Timeline of Stuttgart

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

Prior to 14th century

• 1st C. CE - Roman fort established (Bad Cannstatt).
• 950 CE - Old Castle built.
• 1240 - Stiftskirche built.
• 1300 - Counts of Württemberg establish residence (approximate date).

14th-18th century

• 1321 - City status granted.
• 1392 - Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (1315–1392) dies in Stuttgart.
• 1486 - Printing press in operation.
• 1493 - Spitalkirche built.
• 1495 - Stuttgart becomes capital of Wurttemberg.
• 1570 - Old Palace built.
• 1626 - (cemetery) in use.
• 1686 - Gymnasium illustre (school) established.
• 1769 - Castle Solitude built outside city.
• 1775 - Karlsschule relocates to Stuttgart.
• 1795 - Population: 19,510.

19th century

• 1803 - City becomes capital of the Electorate of Württemberg.
• 1807
• New Palace built.
• Schlossplatz opens.
• 1808 - Schloss-Garten laid out in Neckar-Strasse.
• 1810 - Royal Library founded by Frederick I of Württemberg.
• 1811 - Stuttgart Cathedral rebuilding completed.
• 1820 - becomes mayor.
• 1824 - Stuttgarter Liederkranz (singing society) founded.
• 1826 - Natural history museum opens.
• 1827 - built.
• 1829 - University of Stuttgart founded.
• 1830 - Rosenstein Palace completed.
• 1832 - Winterschule für Bauhandwerker (trade school) founded.
• 1833 - becomes mayor.
• 1839 - Schiller memorial erected in Schillerplatz.
• 1840 - Wilhelm Palais built.
• 1841
• Schlossplatz column erected.
• Hospitalkirche restored.
• Population: 42,217.
• 1842 - founded.
• 1843 - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (art museum) opens.
• 1846
• Railway station opens.
• Wilhelma garden established.
• 1848 - Stuttgart-Heilbronn railway begins operating.
• 1849 - Rump parliament held.
• 1857
• Stuttgart Music School founded.
• Hotel Marquardt in business.
• Ploucquet's Museum opens.
• 1860
• Königsbau constructed on the Schlossplatz.
• Population: 61,314.
• 1861 - built.
• 1862 - becomes mayor.
• 1864 - (concert hall) built.
• 1865 - Polytechnic School built in Stadtgarten-Platz.
• 1869 - Württemberg State Museum founded.
• 1870 - Architectural school built.
• 1871
• City becomes part of the German Empire.
• zoo in business.
• 1872
• Black Forest Railway (Württemberg) in operation.
• becomes mayor.
• Stuttgarter Hofbräu brewery in business.
• 1873 - (cemetery) established.
• 1875
• Martin's "Museum of the Primeval World" opens.
• Marienkirche built.
• 1876 - Johanneskirche built.
• 1880
• Wilhelma park opens to the public.
• Law Courts built.
• Population: 117,303.
• 1881 - Breuninger retailer in business.
• Gewerbehalle built in Kriegsberg-Strasse.
• 1888 - Dinkelacker brewery in business.
• 1889 - Stuttgart Swimming Baths built.
• 1890 - Population: 139,817.
• 1892 - Socialist women's newspaper Die Gleichheit in publication in Stuttgart.
• 1893 - becomes mayor.
• 1894 - in business.
• 1895 - Kriegsberg Tower, Landesgewerbe-Museum (industrial museum), and Königin-Olga-Bau constructed.
• 1899 - becomes mayor.
• 1900
• German Peace Society headquartered in city.
• Friedrichsbau theatre opens.
• Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (boys' choir) founded.
• Population: 176,699.

20th century

1900s-1945

• 1901 - City public library established.
• 1903 - Solituderennen motorsport events begin.
• 1905
• Cannstatt and Untertürkheim become part of city.
• Population:249,443.
• 1907 - International Socialist Congress held in Stuttgart.
• 1908
• Degerloch becomes part of city.
• Cavalry barracks built.
• 1910
• built.
• Population: 286,218.
• 1911
• Linden Museum established.
• becomes mayor.
• 1912
• Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart (football club) formed.
• Königliche Hoftheater and Stuttgart-Degerloch water tower built.
• 1913 - (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.
• 1919 - Population: 309,197.
• 1922
• Botnang becomes part of city.
• Stuttgart Central Station rebuilt.
• Stuttgart Observatory active.
• 1924 - Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (orchestra) formed.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 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.

1946-1990s

• 1946 - Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart (choir) formed.
• 1947 - Alte Staatsgalerie rebuilt.
• 1948 - Bölkow aircraft manufactory in business.
• 1952 - City becomes part of newly formed state of Baden-Württemberg.
• 1953 - Landesarboretum Baden-Württemberg established.
• 1954
• (water supply organization) founded.
• State Museum of Natural History exhibits open in Rosenstein Castle.
• 1956 - Fernsehturm Stuttgart commissioned.
• 1957 - Birkenkopf enlarged.
• 1961 - City hosts Bundesgartenschau (national horticulture biennial).
• 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.
• 1971 - Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in business.
• 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.
• founded.
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart active.
• 1981 - Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart founded.
• 1982 - begins.
• 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) and (regional governance entity) established.
• 1997 - Wolfgang Schuster becomes mayor.
• 2000 - Observation tower built in Killesbergpark.

21st century

• 2005 - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart opens.
• 2006 - Mercedes-Benz Museum opens.
• 2007
• Messe Stuttgart (exhibition centre) built.
• United States Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart.
• 2011
• May: Trial of Rwandan military leader Ignace Murwanashyaka begins at the .
• Population: 613,392.
• 2013 - Fritz Kuhn becomes mayor.

See also

• Stuttgart history

Other cities in the state of Baden-Württemberg:⁽⁾

• Timeline of Mannheim

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in German

External links

• Links to fulltext city directories for Stuttgart via Wikisource