Timeline of Chemnitz
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Chemnitz , Germany .
Prior to 20th century
1136 – Benedictine monastery [de ] founded near Chemnitz.
1143 – Chemnitz "becomes a market town."
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."
1539 – Protestant Reformation .
1546 – Benedictine monastery, founded in 1136 by the emperor Lothair II is dissolved.
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.
1852 – Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof opens.
1864 – Population: 54,827.
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. [ 5]
1888 – St. Peter's Church, Chemnitz [de ] built.
1890 – Population: 138,954.
1893 – Electric tram begins operating.
1895 – Population: 161,017.
1898 – Horsecar tram stop operating.
1899 – Chemnitz Synagogue [de ] built.
20th century
Castle Church at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
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
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia .
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