Timeline of Stuttgart

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

Prior to 14th century

1st C. CE - Roman fort established (Bad Cannstatt).

950 CE - Old Castle built.

1240 - Stiftskirche built.

1300 - Counts of Württemberg establish residence (approximate date).

14th-18th century

1321 - City status granted.
1392 - Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (1315–1392) dies in Stuttgart.
1486 - Printing press in operation.
1493 - Spitalkirche built.
1495 - Stuttgart becomes capital of Wurttemberg.
1570 - Old Palace built.
1626 - Hoppenlaufriedhof [de] (cemetery) in use.
1686 - Gymnasium illustre (school) established.
1769 - Castle Solitude built outside city.
1775 - Karlsschule relocates to Stuttgart.
1795 - Population: 19,510.

19th century

1803 - City becomes capital of the Electorate of Württemberg.
1807
- New Palace built.
- Schlossplatz opens.
1808 - Schloss-Garten laid out in Neckar-Strasse.
1810 - Royal Library founded by Frederick I of Württemberg.
1811 - Stuttgart Cathedral rebuilding completed.
1820 - Willibald Feuerlein [de] becomes mayor.
1824 - Stuttgarter Liederkranz (singing society) founded.
1826 - Natural history museum opens.
1827 - Katharinenhospital Stuttgart [de] built.
1829 - University of Stuttgart founded.
1830 - Rosenstein Palace completed.
1832 - Winterschule für Bauhandwerker (trade school) founded.
1833 - Georg Gottlob von Gutbrod [de] becomes mayor.
1839 - Schiller memorial erected in Schillerplatz.
1840 - Wilhelm Palais built.
1841
- Schlossplatz column erected.
- Hospitalkirche restored.
- Population: 42,217.
1842 - Olgahospital [de] founded.
1843 - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (art museum) opens.
1846
- Railway station opens.
- Wilhelma garden established.
1848 - Stuttgart-Heilbronn railway begins operating.
1849 - Rump parliament held.
1857
- Stuttgart Music School founded.
- Hotel Marquardt in business.
- Ploucquet's Museum opens.
1860
- Königsbau constructed on the Schlossplatz.
- Population: 61,314.
1861 - Stuttgart Synagogue [de] built.
1862 - Heinrich von Sick [de] becomes mayor.
1864 - Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle [de] (concert hall) built.
1865 - Polytechnic School built in Stadtgarten-Platz.
1869 - Württemberg State Museum founded.
1870 - Architectural school built.
1871
- City becomes part of the German Empire.
- Tiergarten Nill [de] zoo in business.
1872
- Black Forest Railway (Württemberg) in operation.
- Theophil Friedrich von Hack [de] becomes mayor.
- Stuttgarter Hofbräu brewery in business.
1873 - Pragfriedhof [de] (cemetery) established.
1875
- Martin's "Museum of the Primeval World" opens.
- Marienkirche built.
1876 - Johanneskirche built.
1880
- Wilhelma park opens to the public.
- Law Courts built.
- Population: 117,303.
1881 - Breuninger retailer in business.
- Gewerbehalle built in Kriegsberg-Strasse.
1888 - Dinkelacker brewery in business.
1889 - Stuttgart Swimming Baths built.
1890 - Population: 139,817.
1892 - Socialist women's newspaper Die Gleichheit in publication in Stuttgart.
1893 - Emil von Rümelin [de] becomes mayor.
1894 - Hotel Victoria (Stuttgart) [de] in business.
1895 - Kriegsberg Tower, Landesgewerbe-Museum (industrial museum), and Königin-Olga-Bau constructed.
1899 - Heinrich von Gauss [de] becomes mayor.
1900
- German Peace Society headquartered in city.
- Friedrichsbau theatre opens.
- Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben (boys' choir) founded.
- Population: 176,699.

