Timeline of Stuttgart

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Stuttgart, Germany.

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Prior to 14th century

• 1st century A.D. - Roman fort established.
• 950 - Castle built.
• 1240 - Stiftskirche built.

14th-18th century

Map of Stuttgart, 1794

• 1300 - Counts of Württemberg establish residence (approximate date).
• 1321 - City status granted.
• 1493 - Spitalkirche built.^[1]
• 1495 - Stuttgart becomes capital of Wurttemberg.
• 1570 - Palace built.^[1]
• 1626 - Hoppenlaufriedhof cemetery in use.
• 1686 - Gymnasium illustre (school) established.
• 1769 - Castle Solitude built outside city.
• 1775 - Karlsschule relocates to Stuttgart.

19th century

• 1803 - City becomes capital of the Electorate of Württemberg.
• 1807 - New Palace built.^[2]
• 1808 - Schloss-Garten laid out in Neckar-Strasse.^[3]
• 1810 - Royal Library founded by Frederick I of Württemberg.
• 1820 - Willibald Feuerlein becomes mayor.
• 1824 - Stuttgarter Liederkranz (singing society) founded.
• 1826 - Natural history museum opens.^[4]
• 1829 - University of Stuttgart founded.
• 1832 - Winterschule für Bauhandwerker (trade school) founded.^[5]
• 1833 - Georg Gottlob von Gutbrod becomes mayor.
• 1839 - Schiller memorial erected in Schillerplatz.
• 1840 - Wilhelm Palais built.
• 1841
  • Schlossplatz column erected.^[2]
  • Hospitalkirche restored.^[2]
• 1843 - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (art museum) opens.
• 1846 - Railway station opens.
• 1848 - Stuttgart-Heilbronn railway begins operating.
• 1849 - Rump parliament held.^[2]
• 1857
  • Stuttgart Music School founded.
  • Hotel Marquardt in business.^[6]
  • Ploucquet's Museum opens.^[7]
• 1860 - Königsbau constructed on the Schlossplatz.^[8]
• 1861 - Synagogue built.^[3]
• 1862 - Heinrich von Sick becomes mayor.
• 1864 - Liederhalle built.
• 1865 - Polytechnic School built in Stadtgarten-Platz.^[3]
• 1869 - Württemberg State Museum founded.
• 1870 - Architectural school built.^[3]
• 1871
  • City becomes part of the German Empire.
  • Population: 80,000.^[1]
  • Nill's zoo in business.^[9]
• 1872
  • Black Forest Railway (Württemberg) in operation.
  • Theophil Friedrich von Hack becomes mayor.
  • Stuttgarter Hofbräu brewery in business.
• 1873 - Pragfriedhof cemetery established.
• 1875
  • Martin's "Museum of the Primeval World" opens.^[9]
  • Liederhalle and Marienkirche built.^[3]
• 1876 - Johanneskirche built.
• 1880
  • Wilhelma park opens to the public.^[10]
  • Law Courts built.^[3]
• 1881
  • Breuninger retailer in business.
  • Population: 107,555.^[8]
  • Gewerbehalle built in Kriegsberg-Strasse.^[3]
• 1888 - Dinkelacker brewery in business.
• 1889 - Stuttgart Swimming Baths built.^[3]
• 1893 - Emil von Rümelin becomes mayor.
• 1894 - Hotel Victoria in business.
• 1895 - Kriegsberg Tower, Landesgewerbe-Museum (industrial museum) and Königin-Olga-Bau^[3] constructed.
• 1899 - Heinrich von Gauss becomes mayor.

