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.
• 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)[de] 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)[de] (church) built.
• 1310 – Marienkirche (church) built (approximate date).
• 1312 – Heiligen-Geist-Hospital (Lübeck)[de] 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[de] built.
• 1444 – Burgtor (city gate) built.
• 1450 – Merchants Company founded (approximate date).
• 1462 – Hinrich Castorp[de] 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 – City "temporarily occupied" by Danes.
• 1802 – Town walls dismantled.
• 1806 – 6 November: City captured by French forces.
• 1810 – 12 November: City becomes part of the French Empire.
• 1813 – French occupation ends.
• 1815 Recognized as a free city by the Congress of Vienna. Joins the German Confederation.
• 1825 – Navigation School founded.
• 1832 – Lübecker General-Anzeiger newspaper begins publication.
• 1835 – Lübeckische Blätter[de] (newspaper) in publication.
• 1851 – Population: town 26,093; territory 54,166.
• 1857 - Population: town 30,717; territory 49,324.
• 1866 – Joins the North German Confederation.
• 1867 – Wilhelm-Theater opens.
• 1868 Joins the German Customs Union. Schiffergesellschaft (restaurant) in operation.
• 1871 – Joins the German Empire.
• 1874 – Aegidienkirche (Lübeck)[de] (church) restored.
• 1875 – Population: 44,799.
• 1890 – Population: town 63,590; territory 76,485.
• 1891 – Sacred Heart Church consecrated.
• 1893 – Museum am Dom (Lübeck)[de] built.
• 1900 – Elbe-Trave canal opens.

20th century

• 1904 – City Theatre opens.
• 1905 – Population: town 91,541; state 105,857.
• 1915 – St. Anne's Museum opens.
• 1917 – Lübeck Airport constructed.
• 1919 Lübeck joins the Weimar Republic. Ballsportverein Vorwärts Lübeck (sport club) formed. Population: town 113,071.
• 1921 – Sportvereinigung Polizei Lübeck (sport club) formed.
• 1924 – Stadion an der Lohmühle (stadium) opens.
• 1937 – The Greater Hamburg Act merges Lübeck into the Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein and it loses its status as an independent free city.
• 1940 – Oflag X-C prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers established.
• 1942 – Bombing of Lübeck in World War II.
• 1945 2 May: City captured by British forces. Oflag X-C POW camp liberated. 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.
• 2000 – Bernd Saxe[de] 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[de] (includes timeline)
• List of mayors of Lübeck[de]

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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External links

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

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