20th century

1900s-1945

1901 - City public library established.
1903 - Solituderennen motorsport events begin.
1905
- Cannstatt and Untertürkheim become part of city.
- Population:249,443.
1907 - International Socialist Congress held in Stuttgart.
1908
- Degerloch becomes part of city.
- Cavalry barracks built.
1910
- Markthalle Stuttgart [de] built.
- Population: 286,218.
1911
- Linden Museum established.
- Karl Lautenschlager [de] becomes mayor.
1912
- Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart (football club) formed.
- Königliche Hoftheater and Stuttgart-Degerloch water tower built.
1913 - Waldfriedhof Stuttgart [de] (cemetery) established.
1915 - Böblingen Airport begins operating.
1916 - Stuttgart Open tennis tournament begins.
1918
- City becomes capital of Free People's State of Württemberg.
- Schlossplatz opens to the public.
1919 - Population: 309,197.
1922
- Botnang becomes part of city.
- Stuttgart Central Station rebuilt.
- Stuttgart Observatory active.
1924 - Stuttgarter Philharmoniker (orchestra) formed.
1927
- Weissenhof Estate built.
- Flandern military training ground active.
1928 - Tagblatt-Turm and Schocken Department Store built.
1931
- Rotenberg and Zuffenhausen become part of city.
- Ferdinand Porsche in business.
1933
- Feuerbach and Weilimdorf become part of city.
- Karl Strölin becomes mayor.
- Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn (stadium) built.
1935 - Max-Eyth-See (artificial lake) created.
1937 - Kurmärker Kaserne (military barracks) built.
1938
- Helenen Kaserne (military barracks) established.
- Coat of arms of Stuttgart [de] redesign adopted.
1939
- Stuttgart Airport built.
- Horticultural exhibition held in Killesbergpark.
- Deportation of Jews begins.
1940
- Robert-Bosch-Hospital opens.
- August 25: Aerial bombing by Allied forces begins.
1942
- Plieningen and Stammheim (Stuttgart) [de] become part of city.
- November 22: Aerial bombing.
1943
- March 11: Aerial bombing.
- April 15: Aerial bombing.
- September 6: Aerial bombing.
- October 8: Aerial bombing.
- November 26: Aerial bombing.
1944
- February 21: Aerial bombing.
- March 2: Aerial bombing.
- March 15: Aerial bombing.
- July: Aerial bombing.
- September: Aerial bombing.
- October 19: Aerial bombing.
- November 5: Aerial bombing.
- December 9: Aerial bombing.
1945
- January 28: Aerial bombing.
- April 21: Allied ground forces take city; military occupation begins.
- December 5: United States Army occupies Kelley Barracks.
- Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and Volkstheater founded.
- Arnulf Klett becomes mayor.

1946-1990s

1946 - Südfunk-Chor Stuttgart (choir) formed.
1947 - Alte Staatsgalerie rebuilt.
1948 - Bölkow aircraft manufactory in business.
1952 - City becomes part of newly formed state of Baden-Württemberg.
1953 - Landesarboretum Baden-Württemberg established.
1954
- Bodensee-Wasserversorgung [de] (water supply organization) founded.
- State Museum of Natural History exhibits open in Rosenstein Castle.
1956 - Fernsehturm Stuttgart commissioned.
1957 - Birkenkopf enlarged.
1961 - City hosts Bundesgartenschau (national horticulture biennial).
1964
- Stammheim Prison commissioned.
- New Palace reconstructed.
1965
- Wilhelm Palais reconstructed.
- Railway Vehicle Preservation Company founded.
1966 - Funkturm Stuttgart and Versatel building constructed.
1967 - United States European Command headquarters relocates to Stuttgart.
1969 - Old Castle renovated.
1970 - Württembergische Landesbibliothek (state library) building opens.
1971 - Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group in business.
1972 - Hannibal housing development and Fernmeldeturm constructed.
1973 - Stuttgart (region) (Regierungsbezirk) established.
1974 - Manfred Rommel becomes mayor.
1975
- Trial of Red Army Faction members held in Stammheim Prison.
- Stuttgart-Möhringen directional radio tower built.
1976
- Porsche Museum opens.
- Kickers-Stadium renovated.
1978
- Stuttgart S-Bahn begins operating.
- Künstlerhaus Stuttgart [de] founded.
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart active.
1981 - Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart founded.
1982 - Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart [de] begins.
1983 - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle built.
1984
- Neue Staatsgalerie (art museum) opens.
- Theaterhaus Stuttgart founded.
1987 - Sparkassen Cup track and field competition begins.
1988
- Schwanenbrau Cup cycling race begins.
- May: 1988 European Cup Final held.
1994 - Stuttgart Region (metropolitan area) and Regionalversammlung des Verbands Region Stuttgart [de] (regional governance entity) established.
1997 - Wolfgang Schuster becomes mayor.
2000 - Observation tower built in Killesbergpark.

21st century

2005 - Kunstmuseum Stuttgart opens.
2006 - Mercedes-Benz Museum opens.
2007
- Messe Stuttgart (exhibition centre) built.
- United States Africa Command headquartered in Stuttgart.
2011
- May: Trial of Rwandan military leader Ignace Murwanashyaka begins at the Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart [de].
- Population: 613,392.
2013 - Fritz Kuhn becomes mayor.

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

External links

"Stuttgarter Stadtgeschichte im Überblick" [Stuttgart city history at a glance]. Stadtgeschichte (city history) (in German). Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart.
Links to fulltext city directories for Stuttgart via Wikisource