20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1900
  • German Peace Society headquartered in city.^[11]
  • Friedrichsbau theatre opens.
  • Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (boys' choir) founded.
• 1901 - City public library established.
• 1903 - Solituderennen motorsport events begin.
• 1905 - Cannstatt and Untertürkheim become part of city.
• 1907 - International Socialist Congress held in Stuttgart.
• 1908
  • Degerloch becomes part of city.
  • Calvary barracks built.
• 1910 - Market Hall built.
• 1911
  • Linden Museum established.
  • Karl Lautenschlager becomes mayor.
• 1912
  • Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart (football club) formed.
  • Königliche Hoftheater and Stuttgart-Degerloch water tower built.
• 1913 - Waldfriedhof cemetery established.
• 1915 - Böblingen Airport begins operating.
• 1916 - Stuttgart Open tennis tournament begins.
• 1918
  • City becomes capital of Free People's State of Württemberg.
  • Schlossplatz opens to the public.
• 1922
  • Botnang becomes part of city.
  • Stuttgart Central Station rebuilt.
  • Stuttgart Observatory active.
• 1927
  • Weissenhof Estate built.
  • Flandern military training ground active.
• 1928 - Tagblatt-Turm and Schocken Department Store built.
• 1931
  • Rotenberg and Zuffenhausen become part of city.
  • Ferdinand Porsche in business.^[12]
• 1933
  • Feuerbach and Weilimdorf become part of city.
  • Karl Strölin becomes mayor.
  • Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn (stadium) built.
• 1935 - Max-Eyth-See (artificial lake) created.
• 1937 - Kurmärker Kaserne (military barracks) built.
• 1938
  • Helenen Kaserne (military barracks) established.
  • City coat of arms redesign adopted.
• 1939
  • Stuttgart Airport built.
  • Horticultural exhibition held in Killesbergpark.
  • Deportation of Jews begins.
• 1940
  • Robert-Bosch-Hospital opens.
  • August 25: Aerial bombing by Allied forces begins.
• 1942
  • Plieningen and Stammheim become part of city.
  • November 22: Aerial bombing.
• 1943
  • March 11: Aerial bombing.
  • April 15: Aerial bombing.
  • September 6: Aerial bombing.
  • October 8: Aerial bombing.
  • November 26: Aerial bombing.
• 1944
  • February 21: Aerial bombing.
  • March 2: Aerial bombing.
  • March 15: Aerial bombing.
  • July: Aerial bombing.
  • September: Aerial bombing.
  • October 19: Aerial bombing.
  • November 5: Aerial bombing.
  • December 9: Aerial bombing.
• 1945
  • January 28: Aerial bombing.
  • April 21: Allied ground forces take city; military occupation begins.
  • December 5: United States Army occupies Kelley Barracks.
  • Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and Volkstheater founded.
  • Arnulf Klett becomes mayor.
• 1946 - Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart (choir) formed.
• 1947 - Alte Staatsgalerie rebuilt.
• 1948 - Bölkow aircraft manufactory in business.

1950s-1990s

• 1952 - City becomes part of newly formed state of Baden-Württemberg.
• 1953 - Landesarboretum Baden-Württemberg established.
• 1954 - State Museum of Natural History exhibits open in Rosenstein Castle.^[4]
• 1956 - Fernsehturm Stuttgart commissioned.
• 1957 - Birkenkopf enlarged.
• 1961 - City hosts Bundesgartenschau (national horticulture biennial).^[13]
• 1964
  • Stammheim Prison commissioned.
  • New Palace reconstructed.
• 1965
  • Wilhelm Palais reconstructed.
  • Railway Vehicle Preservation Company founded.
• 1966 - Funkturm Stuttgart and Versatel building constructed.
• 1967 - United States European Command headquarters relocates to Stuttgart.
• 1969 - Old Castle renovated.
• 1970 - Württembergische Landesbibliothek (state library) building opens.
• 1972 - Hannibal housing development and Fernmeldeturm constructed.
• 1973 - Stuttgart (region) (Regierungsbezirk) established.
• 1974 - Manfred Rommel becomes mayor.
• 1975
  • Trial of Red Army Faction members held in Stammheim Prison.
  • Stuttgart-Möhringen directional radio tower built.
• 1976
  • Porsche Museum opens.
  • Kickers-Stadium renovated.
• 1978
  • Stuttgart S-Bahn begins operating.
  • Künstlerhaus Stuttgart founded.^[14]
• 1981 - Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart founded.
• 1983 - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle built.
• 1984
  • Neue Staatsgalerie (art museum) opens.
  • Theaterhaus Stuttgart founded.
• 1987 - Sparkassen Cup track and field competition begins.
• 1988
  • Schwanenbrau Cup cycling race begins.
  • May: 1988 European Cup Final held.
• 1994 - Stuttgart Region (metropolitan area) established.
• 1997 - Wolfgang Schuster becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2000 - Observation tower built in Killesbergpark.

• 2005 - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart opens.
• 2006 - Mercedes-Benz Museum opens.
• 2007
  • Messe Stuttgart (exhibition centre) built.
  • United States Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart.
• 2011 - Population: 613,392.
• 2013 - Fritz Kuhn becomes mayor.^[15]

See also

• History of Stuttgart

References

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

• Wilhelm Heinrich Theodor Plieninger (1834). Beschreibung von Stuttgart (in German). Stuttgart: Hoffmann. 

• August Zoller (1841). Stuttgart und seine Umgebungen (in German). Stuttgart: F.H. Kohler. 

• Julius Hartmann (1886). Chronik der Stadt Stuttgart (in German). Stuttgart: Greiner & Pfeiffer. 

Published in the 20th century

• "Stuttgart", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, &c (9th ed.), Berlin: J.H. Herz, 1908, OCLC 36795367 

• Nathaniel Newnham Davis (1911), "Stuttgart", The Gourmet's Guide to Europe (3rd ed.), London: Grant Richards 

• "Stuttgart", Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria) (12th ed.), Leipzig: K. Baedeker, 1914, OCLC 2011248 

• Stuttgart [Chronicles of the German Cities]. Die Chroniken der Deutschen Städte (in German). 33-36. Leipzig: S. Hirzel. 1928–1931. 

External links

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