# Timeline of Bolzano

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bolzano/Bozen in the Trentino-South Tyrol region of Italy.

## Prior to 20th century

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* 14 BC – A military settlement called "Pons Drusi" is founded by Romans.
* 679 – Settlement and region ruled by the Duke of Bavaria ("comes Baiuvariorum, quem illi gravionem dicunt, qui regebat Bauzanum et reliqua castella").
* 769 – Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria issues in Bolzano the foundation charter of the Innichen Abbey.
* 996–1000 – Settlement called "in Pauzana valle, quae lingua Teutisca Pozana nuncupatur".
* 1027 – Bozen county "given by the emperor Conrad II to the bishop of Trent."
* 1170 – Likely birthplace nearby of Walther von der Vogelweide, a German lyrical poet.
* 1170–80 ca. – The town is founded by the bishop of Trent.
* 1195 – The town's parson Rudolf is mentioned.
* 1237 – Franciscan Friary active.
* 1272 – Heilig-Geist-Spital [de] (hospital) established.
* 1363 – Habsburg Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria in power.
* 1437 – The borough rights (Stadtrecht) issued.
* 1442 – Town council established by King Frederick III.
* 1443 and 1483 – Two great town fires destroy large parts of the inner city.
* 1472 – The Bozner Stadtbuch (Liber civitatis) instituted by mayor Konrad Lerhueber as the towns official register of legal acts.
* 1519 – The openwork spire of the Parish church (now Cathedral) finished by the stonemasons Burkhard Engelberg and Hans Lutz von Schussenried.
* 1551 – The Bozner Bürgerbuch, a register of the new citizens, instituted.
* 1635 – Merkantilmagistrat [de] established.
* 1750 – Henry of Bolzano, a local layman of the early 14th century, also patron of Treviso, beatified by pope Benedict XIV.
* 1805 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, first Civic Theatre established.
* 1810 – Town becomes part of French client Kingdom of Italy.
* 1813 – Town becomes part of Austria again.
* 1837 – Population: 10,499.
* 1842 – Bozner Wochenblatt [de] newspaper begins publication.
* 1845 – Muri-Gries Abbey has been founded, as an offshoot of the former Swiss Muri abbey in Aargau.
* 1859 – Brenner Railway (Verona-Bozen) begins operating; Bozen railway station opens.
* 1861 – 10 November: Bozner Lichtfest [de] held.
* 1862 – Turnverein Bozen 1862 [de] (sport club) formed.
* 1867 – Brenner Railway (Innsbruck-Bozen) begins operating.
* 1874 – Cimitero militare austro-ungarico di Bolzano [it] (Austro-Hungarian war cemetery) established.
* 1882 – Der Tiroler newspaper begins publication.
* 1889 – Walther von der Vogelweide monument [de] erected in the Waltherplatz [de].
* 1894 – Bozner Nachrichten [de] newspaper begins publication.
* 1895 – Julius Perathoner becomes mayor.
* 1898 – Überetsch Railway begins operating.
* 1900 – Population: 23,521.

