Timeline of Dortmund

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

Prior to 19th century

• 1005 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "ecclesiastical council" in Dortmund.
• 1016 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "Imperial diet" in Dortmund.
• 1215 – consecrated.
• 1220 – Dortmund becomes an imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1240 – in use (approximate date).
• 1253 – Dortmund joins the .
• 1267 – St. Mary's Church first mentioned.
• 1270 – St. Reinold's Church built.
• 1293 – Brewing right granted.
• 1322 – St. Peter's Church, Dortmund (church) construction begins.
• 1332 – City rights confirmed per "Privilegium Ludovicum."
• 1387/8 – Dortmund besieged by forces of Friedrich III. von Saarwerden, Archbishop of Cologne.
• 1388 – Dortmunder Bürgerschützenverein (militia) formed.
• 1400 – Vehmic court established (approximate date).
• 1454 – Tower built on St. Reinold's Church.
• 1521 – "" altarpiece installed in the Petrikirche.
• 1523 – Protestant Reformation.
• 1543 – (school) founded.
• 1546 – Tower for the added to Town Hall.
• 1570 – Dortmund adopts Lutheranism per the "Augsburg Confession".
• 1609 – Jülich-Cleves-related signed in Dortmund.

19th century

• 1803 – Dormund "annexed to Nassau."
• 1806 – French in power.
• 1808 – Dormund becomes capital of French satellite Ruhr (department).
• 1815
• Dortmund becomes part of Prussia per Congress of Vienna.
• (regional mining office) headquartered in city.
• 1816 – Population: 4,465.
• 1841 – (bank) founded.
• 1847 – Duisburg–Dortmund railway and Dortmund–Hamm railway begin operating.
• 1849 – Elberfeld–Dortmund railway begins operating.
• 1855 – Dortmund–Soest railway begins operating.
• 1861
• (shooting-sport club) formed.
• Population: 23,348.
• 1863 – dismantled.
• 1871
• Hoesch AG steel company in business.
• Westfalenhütte industrial area developed.
• 1872 – (historical society) founded.
• 1875
• Dortmund–Gronau railway in operation.
• Population:57,742.
• 1878 – Ernst Heinrich Lindemann becomes mayor.
• 1880 – in use (approximate date).
• 1883 – Museum of Art and Cultural History founded.
• 1885 – Population: 78,435.
• 1887 – Dortmund Philharmonic orchestra formed.
• 1890
• Royal School of Machine Building established.
• Population: 89,663.
• 1895
• Dortmund (regional postal administration) established.
• Post office built.
• Population: 111,232.
• 1897 – City electric power system begins operating.
• 1898 – Industrial School for Young Ladies and (sport club) established.
• 1899
• Dortmund–Ems Canal and Dortmund Port open.
• City Hall restored.
• founded.
• 1900
• Regional (Chamber of Skilled Crafts) headquartered in city.
• Synagogue built.

20th century

1900s–1945

• 1901 – established.
• 1904
• Theater Dortmund and trade school founded.
• (tower) built.
• 1905 – Population: 175,577.
• 1909
• Borussia Dortmund sport club formed.
• Nordmarkt area laid out.
• 1910
• Dortmund Hauptbahnhof built.
• Population: 214,226.
• 1914 – Eving becomes part of city.
• 1919 – Population: 295,026.
• 1920
• Regional municipal association created.
• Population: 313,752.
• 1924 – Weisse Wiese stadium opens.
• 1926 – Botanischer Garten Rombergpark acquired by city.
• 1927 – Dortmund U-Tower built.
• 1928
• becomes part of city.
• Population: 465,196.
• 1929 – and Syburg become part of city.
• 1933 – mining company in business.
• 1938 – Dortberghaus built.
• 1939 – Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).
• 1943
• May: SS construction brigade (forced labour camp) established by the SS.
• September: SS construction brigade presumably dissolved.
• 1944 – Subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established for 400 Polish women who survived the Warsaw Uprising (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).
• 1945
• March: women's subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Prisoners deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
• 13 April: allied forces take city.

1946–1990s

• 1946
• Fritz Henßler becomes mayor.
• ' newspaper begins publication.
• 1947
• 29 March: miners strike against food shortage.
• Museum Ostwall opens.
• 1950 – Population: 507,349.
• 1952 – Westfalenhallen rebuilt.
• 1953 – Dortmund Zoo established.
• 1955 – City co-hosts the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships.
• 1956 – Population: 607,885.
• 1959
• Florianturm (TV tower) erected.
• National Bundesgartenschau (garden show) held in the Westfalenpark.
• City hosts the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships.
• 1960 – Dortmund Airport opens.
• 1961 – built.
• 1963 – Dortmund Stadthaus station opens.
• 1964 – City hosts the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships.
• 1968 – University of Dortmund established.
• 1969 – hi-rise built.
• 1973
• Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting begins.
• becomes mayor.
• 1974 – Westfalenstadion (stadium) opens.
• 1975 – City co-hosts the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships.
• 1976 – established.
• 1977 – Eving Selimiye Camii (mosque) established.
• 1978 – built.
• 1980 – City hosts the 1980 World Figure Skating Championships.
• 1983
• Dortmund University station opens.
• (insurance entity) active.
• 1984 – Dortmund Stadtbahn begins operating.
• 1985
• opens.
• (casino) built.
• 1987 – Coalmining pit closes, "marking the end of more than 150 years of coalmining in Dortmund".
• 1989 – rebuilt on the .
• 1990 – Eisengiesser Fountain reconstructed on the .
• 1991 – Steel company Hoesch AG was bought by Krupp.
• 1992 – (tower) reconstructed.
• 1993 – museum established.
• 1999
• becomes mayor.
• (trade school) active.