Timeline of Münster explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

• 797 - School founded.
• 800 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster established.^[1]
• 800's - Charlemagne made it the residence of Saint Ludger, the newly appointed bishop of the Saxons.
• 1040 - Überwasserkirche convent founded.
• 1070 - Church of St Maurice founded.
• 1170 - Church of St Ludgerus erected.
• 1180
  • Prince-Bishopric of Münster established.
  • Municipal charter received.
• 13th C. - Member of the Hanseatic League.
• 1250 - Town Hall in use (approximate date).
• 1253 - Munster joins the .^[2]
• 1264 - Münster Cathedral built.
• 1340 - Our Lady's Church built.
• 1444 - (béguinage) founded.
• 1450 - Münster Diocesan Feud begins.
• 1458 - (cloth inspection entity) established (approximate date).^[3]
• 1485 - Printing press in operation.^[4]
• 1532 - Protestant Reformation.
• 1534 - February: Münster Rebellion; Anabaptists in power.
• 1588 - founded.^[5]
• 1589
  • (guild hall) built.
  • Jesuit College's (library) active.
• 1617 - construction begins on the Stubengasse.^[6]
• 1630 - (militia) formed.
• 1648 - Dutch-Spanish peace treaty signed in Munster.
• 1661 - Forces of Christoph Bernhard von Galen occupy Munster.
• 1662 - built.
• 1665 - An alliance with Christoph Bernhard von Galen was sought by the English against Holland.
• 1720 - publisher in business.^[7]
• 1759 - City besieged by Hanoverian forces during the Seven Years' War.^[8]
• 1780 - University of Münster founded.
• 1787 - Schloss Münster (palace) built.
• 1800 - founded.

19th century

• 1803
  • Münster Regierungsbezirk (administrative region) established.
  • Botanischer Garten Münster established.^[9]
  • The bishopric was secularized and annexed to Prussia.
• 1806 - French in power.
• 1810 - Münster "annexed to France."
• 1815 - Münster "ceded to Prussia" per Congress of Vienna.^[10]
• 1816 - Population: 17,316.
• 1825 - (historical society) founded.
• 1829 - (regional archive) established.^[11]
• 1835 - "Revidierte Städteordnung" (city self-administration) in effect.
• 1848
  • 25 May: Münster–Hamm railway begins operating.
  • Münster Hauptbahnhof opens.
• 1861 - Population: 27,332 (city).^[12]
• 1874 - Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway in operation.
• 1875
  • Lamberti, St. Mauritz, and Überwasser become part of city.
  • established.^[13]
• 1880 - Population: 40,434.
• 1885 - Population: 44,060.
• 1890 - Münster Hauptbahnhof opened.
• 1892 - Westfälisches Museum für Naturkunde opens.
• 1895
  • Lortzing-Theater opens.
  • Population: 57,135.^[14]
• 1897 - (newspaper) in publication.
• 1899 - and Dortmund–Ems Canal open.

20th century

• 1901
  • Tram begins operating.
  • established.
• 1905 - Population: 81,468.^[15]
• 1906 - (library) and SC Preußen Münster (football club) founded.
• 1908 - Westphalian State Museum opens.
• 1919
  • founded.
  • Population: 100,452.^[16]
• 1926 - Halle Münsterland and Preußenstadion (stadium) open.
• 1929 - (regional history institute) founded.^[17]
• 1940
  • 16 May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins.^(de)[18]
  • Oflag VI-D prisoner-of-war camp mostly for French, but also some Polish and Soviet, officers founded.^[19]
  • Population: 144,945.
• 1944 - September: Allied prisoners of war relocated from Oflag VI-D to Oflag VI-A in Soest.^[19]
• 1946 - newspaper begins publication.^[20]
• 1947 - Reconstruction of Prinzipalmarkt begins.
• 1948 - University of Münster's established.https://www.uni-muenster.de/EvTheol/ijd/institut/geschichtedesijd.html
• 1956 - Städtische Bühnen Münster (theatre) built.
• 1958 - Old City Hall reconstructed.
• 1960
  • City twinned with Orléans, France.
  • Population: 180,117.
• 1971 - Fachhochschule Münster established.
• 1972 - Münster/Osnabrück Airport begins operating.
• 1974 - Population: 200,448.
• 1975
  • becomes part of city.
  • Population: 264,546.
• 1977
  • pedestrianized.
  • Skulptur Projekte Münster begins.
• 1979
  • founded.
  • created.
• 1981 - begins.
• 1984 - becomes mayor.
• 1985 - Fernmeldeturm Münster (TV tower) erected.
• 1987 - Catholic pope visits city.
• 1993
  • survey begins.
  • opens.
• 1994 - becomes mayor.
• 1999 - becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2003 - mosque opens in Hiltrup.
• 2005 - begins operating.
• 2007 - January: Storm.
• 2009 - becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Population: 279,803.
• 2012 - British military stationed in York Barracks in Gremmendorf depart.http://www.baor-locations.org/munster.aspx.html
• 2018 - 2018 Münster attack.

