# Timeline of Dortmund

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

## Prior to 19th century

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* 1005 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "ecclesiastical council" in Dortmund.
* 1016 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor holds an "Imperial diet" in Dortmund.
* 1215 – Katharinenkloster Dortmund [de] consecrated.
* 1220 – Dortmund becomes an imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.
* 1240 – Town Hall [de] in use (approximate date).
* 1253 – Dortmund joins the City Alliance of Werne [de].
* 1267 – St. Mary's Church first mentioned.
* 1270 – St. Reinold's Church built.
* 1293 – Brewing right granted.
* 1322 – St. Peter's Church, Dortmund (church) construction begins.
* 1332 – City rights confirmed per "Privilegium Ludovicum."
* 1387/8 – Dortmund besieged by forces of Friedrich III. von Saarwerden, Archbishop of Cologne.
* 1388 – Dortmunder Bürgerschützenverein (militia) formed.
* 1400 – Vehmic court established (approximate date).
* 1454 – Tower built on St. Reinold's Church.
* 1521 – "Golden Wonder of Westphalia [de]" altarpiece installed in the Petrikirche.
* 1523 – Protestant Reformation.
* 1543 – Stadtgymnasium Dortmund [de] (school) founded.
* 1546 – Tower for the Dortmund City Archive [de] added to Town Hall.
* 1570 – Dortmund adopts Lutheranism per the "Augsburg Confession".
* 1609 – Jülich-Cleves-related agreement [de] signed in Dortmund.

## 19th century

* 1803 – Dormund "annexed to Nassau."
* 1806 – French in power.
* 1808 – Dormund becomes capital of French satellite Ruhr (department).
* 1815
** Dortmund becomes part of Prussia per Congress of Vienna.
** Oberbergamt Dortmund [de] (regional mining office) headquartered in city.
* 1816 – Population: 4,465.
* 1841 – Sparkasse Dortmund [de] (bank) founded.
* 1847 – Duisburg–Dortmund railway and Dortmund–Hamm railway begin operating.
* 1849 – Elberfeld–Dortmund railway begins operating.
* 1855 – Dortmund–Soest railway begins operating.
* 1861
** Westfälischer Schützenbund [de] (shooting-sport club) formed.
** Population: 23,348.
* 1863 – City walls [de] dismantled.
* 1871
** Hoesch AG steel company in business.
** Westfalenhütte industrial area developed.
* 1872 – Historischer Verein für Dortmund und die Grafschaft Mark [de] (historical society) founded.
* 1875
** Dortmund–Enschede railway in operation.
** Population:57,742.
* 1878 – Ernst Heinrich Lindemann becomes mayor.
* 1880 – Fredenbaumpark [de] in use (approximate date).
* 1883 – Museum of Art and Cultural History founded.
* 1885 – Population: 78,435.
* 1887 – Dortmund Philharmonic orchestra formed.
* 1890
** Royal School of Machine Building established.
** Population: 89,663.
* 1895
** Oberpostdirektion [de] Dortmund (regional postal administration) established.
** Post office built.
** Population: 111,232.
* 1897 – City electric power system begins operating.
* 1898 – Industrial School for Young Ladies and Ruderclub Hansa von 1898 [de] (sport club) established.
* 1899
** Dortmund–Ems Canal and Dortmund Port open.
** City Hall restored.
** Dortmunder Volksbank [de] founded.
* 1900
** Regional Handwerkskammer Dortmund [de] (Chamber of Skilled Crafts) headquartered in city.
** Synagogue built.

## 20th century
### 1900s–1945

* 1901 – Dortmund Fire Department [de] established.
* 1904
** Theater Dortmund and trade school founded.
** Bismarckturm (Dortmund) [de] (tower) built.
* 1905 – Population: 175,577.
* 1909
** Borussia Dortmund sport club formed.
** Nordmarkt area laid out.
* 1910
** Dortmund Hauptbahnhof built.
** Population: 214,226.
* 1914 – Eving becomes part of city.
* 1919 – Population: 295,026.
* 1920
** Regional Siedlungsverband Ruhrkohlenbezirk [de] municipal association created.
** Population: 313,752.
* 1924 – Weisse Wiese stadium opens.
* 1926 – Botanischer Garten Rombergpark acquired by city.
* 1927 – Dortmund U-Tower built.
* 1928
** Hörde [de] becomes part of city.
** Population: 465,196.
* 1929 – Berghofen (Dortmund) [de] and Syburg become part of city.
* 1933 – Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion [de] mining company in business.
* 1938 – Dortberghaus built.
* 1939 – Nazi camp for Sinti and Romani people established (see also Porajmos).
* 1943
** May: SS construction brigade (forced labour camp) established by the SS.
** September: SS construction brigade presumably dissolved.
* 1944 – Subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established for 400 Polish women who survived the Warsaw Uprising (see also Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).
* 1945
** March: women's subcamp of Buchenwald dissolved. Prisoners deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
** 13 April: allied forces take city.

### 1946–1990s

* 1946
** Fritz Henßler becomes mayor.
** Westfälische Rundschau [de] newspaper begins publication.
* 1947
** 29 March: miners strike against food shortage.
** Museum Ostwall opens.
* 1950 – Population: 507,349.
* 1952 – Westfalenhallen rebuilt.
* 1953 – Dortmund Zoo established.
* 1955 – City co-hosts the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships.
* 1956 – Population: 607,885.
* 1959
** Florianturm (TV tower) erected.
** National Bundesgartenschau (garden show) held in the Westfalenpark.
** City hosts the 1959 World Table Tennis Championships.
* 1960 – Dortmund Airport opens.
* 1961 – Gesundheitshaus Dortmund [de] built.
* 1963 – Dortmund Stadthaus station opens.
* 1964 – City hosts the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships.
* 1968 – University of Dortmund established.
* 1969 – Sparkassen-Hochhaus [de] hi-rise built.
* 1973
** Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting begins.
** Günter Samtlebe [de] becomes mayor.
* 1974 – Westfalenstadion (stadium) opens.
* 1975 – City co-hosts the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships.
* 1976 – National Rowing Training Centre, Dortmund [de] established.
* 1977 – Eving Selimiye Camii (mosque) established.
* 1978 – WestLB Dortmund [de] built.
* 1980 – City hosts the 1980 World Figure Skating Championships.
* 1983
** Dortmund University station opens.
** Vorsorgekasse Hoesch [de] (insurance entity) active.
* 1984 – Dortmund Stadtbahn begins operating.
* 1985
** Technology Centre Dortmund [de] opens.
** Spielbank Hohensyburg [de] (casino) built.
* 1987 – Coalmining pit closes, "marking the end of more than 150 years of coalmining in Dortmund".
* 1989 – Dortmund City Hall [de] rebuilt on the Friedensplatz (Dortmund) [de].
* 1990 – Eisengiesser Fountain reconstructed on the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Platz (Dortmund) [de].
* 1991 – Steel company Hoesch AG was bought by Krupp.
* 1992 – Adlerturm Dortmund [de] (tower) reconstructed.
* 1993 – Deutsche Arbeitsschutzausstellung [de] museum established.
* 1999
** Gerhard Langemeyer [de] becomes mayor.
** Fritz-Henßler-Berufskolleg [de] (trade school) active.

## 21st century

* 2005
** RWE Tower [de] built.
** Hoesch-Museum [de] opens.
* 2006 - June: Some of the 2006 FIFA World Cup soccer contest held in Dortmund.
* 2008 - Love Parade held in city.
* 2014
** Ullrich Sierau becomes mayor.
** Population: 580,511.