# Timeline of Linz

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Linz, Austria.

## Prior to 19th century

* ca.400 CE - Roman fortress of Lentia
* 799 CE - First mention of the name Linz
* 823 CE - Archbishop of Passau in power.
* 1190 - Babenberger Leopold V in power (approximate date).
* 1210 - Linzer Schloss [de] (castle) expanded (approximate date).
* 1236 - Siege by Bavarians.
* 1251 - Ottokar II of Bohemia in power.
* 1260 - Provincial administration based in the castle by Ottokar II of Bohemia.
* 1324 - City rights granted.
* 1391 - First mention of a prison at the castle.
* 1489 - Meeting of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary.
* 1490 - Linz becomes capital of Österreich ob der Enns province.
* 1497 - Bridge built.
* 1564 - Linzer Landhaus [de] construction begins.
* 1619 - Castle seized by Protestant rebels.
* 1620 - Bavaria in power.
* 1626 - Peasants' War: castle besieged by the peasants.
* 1628 - Austria in power.
* 1659 - Town Hall [de] expanded.
* 1680 - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli a professional soldier, died in Linz.
* 1682 - Church of Ignatius built.
* 1684 - 5 March: Holy League alliance established in the city between the Holy Roman Empire, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Republic of Venice.
* 1723 - Trinity Column, Linz [de] erected on the Hauptplatz (Linz) [de].
* 1725 - Deutschordenskirche Linz [de] (church) built.
* 1741 - Linz taken by Bavarian forces during the War of the Austrian Succession.
* 1742 - Linz recovered from the Bavarians.
* 1785 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Linz established.
* 1786 - Army barracks placed in the castle.
* 1800 - Fire.

## 19th century

* 1803 - Linz State Theatre built.
* 1809 - 3 May: Battle of Ebelsberg fought near Linz during the War of the Fifth Coalition.
* 1811 - Prison located in the castle.
* 1833 - Museum Francisco-Carolinum founded.
* 1836 - Turmbefestigung Linz [de] (fortification) built.
* 1851 - Prison relocated from the castle to Garsten. Army barracks placed in the castle.
* 1858
** Linz Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) opened.
** Vienna-Linz railway begins operating.
* 1864 - Neustadtviertel [de] development begins.
* 1865 - Tages-Post (Linz) [de] newspaper begins publication.
* 1869 - Linzer Volksblatt (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1873 - Lustenau (Linz) [de] and Waldegg (Linz) [de] become part of Linz.
* 1877 - Linz Synagogue [de] built.
* 1880 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
* 1890 - Population: 47,560.
* 1896 - Oberösterreichische Landesarchiv (regional archives) headquartered in Linz.
* 1898 - Pöstlingbergbahn (railway) begins operating.
* 1899 - Flood.
* 1900
** Linzer Eisenbahnbrücke [de] (bridge) opens.
** Population: 58,778.

## 20th century

* 1909 - Central Kino (Linz) [de] (cinema) opens on Landstraße (Linz) [de].
* 1910 - Population: 67,817.
* 1915 - St. Peter (Linz) [de] becomes part of Linz.
* 1919 - Pöstlingberg (district) [de] and Urfahr [de] become part of Linz.
* 1920 - Population: 93,473.
* 1923
** Kleinmünchen [de] becomes part of Linz.
** Linzer Volksstimme newspaper begins publication.
* 1924 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception consecrated.
* 1926 - Amtliche Linzer Zeitung [de] (newspaper) begins publication.
* 1933 - Christkönigkirche (Linz) [de] (church) built.
* 1934 - 12 February: Austrian Civil War begins at the Hotel Schiff in Linz, where the Social Democratic Party of Austria kept an office.
* 1936 - Tabakfabrik Linz [de] (tobacco factory) built.
* 1937 - Linz designated a "Führer city" by Hitler.
* 1938
** 12 March: Hitler arrives in Linz during the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.
** Linz becomes seat of the Nazi Reichsgau Oberdonau (administrative division).
** Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp begins operating near Linz.
** Ebelsberg [de] and St. Magdalena (Linz) [de] become part of Linz.
** Eisenwerke Oberdonau (steelworks) begins operating.
* 1939 - Keferfeld becomes part of Linz.
* 1940
** Nibelungenbrücke (Linz) [de] (bridge) built.
** Linz Städtischen Symphonieorchester (orchestra) formed.
* 1943
** 11 January: Linz I subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Poland, Yugoslavia, Soviet Union and Germany.
** Bruckner Orchestra Linz active.
* 1944
** Bombing by Allied forces during World War II.
** 21 February: Linz II subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Poland and Soviet Union.
** Oberleitungsbus Linz [de] begins operating.
** 26 May: Linz III subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Soviet Union and Poland.
** 3 August: Linz I subcamp dissolved, prisoners moved to the Linz III subcamp.
* 1945
** Bombing by Allied forces.
** May: Prisoners of the Linz II subcamp are either moved to the Linz III subcamp or sent on a death march to the main Mauthausen camp. Subcamp dissolved.
** 5 May: Allied forces take city. Linz III subcamp liberated by American troops.
** Oberösterreichische Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
* 1947 - University of Art and Design Linz established
* 1952
** Linzer Stadion (stadium) opens.
** Linz Botanical Garden [de] established.
* 1962 - St. Theresia (Linz) [de] church built.
* 1965 - Memorial stone to former prisoners of the Linz I and Linz III subcamps of the Mauthausen concentration camp erected.
* 1966 - Hochschule für Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften (school) established.
* 1972 - VOEST Bridge [de] built.
* 1974 - Brucknerhaus assembly hall opens.
* 1975 - Johannes Kepler University Linz active.
* 1979 - Ars Electronica festival begins.
* 1985 - Neues Rathaus (Linz) [de] (city hall) built.
* 1986 - Donauhalle ice rink opens.
* 1988 - Franz Dobusch [de] becomes mayor.
* 1994 - Honorary Consulate of the Czech Republic opened.
* 2000 - Linz AG established.

## 21st century

* 2001 - Memorial at the former Linz II subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp erected.
* 2003 - Lentos Art Museum opens.
* 2004 - Linz Hauptbahnhof (train station) rebuilt.
* 2010 - City co-hosts the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.
* 2013 - Klaus Luger [de] becomes mayor.
* 2014 - Honorary Consulate of Poland opened.
* 2016
** City hosts the 2016 World Karate Championships.
** Population: 200,843.