See also

• History of Münster
  • • Timelines of other cities in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia:^(de) Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

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• Book: R. Po-chia Hsia . Society and Religion in Münster, 1535-1618. 1984. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-03005-1. .
• Tale of Two Convents: Nuns and Anabaptists in Munster, 1533-1535. D. Jonathan Grieser. Sixteenth Century Journal . 26. 1995. 1. 31–47. 10.2307/2541524. 2541524. .
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in German

• https://books.google.com/books?id=D-xIAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA179
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  • Book: P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht. Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas . Meyer's Atlas of German Cities. 1913. Bibliographisches Institut. Leipzig. de. Munster.
• Book: Albert Ludorff. Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler von Westfalen. 41. Stadt Münster. 1932. de.
  • • Book: Susanne Kill. Das Bürgertum in Münster 1770–1870: Bürgerliche Selbstbestimmung im Spannungsfeld von Kirche und Staat . The middle classes in Münster 1770-1870: Civil self-determination in the tension between church and state . 2001. R. Oldenbourg Verlag . Munich . de . 978-3-486-83264-8. .
• Book: Wolfgang Adam . Siegrid Westphal. Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum. 2012. De Gruyter. 978-3-11-029555-9 . de. Munster. 1519+ . .

External links

• Links to fulltext city directories for Munster via Wikisource
• Europeana. Items related to Münster, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Münster, various dates

Notes and References

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2. Book: A Companion to the Hanseatic League. 2015. Brill . 978-90-04-28476-0 . Donald J. Harreld . Donald J. Harreld .
3. Pre-industrial Worlds of Production: Conventions, Institutions and Organizations . Christof Jeggle . . 36 . 2011 . 4 (138) . 125–149 . 23032288 .
4. Book: Henri Bouchot .

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   . H. Grevel . London . The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. 1890. H. Grevel & Co. . https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 . Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established .
5. Book: Monumenta Germaniae Paedagogica . 9 . 1890. A. Hofmann & Comp. . Berlin . de . Chronologie der Stiftung von Kollegien S.J. innerhalb des alten deutschen Reiches und Belgiens (Chronology of Jesuit colleges in the old German Empire and Belgium) . https://books.google.com/books?id=xSsjAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR9 . Georg Michael Pachtler . 62 v . Georg Michael Pachtler .
6. Web site: Kongressstadt Münster 1643 bis 1649 . de . Stadtgeschichte online . Stadtarchiv . Stadt Münster . 30 October 2015 .
7. Book: Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte .

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   . Renate Schwärzel . Deutsche Wirtschaftsarchive . Nachweis historischer Quellen in Unternehmen, Körperschaften des Öffentlichen Rechts (Kammern) und Verbänden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland . 1994. Franz Steiner Verlag . Stuttgart . de . 978-3-515-06211-4 . 1 .
8. Book: Franz A.J. Szabo. The Seven Years War in Europe: 1756-1763. 2013. Routledge. 978-1-317-88697-6 . Chronology of Major Events . https://books.google.com/books?id=GaUuAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA435 .
9. Web site: Garden Search: Germany . . London . 30 October 2015 .
10. Web site: Town History (timeline) . Münster Marketing . Stadt Münster . 30 October 2015 .
11. Book: Film and Television Collections in Europe: the MAP-TV Guide. 1995 . Routledge. 978-1-135-37262-0.
12. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1869 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Germany: States of North Germany: Prussia . 2027/nyp.33433081590337?urlappend=%3Bseq=155 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590337?urlappend=%3Bseq=155 . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
13. Book: Vernon N. Kisling. Zoo and Aquarium History. 2000. . USA . 978-1-4200-3924-5 . Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=dxTrR5nOE0UC&pg=PA372 .
14. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1899 . London . Macmillan and Co.. German Empire: Prussia . 2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1016 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1016 . HathiTrust . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
15. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1908 . London . Macmillan and Co.. German Empire . 2027/nyp.33433081590592?urlappend=%3Bseq=1128 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590592?urlappend=%3Bseq=1128 . HathiTrust . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
16. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Germany . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=972 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=972 .
17. Web site: Uber uns: Das Institut . de . LWL-Institut für westfälische Regionalgeschichte . Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe . 30 November 2015 .
18. Web site: Kriegschronik: Münster im Zweiten Weltkrieg . de . Stadtgeschichte online . Stadtarchiv . Stadt Münster . 30 October 2015 .
19. Book: Megargee. Geoffrey P.. Overmans. Rüdiger. Vogt. Wolfgang. 2022. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume IV. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 248. 978-0-253-06089-1.
20. Book: Ulrich Pätzold . etal . Strukturen und Angebote lokaler Medien in Nordrhein-Westfalen. 2003. Leske + Budrich . de . 978-3-322-99440-0.