Timeline of Salzburg explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salzburg, Austria.

Prior to 18th century

• 696 - St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg founded.
• 739 - Roman Catholic diocese of Salzburg established.^[1]
• 774 - Cathedral built.^[2]
  • 798 - made an archbishopric 1077 - Hohensalzburg Castle construction begins.
• 1167 - Fire.
• 1287 - City rights granted.^[3]
• 1350 - (church) built.
• 1370 - Konrad Taufkind becomes mayor.
• 1492 - (brewery) established.
• 1498 - Jews expelled from Salzburg.
• 1512 - (church) built.
• 1519 - Hohensalzburg Castle expanded.
• 1523 - (town hall) built.
• 1525 - German Peasants' War.
• 1587 - Wolf Dietrich Raitenau becomes prince-archbishop.
• 1588 - construction begins on the Residenzplatz.
• 1606 - Schloss Altenau built.
• 1619 - Hellbrunn Palace built near Salzburg.
• 1623 - Paris Lodron University opens.
• 1652 - (library) founded.
• 1668 - Cathedral rebuilt.
• 1674 - church consecrated near Salzburg.
• 1689 - (church) rebuilt.
• 1697 - (palace) rebuilt.

18th-19th centuries

• 1702 - Holy Trinity Church, Salzburg built.
• 1707 - Kollegienkirche, Salzburg (church) built.
• 1711 - (church) built.
• 1731 - Protestants expelled from Salzburg.
• 1756 - The birth of future composer Mozart at no.9 Getreidegasse.
• 1767 - (tunnel) built through the Mönchsberg.
• 1805
  • City sacked by French forces.
  • Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire.
• 1809 - Salzburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.
• 1816 - Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire again per Treaty of Munich (1816).
• 1818 - Fire.
• 1842 - Mozart monument installed in the .
• 1849 - Salzburg becomes seat of the Duchy of Salzburg.
• 1850 - Museum Carolino-Augusteum active.
• 1860 - Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
• 1880 - Mozarteum Foundation established.

• 1890 - Population: 27,741.^[4]

20th century

• 1901 - built.
• 1903 - Volksbibliothek (library) opens.
• 1914 - Salzburger AK 1914 football club formed.
• 1918 - Hunger protest.
• 1920
  • Salzburg Festival of theatre and music begins.
  • Population: 36,450.^[5]
• 1926 - built.
• 1933 - SV Austria Salzburg (football club) formed.
• 1935 - and become part of city.

• 1938
  • March: Annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.
  • Salzburg becomes seat of the Nazi Reichsgau Salzburg (administrative division).
• 1942 - SS Alpenland forced labour subcamp established.^[6]
• 1944
  • begins.
  • December: Salzburg-Bomb Detection forced labour subcamp established.^[6]
• 1945
  • 12 January: Salzburg-Explosives forced labour subcamp established.^[6]
  • March: Salzburg-Clearing forced labour subcamp established.^[6]
  • Bombing of Salzburg ends.
  • 4 May: American forces take city. Forced labour subcamps dissolved.^[6]
• 1951 - Population: 102,927.
• 1956 - music event begins.
• 1957 - becomes mayor.
• 1960 - Großes Festspielhaus (theatre) opens.
• 1962 - Universität Salzburg active.
• 1971 - Stadion Lehen (stadium) opens.^[7]
• 1988 - Salzburg City Archive established.^[8]
• 1996 - Altstadt designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 1999 - Heinz Schaden becomes mayor.^[9]

21st century

• 2016 - Population: 150,938 city; 545,815 state.^[10]

See also

• Salzburg history
  • • List of bishops of Salzburg
• , Roman-era settlement
  • Timelines of other cities in Austria: Graz, Linz, Vienna

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • • ***Please note that a wikilink to the article on [Salzburg (city)] in [EB1911] is not available***
• + 1871 ed.
• Book: Trudy . Ring. Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 1995. Fitzroy Dearborn. 978-1-136-63944-9. Salzburg . 664+.
• Book: John M. Jeep. Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. 2001. . 0-8240-7644-3. Salzburg.

in German

• Book: F. W. Zillner . Geschichte der Stadt Salzburg . 1885 . de .
• Book: J. Meurer . Fuhrer durch Salzburg . 1889 . Vienna . de .
• Book: Trautwein . Salzburg . 1901 . Innsbruck . de .
• Book: Widmann . Geschichte Salzburgs . Gotha . 1907 . de .
• Book: Bayr, Hochland, Salzburg, Salzkammergut . . de . 1920 .
• Book: Heinz Dopsch .

  de:Heinz Dopsch

  . Robert Hoffmann .

  de:Robert Hoffmann (Historiker)

  . Geschichte der Stadt Salzburg . Universitätsverlag A. Pustet . 1996 . 3-7025-0340-4 . de .
• Book: Friederike Zaisberger .

  de:Friederike Zaisberger

  . Geschichte Salzburgs . Verlag für Geschichte und Politik . Vienna . 1998 . de . 3-7028-0354-8 .
• Book: Oskar . Dohle . Thomas Josef . Mitterecker . Salzburg im Ersten Weltkrieg: Fernab der Front - dennoch im Krieg . 2014. . Vienna . 978-3-205-79578-0 . de.

External links

• Items related to Salzburg, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Salzburg, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Austria . . Norway . 29 November 2016 .
2. Web site: . Salzburg . Horst E. Reischenböck . Retrieved 29 November 2016
3. Web site: Stadtgeschichte auf einen Blick . Brief Timeline of City History . de . Stadt-salzburg.at . Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg . 29 November 2016 .
4. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1899 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Austria-Hungary: Austria . 2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=729 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=729 . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
5. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Austria . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=734 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=734 .
6. Web site: The Subcamps. KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen. 9 August 2022.
7. Web site: Die Chronik der Stadt Salzburg . Chronology of the City of Salzburg . de . Stadt-salzburg.at . Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg . 29 November 2016 .
8. Web site: Stadtarchiv: Archivgeschichte . de . Stadt-salzburg.at . Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg . 29 November 2016 .
9. Web site: Stadtgeschichte: Bürgermeister seit 1370 . de . Stadt-salzburg.at . Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg . 29 November 2016 .
10. Web site: Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Politischen Bezirken: Salzburg . de . . 29 November 2016 .