Timeline of Nuremberg

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

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• 1424 – Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire relocated to Nuremberg.
• 1427 – Ownership of Castle transferred to city.
• 1437 – Black Death.
• 1445 – Stadtbibliothek (city library) established.
• 1470 – Anton Koberger printer in business.
• 1484 - Reformacion der Stat Nuremberg (legal code) with Jewry Oath published
• 1485 - Kuchenmeysterey cookbook published.
• 1486 – Karlsbrücke (Nürnberg) [de] (bridge) built.
• 1488 - Sigmund Meisterlin writes Nürnberger Chronik, a history of the city.
• 1492 – Martin Behaim creates Erdapfel (geographical globe).
• 1493 – Schedel's Liber Chronicarum published.
• 1495 – Artist Albrecht Dürer sets up workshop.
• 1505
  • City territory expanded per Landshut War of Succession.
  • Clockmaker Peter Henlein active (see Watch 1505)
• 1519
  • St. Sebaldus Church built.
  • Bratwurstglocklein tavern in business (approximate date).
• 1525 – Protestant Reformation.
• 1526 – Lutheran Melanchthon's Gymnasium opens.
• 1532 – City hosts religious Peace of Nuremberg agreement.
• 1541 - February: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor visits city.
• 1543 – De revolutionibus orbium coelestium by Nicolaus Copernicus published.
• 1550 - St. Martha church in use as a theatre space by meistersinger Sachs.
• 1561 – April: Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg.
• 1573 - Wenzel Jamnitzer a distinguished goldsmith represented the Goldsmiths on the Nuremberg city council.
• 1583 - Herrenschiesshaus [de] built.
• 1598 – Fleisch Bridge built over Pegnitz.

• 1619 – Nürnberger Rathaus [de] (town hall) rebuilt.
• 1632 – Siege of Nuremberg.
• 1662 – Academy of Fine Arts established.
• 1668 – Simplicissimus (novel) published.
• 1695 – Pachelbel becomes organist of St. Sebaldus Church.
• 1718 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt.
• 1728 – Karlsbrücke (Nürnberg) [de] (bridge) built.
• 1750 - Population: 30,000.
• 1792 – Kunstverein Nürnberg (art association) founded.

• 1806
  • 23 September: Polish 2nd Northern Legion formed in Nuremberg.
  • City becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, per Treaty of Confederation of the Rhine.
• 1810
  • Catholic parish established.
  • Population: 28,544.
• 1817 – City becomes part of the Bavarian Rezatkreis district.
• 1818 - Population: 27,000.
• 1825 – Gostenhof and Johannisfriedhof [de] become part of city.
• 1833 – New City Theatre built on Lorenzer Platz.
• 1835 – Bavarian Ludwigsbahn railway (Fürth-Nuremberg) begins operating.
• 1841 – Eisengießerei Klett & Comp. [de] engineering firm in business.
• 1844 – Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof opens.
• 1852
  • German Museum established.
  • Population: 53,638.
• 1859 – Nuremberg–Schwandorf railway begins operating.
• 1861 - Population: 62,797.
• 1868 – Bayerisches Gewerbemuseum (museum) founded.
• 1871 – Albrecht Dürer's House museum established.
• 1875 - Population: 91,018.
• 1878 – Verein fur Geschichte der Stadt (city history society) active.
• 1882 – Numismatic Society founded.
• 1883 – Nuremberg–Cheb railway in operation.
• 1885 – Schuckert & Co. engineering firm in business.
• 1889 – Verein von Freunden der Photographie (photo group) founded.

• 1899
  • Nuremberg Photography Society founded.
  • Railway museum opens.
• 1900
  • Emil Meßthaler [de]'s Intimes Theater opens.
  • Population: 261,081.

• 1905
  • New Staatstheater Nürnberg inaugurated.
  • Population: 294,344.
• 1912 – Nuremberg Zoo opens.
• 1916 – Palace of Justice built.
• 1927 – August: 3rd Nazi Party Congress held.
• 1928 – Frankenstadion (stadium) opens.
• 1929 – August: 4th Nazi Party Congress held.
• 1930 - Population: 416,700.
• 1933 – 30 August-3 September: 5th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Der Sieg des Glaubens filmed.

• 1934
  • July: 4th Deutsche Kampfspiele (athletic event) held in Frankenstadion.
  • September: 6th Nazi Party Congress held; Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will filmed.
• 1937 – Deutsches Stadion construction begins (never completed).
• 1938 – Expulsion of Polish Jews.
• 1939 – Internment camp for civilian prisoners established (future Stalag XIII-D POW camp).
• 1940 – Oflag XIII-A prisoner-of-war camp for French, British, Belgian, Polish and Serbian officers established in Langwasser.
• 1941
  • March: Oflag XIII-B POW camp for Serbian officers established in Langwasser.
  • May: Forced labour camp established at the SS barracks.
• 1942
  • 3 May: Oflag XIII-A POW camp dissolved.
  • October: Russenwiese forced labour camp established.
• 1943
  • April: Oflag XIII-B POW camp relocated to Hammelburg.
  • 15 July: Forced labour camp at the SS barracks converted into a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.
  • August: Russenwiese forced labour camp dissolved.
• 1944
  • April: Oflag 73 POW camp relocated from Beniaminów to Langwasser.
  • October: Subcamp of Flossenbürg for women established at the Siemens-Schuckertwerke factory.
  • November: Oflag 73 POW camp converted into a subcamp of the Stalag XIII-D camp.
• 1945
  • March: Siemens-Schuckertwerke subcamp of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners sent to subcamps in Holýšov and Mehltheuer.
  • April: SS barracks subcamp of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners sent to the Dachau concentration camp.
  • 16–20 April: Battle of Nuremberg.
  • October: Nürnberger Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
  • 20 November: International Military Tribunal against Nazi leaders begins.
• 1946
  • 9 December: Nuremberg Military Tribunals against Nazi leaders begin.
  • Franconia State Orchestra formed.
• 1948 — A “strong tornado” destroys dozens of homes and kills 11 people in the city.
• 1950
  • German Toy Fair begins.
  • Population: 362,459.
• 1957 – Langwasser development begins.
• 1959 – St. Egidien Church rebuilt.
• 1967 – Kunsthalle Nürnberg (art centre) founded.
• 1968 – City mapped into 10 Statistischen Stadtteilen (statistical districts).
• 1971 – Nuremberg Toy Museum founded.
• 1972 – Katzwang becomes part of city.
• 1987 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S1 metro railway begins operating.
• 1992 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S2 and S3 metro railway begins operating.
• 2000 – Neues Museum Nürnberg opens.

• 2001 – City co-hosts the 2001 IIHF World Championship.
• 2002 – Ulrich Maly becomes mayor.
• 2010 – Nuremberg S-Bahn S4 metro railway begins operating.
• 2012 – Population: 495,121.

• History of Nuremberg [de]
• List of mayors of Nuremberg
• Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, 1219-1806
• List of districts of Nuremberg [de]
• Art and architecture of Nuremberg (in German)
• Timelines of other cities in the state of Bavaria: Augsburg, Munich, Würzburg

• Links to fulltext city directories for Nuremberg via Wikisource
• Europeana. Items related to Nuremberg, various dates.