The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hamburg, Germany.
Prior to 16th century
- 831 â Bishopric established.
- 845 â Town sacked by Norsemen.
- 1189
- Adolf III of Holstein gets charter from Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I that gives Hamburg a court, jurisdiction, and fishing rights.
- St. Peter's Church built (approximate date).
- 1190 â Alster dam installed.
- 1201 â Hamburg occupied by forces of Valdemar II of Denmark.
- 1223 â Archbishopric relocated from Hamburg to Bremen.
- 1241 â Lübeck-Hamburg alliance established.
- 1248 â Fire.
- 1256 â St. Catherine's Church active (approximate date).
- 1284 â 5 August: Fire.
- 1286 â 24 April: acquires rights to maintain permanent fire on Neuwerk.
- 1299 â 1 November: allowed to build a fortified tower, the new work (Neuwerk).
- 1310 â completion of the Great Tower Neuwerk.
- 1329 â St. Mary's Cathedral consecrated.
- 1350 â Black Death.
- 1356 â (feast) begins.
- 1375 â Grocers' Guild formed.
- 1390 â Public clock installed (approximate date).
- 1410 â Constitution of Hamburg established.
- 1412 â .
- 1418 â St. Peter's Church rebuilt (approximate date).
- 1479 â (public library) established in the Town Hall.
- 1491 â Printing press in operation.
- 1500 â City expands its borders.
16thâÂÂ18th centuries
19th century
1800sâÂÂ1840s
1850sâÂÂ1890s
20th century
1900âÂÂ1945
- 1901 â Civil law courts built.
- 1904 â American Businessmen's Club of Hamburg founded.
- 1905 â Population: 802,793.
- 1906
- Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
- Altona-Hamburg railway begins operating.
- 1907
- Tierpark Hagenbeck (zoo) established.
- Stadion Hoheluft (stadium) opens.
- 1908
- Hamburg Colonial Institute established.
- Music Hall inaugurated.
- Simplo Fullfeder pen company relocates to Hamburg.
- 1909 â Hotel Atlantic in business.
- 1910 â Sportplatz at Rothenbaum opens.
- 1911 â Hamburg Airport and Elbe Tunnel open.
- 1912
- Hamburg U-Bahn begins operating.
- Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory dedicated.
- Hamburg-Mannheimer Insurance Corporation in business.
- 1913
- 3 April: Vaterland passenger ship launched.
- Gewerkschaftlich-Genossenschaftliche Versicherungsaktiengesellschaft (insurance firm) in business.
- 1914 â Hamburg Stadtpark (park) opens.
- 1918
- Hamburg Kammerspiele (theatre) founded.
- Hamburger Volkszeitung newspaper begins publication.
- 1919 â University of Hamburg and Hamburger Sport-Verein established.
- 1921 â Consulate of Poland founded.
- 1922 â Museum of Hamburg History opens.
- 1923 â Labour and Socialist International founded in Hamburg.
- 1924
- Nordische Rundfunk radio begins broadcasting.
- Chilehaus built.
- 1925
- Helms-Museum and Hamburg School of Astrology established.
- Population: 1,079,126.
- 1926 â Botanischer Sondergarten Wandsbek (garden) established.
- 1930
- Planten un Blomen (park) created.
- Population: 1,145,124.
- 1933
- Nazis seize control of the city and Carl Vincent Krogmann becomes mayor.
- Hamburger Flugzeugbau (aircraft company) in business.
- Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp founded.
- 1934
- Bürgerschaft abolished.
- Gau Hamburg established.
- Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt begins operating.
- 1937
- major expansion of the land of Hamburg per the Greater Hamburg Act:
- the cities Altona, Wandsbek, and Harburg-Wilhelmsburg join
- and the cities Geesthacht and Cuxhaven (including Neuwerk) leave the territory of the Land Hamburg.
- 1938 â Neuengamme concentration camp established by SS.
- 1939 â Bombing of Hamburg in World War II begins.
- 1940 â April: Oflag X-D prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers established.
- 1943
- May: Langer Morgen forced labour camp for men established.
- 7 August: Main base of the 2nd SS construction brigade (forced labour camp) relocated from Bremen to Hamburg.
- 1944
- April: 2nd SS construction brigade relocated to Berlin.
- 8 June: Hamburg-Wandsbek subcamp of the Ravensbrück concentration camp established. The prisoners were mostly Polish and Soviet women.
- July: Hamburg-Veddel subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were Jewish women.
- 1 September: Hamburg-Wandsbek subcamp of Ravensbrück reorganized into a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp.
- 12 September: Hamburg-Langenhorn subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were Jewish women.
- 13 September: Hamburg-Neugraben and Hamburg-Sasel subcamps of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were Jewish women.
- 13 September: Women prisoners of the Hamburg-Veddel subcamp moved to other subcamps in Hamburg and Wedel.
- 15 September: 2,000 male prisoners deported to the Hamburg-Veddel subcamp of Neuengamme.
- 27 September: Hamburg-Eidelstedt subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were Jewish women.
- October: Hamburg-Finkenwerder subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp established. The prisoners were mostly Soviet, Polish, Belgian, French and Danish men.
- November: Subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp established by the SS at the SpaldingstraÃÂe for men of various nationalities.
- L'Obstinée masonic lodge established by Belgian POWs in the Oflag X-D POW camp.
- 1945
- 8 February: Hamburg-Neugraben subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved and Hamburg-Tiefstack subcamp founded. Surviving prisoners moved from the Hamburg-Neugraben to the Hamburg-Tiefstack subcamp.
- March: 250 Romani and Sinti women deported to the Hamburg-Langenhorn subcamp of Neuengamme from the Ravensbrück concentration camp.
- March: Hamburg-Finkenwerder subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved.
- 22 March: Langer Morgen forced labour camp dissolved.
- 7 April: Hamburg-Tiefstack subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved, surviving prisoners deported to Bergen-Belsen.
- 14 April: Hamburg-Veddel subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved, surviving prisoners deported to Sandbostel.
- 17 April: Subcamp of Neuengamme at SpaldingstraÃÂe dissolved, surviving prisoners deported to Sandbostel.
- 30 April: Hamburg-Wandsbek subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved.
- 3 May: Hamburg-Langenhorn subcamp of Neuengamme dissolved, surviving prisoners deported to the Hamburg-Eidelstedt subcamp.
- 3 May: Oflag X-D POW camp liberated by the British.
- 4âÂÂ5 May: Hamburg-Sasel subcamp of Neuengamme liberated by the British.
- 5 May: Hamburg-Eidelstedt subcamp of Neuengamme liberated by the British.
- Bombing of Hamburg in World War II ends.
- Hamburg in the British occupation zone.
- Rudolf Petersen appointed mayor by British authorities.
- Eppendorf (company) founded.
- Population: 1,350,278.
1946âÂÂ1990s
21st century
See also
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