## 20th century

* 1907 – Virglbahn [de] (funicular) and Rittnerbahn (railway) begin operating.
* 1909 – Bolzano Tramway begins operating.
* 1912 – Guntschnabahn [de] (funicular) begins operating.
* 1915 – Tiroler Soldaten-Zeitung newspaper begins publication.
* 1918
** The new Civic Theatre (Stadttheater) opens.
** Italian forces take South Tyrol region during World War I and rename it as "Alto Adige"
* 1921 – 24 April: Fascist unrest (Bloody Sunday).
* 1922 – 1–2 October: Fascist March on Bolzano [it] occurs.
* 1923
** Bolzano becomes part of the Province of Trento.
** Italianization of South Tyrol begins.
* 1925 – Gries [it] becomes part of Bolzano.
* 1926
** Bolzano Airport opens.
** Dolomiten newspaper in publication.
* 1927 – The Province of Bolzano established and separated from the Trento Province.
* 1928 – The Fascist Bolzano Victory Monument inaugurated.
* 1930 – Stadio Druso (stadium) opens.
* 1931 – Associazione Calcio Bolzano (football club) formed.
* 1933 – HC Bolzano (ice hockey club) formed.
* 1936 – Population: 45,505.
* 1936 – The today's Corso della Libertà-Freiheitsstraße (Liberty Avenue), a major civic boulevard adorned by buildings in monumentalist style, has been created by the fascist regime (then called Corso IX Maggio).
* 1939–40 – The South Tyrol Option Agreement leads to the emigration of parts of the german-speaking population into the Third Reich.
* 1939–42 – The local Casa del Fascio built displaying a monumental Mussolini basrelief, recontextualized in 2017.
* 1943
** September: South Tyrol region annexed by Germany; Bolzano becomes part of the Nazi German Operationszone Alpenvorland (district).
** Bombing of Bolzano.
* 1944 – Bolzano Transit Camp begins operating.
* 1945 – Town liberated by allied forces from the nazifascist occupational forces on May 4
** December: "Official sanction of the German language" begins.
** South Tyrolean People's Party headquartered in Bolzano.
** Dolomiten and Alto Adige newspapers begin publication.
* 1948
** Bolzano becomes part of the newly formed Trentino-Alto Adige province.
** November: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election, 1948 held.
** Bolzano Tramway closes.
* 1950 – Teatro Stabile di Bolzano [it] (theatre) founded.
* 1951 – Population: 70,898.
* 1960 – Rai Südtirol (radio) begins broadcasting.
* 1961 – Night of fire happened.
* 1964 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen established.
* 1966 – Rai Südtirol (TV channel) begins broadcasting.
* 1967 – Haus der Kultur „Walther von der Vogelweide“ (Waltherhaus), a theatre and culture venue inaugurated.
* 1968 – Giancarlo Bolognini [it] becomes mayor.
* 1971 – Population: 105,757.
* 1974 – F.C. Südtirol (football club) formed.
* 1977 – Radio Tandem begins broadcasting.
* 1985 – Museion – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (museum) founded.
* 1988 – Mattino dell'Alto Adige newspaper begins publication.
* 1992 – Eurac Research (European Academy Bozen-Bolzano), a transdisciplinary research centre, founded.
* 1995
** Giovanni Salghetti Drioli [it] becomes mayor.
** Regional Civic Network of South Tyrol (website) launched.
* 1996
** Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
** F.C. Bolzano 1996 (football club) formed.
* 1997 – Free University of Bozen-Bolzano founded.
* 1998
** South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology established.
** Merkantilmuseum [de] opens.
* 1999 – Teatro comunale (Bolzano) [it] (theatre) opens.

## 21st century

* 2003 – Corriere dell'Alto Adige [it] newspaper begins publication.
* 2005 – Luigi Spagnolli becomes mayor.
* 2008 – New Museion (museum) building opens.
* 2013
** October: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections held.
** University's Zentrum für Regionalgeschichte [de] (regional history institute) founded.
** Population: 103,891.
* 2014 – BZ ’18–’45: one monument, one city, two dictatorships, a permanent exhibition within the fascist Monument to Victory is inaugurated.
* 2015 – The so-called Stolpersteine, Holocaust victims commemorative markers, are laid out.
* 2016 – Local election [it] held; Renzo Caramaschi becomes mayor.
* 2017 – The former Casa del Fascio historicized.
* 2018 – NOI Techpark Südtirol/Alto Adige, a large science and technology park within the former industrial zone, opens.
* 2019 – WaltherPark, a large urban renewal project designed by David Chipperfield starts.
* 2021 – The town is granted the annual City of Memory status by the Interior Ministry.
* 2024 – After the Benko Group cracked, the Bavarian Schoeller Group takes over the WaltherPark construction project.