Timeline of Koblenz

The following is a timeline of the history of Koblenz, Germany.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 19th century

9 BCE – Military post established by Roman Drusus (approximate date).

1018 CE – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor gives Koblenz to Archbishop of Trier.

1208 – Church of St. Castor built.

1254 – Town walls built.

1344 – Stone bridge built over Mosel.

1359 – Koblenzer Schützengesellschaft (militia) formed.

1469 – Population: 1,193.

1688 – Town besieged by French forces.

1698 – Jesuit College built.

1725 – Merchants' Hall restored.

1768 – Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony becomes Archbishop-Elector of Trier

1778 – Population: 7,475.

1786 – Electoral Palace built.

1794 – Town taken by French forces.

1798 – Koblenz becomes "chief town of the Rhine and Mosel department."

19th century

• 1813 – Johann Josef Mazza becomes mayor.
• 1814 – Town occupied by Russian forces.
• 1815 – Koblenz Fortress construction begins near town.
• 1822 – Town becomes seat of the Rhine province.
• 1827 – Bürgerbibliothek (town library) founded.
• 1832 – Ehrenbreitstein Fortress built near town.
• 1840 – Population: 18,387.
• 1849 – Coblenzer Zeitung newspaper in publication.
• 1858 – Koblenz-Lützel station opens.
• 1864 – Pfaffendorf Bridge built.
• 1885 – Population: 31,669.
• 1897 – Statue of Wilhelm I installed on the Deutsches Eck.

20th century

• 1902 – Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
• 1905 – Population: 53,902.
• 1919 – Population: 56,676.
• 1933 – Population: 65,257.
• 1934
  • Koblenz radio transmitter erected.
  • TuS Koblenz football club formed.
• 1935 – Thingplatz and Stadion Oberwerth (stadium) inaugurated.
• 1943 – Koblenz becomes capital of Koblenz-Trier Gau.
• 1946
  • Koblenz becomes part of the Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • Josef Schnorbach becomes mayor.
• 1953 – Pfaffendorf Bridge rebuilt.
• 1961 – Population: 99,240.
• 1976 – Fernmeldeturm Koblenz (telecommunications tower) erected near city.
• 1991 – City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.
• 1992 – 2000th anniversary of founding of Koblenz.
• 1994 – Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2001 – DB Museum opens.
• 2004 – Tahir Mosque (Koblenz) opens.
• 2010 – Joachim Hofmann-Göttig becomes mayor.
• 2011
  • Koblenz Stadtmitte station opens.
  • City hosts Federal Horticultural Show 2011.
• 2012 – Population: 109,779.

See also

• Koblenz history
• History of Koblenz
• Goloring, Bronze Age (1200–800 BCE) earthwork near Koblenz
• List of Archbishop-Electors of Trier

Other cities in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate:^(de)

• Timeline of Mainz

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Monsieur de Blainville (1757), "Coblentz", Travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, but especially Italy, translated by Turnbull, London: John Noon
• "Coblenz" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 612–613.
• "Coblenz", The Rhine, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483 (+ 1882 ed.)
• John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Coblenz". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.

in German

• Wilhelm Arnold Günther (1813). Topographische Geschichte der Stadt Coblenz von ihrem Entstehen bis zum Schlusse des 18ten Jahrhunderts (in Deutsch). Coblenz.
• "Coblenz". Biblioteca geographica: Verzeichniss der seit der Mitte des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis zu Ende des Jahres 1856 in Deutschland (in Deutsch). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. 1858. (bibliography)
• Julius Wegeler (1882), Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Coblenz (in Deutsch), Coblenz: J. Schuth
• "Koblenz". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in Deutsch) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064569.
• Max Bär, ed. (1898), Urkunden und akten zur geschichte der verfassung und verwaltung der stadt Koblenz bis zum jahre 1500 [Records for the history of the administration of the city of Koblenz to the year 1500] (in Deutsch), Bonn: H. Behrendt, OCLC 29072849, OL 6534538M
• "Koblenz". Kleiner Führer für die Rhein-Reise von Köln bis Frankfurt [Short guide for a trip along the Rhine from Cologne to Frankfurt]. Griebens Reisebücher (in Deutsch). Vol. 75. Berlin: Albert Goldschmidt. 1900 – via Google Books.
• Eduard Ausfeld (1903). Übersicht über die bestände des K. Staatsarchivs zu Coblenz [Overview of the holdings of the State Archives at Coblenz]. Mitteilungen der K. Preussischen Archivverwaltung (in Deutsch). Leipzig: S. Hirzel.
• Paul Clemen, ed. (1937). Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Koblenz. Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz (in Deutsch). Vol. 20.

External links

• Links to fulltext city directories for Koblenz via Wikisource