram stop operating.
  • 1899 – Chemnitz Synagogue [de] built.

    • 20th century

    File:Chemnitz Miramar 1900.jpg
    Castle Church at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
    File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-73766-0014, Karl-Marx-Stadt, II. FDGB-Arbeiterfestspiele, Rathaus.jpg
    Arbeiterfestspiele participants in front of City Hall, 1960

    21st century

    • 2001 – Villa Esche [de] restored as a cultural space.[10]
    • 2002 – Neue Synagoge opens.
    • 2002 – Multi-system tramway network ("Chemnitzer Modell") starts.
    • 2003 – Chemnitz Industrial Museum [de] opens.[citation needed]
    • 2006 – Barbara Ludwig [de] becomes mayor.
    • 2007 – Gunzenhauser Museum opens.[10]
    • 2010 – Population: 243,248.
    • 2012 – Thor Steinar "Brevik" shop in business.[12]
    • 2014 – March: Neo-Nazi Nationale Sozialisten Chemnitz [de] group banned.[citation needed]
    • 2014 – SMAC (Saxonian Museum of Archaeology Chemnitz) opens in the restored historical Mendelsohn building (former "Schocken").
    • 2018 – Protests.
    • 2020 – Stefan-Heym-Forum opens in a restored historical building (today "Kulturkaufhaus Tietz").
    • 2020 – Sven Schulze becomes mayor.
    • 2020 – Central academic library of the TU Chemnitz opens.
    • 2020 – Schauplatz Eisenbahn is part of the Saxon Exhibition "Boom".
    • 2021 – Chemnitz becomes German main part of the Hydrogen and Mobility Innovation Center ("HIC").

    See also

    Other cities in the state of Saxony:

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Britannica 1910.
    2. ↑ Wilhelm Sandermann (2013). "Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern". Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte (in Deutsch). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-662-09193-7. (timeline)
    3. ↑ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Brockhaus 1896.
    5. ↑ "German Empire: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
    6. ↑ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590592.
    7. ↑ "Germany: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Chemnitz Subcamp". KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
    9. ↑ "Garden Search: Germany". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "In Germany, an Unlikely Art Hub Honed by Enthusiasm", New York Times, 27 July 2012
    11. ↑ "Kurt Weill's Heritage: Honor Replaces Scorn; A German City Performs His Jewish Opera", New York Times, 28 June 1999
    12. ↑ "Furore over German 'Brevik' clothing shop in Chemnitz", BBC News, 6 March 2012

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