# Timeline of Koblenz

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## Prior to 19th century

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* 9 BCE – Military post established by Roman Drusus (approximate date).
* 1018 CE – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor gives Koblenz to Archbishop of Trier.
* 1208 – Church of St. Castor built.
* 1254 – Town walls built.
* 1344 – Stone bridge built over Mosel.
* 1359 – Koblenzer Schützengesellschaft (militia) formed.
* 1469 – Population: 1,193.
* 1688 – Town besieged by French forces.
* 1698 – Jesuit College built.
* 1725 – Merchants' Hall restored.
* 1768 – Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony becomes Archbishop-Elector of Trier
* 1778 – Population: 7,475.
* 1786 – Electoral Palace built.
* 1794 – Town taken by French forces.
* 1798 – Koblenz becomes "chief town of the Rhine and Mosel department."

## 19th century

* 1813 – Johann Josef Mazza [de] becomes mayor.
* 1814 – Town occupied by Russian forces.
* 1815 – Koblenz Fortress construction begins near town.
* 1822 – Town becomes seat of the Rhine province.
* 1827 – Bürgerbibliothek (town library) founded.
* 1832 – Ehrenbreitstein Fortress built near town.
* 1840 – Population: 18,387.
* 1849 – Coblenzer Zeitung newspaper in publication.
* 1858 – Koblenz-Lützel station opens.
* 1864 – Pfaffendorf Bridge built.
* 1885 – Population: 31,669.
* 1897 – Statue of Wilhelm I installed on the Deutsches Eck.

## 20th century

* 1902 – Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
* 1905 – Population: 53,902.
* 1919 – Population: 56,676.
* 1933 – Population: 65,257.
* 1934
** Koblenz radio transmitter erected.
** TuS Koblenz football club formed.
* 1935 – Thingplatz and Stadion Oberwerth (stadium) inaugurated.
* 1943 – Koblenz becomes capital of Koblenz-Trier Gau.
* 1946
** Koblenz becomes part of the Rhineland-Palatinate.
** Josef Schnorbach [de] becomes mayor.
* 1953 – Pfaffendorf Bridge rebuilt.
* 1961 – Population: 99,240.
* 1976 – Fernmeldeturm Koblenz (telecommunications tower) erected near city.
* 1991 – City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.
* 1992 – 2000th anniversary of founding of Koblenz.
* 1994 – Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann [de] becomes mayor.

## 21st century

* 2001 – DB Museum opens.
* 2004 – Tahir Mosque (Koblenz) [de] opens.
* 2010 – Joachim Hofmann-Göttig [de] becomes mayor.
* 2011
** Koblenz Stadtmitte station opens.
** City hosts Federal Horticultural Show 2011.
* 2012 – Population: 109,779.