Timeline of Rostock

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

Prior to 18th century

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18th-19th centuries

  • 1702 - Ducal palace built.[1]
  • 1712 - Rostock "taken by the Swedes."[1]
  • 1716 - Rostock "taken by the Russians."[1]
  • 1726 - Rostocker Rathaus [de] (town hall) expanded.
  • 1786 - Theatre built.[6]
  • 1788 - Municipal constitution effected.[1]
  • 1846 - Rostocker Zeitung [de] (newspaper) in publication.[7]
  • 1880 - Population: 36,967.[8]
  • 1883 - Vereins für Rostocks Altertümer (history society) founded.[9]
  • 1890 - Neptun shipyard in business.[3]
  • 1893 - Ständehaus [de] (estates hall) built.[1]
  • 1895 - Stadttheater Rostock opens
  • 1897 - Rostocker Stadt- und Theaterorchester founded (now Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock)

20th century

  • 1905 - Population: 60,790.[1]
  • 1913 - Dierkow becomes part of Rostock.(de)
  • 1919
    • Barnstorf, Bartelsdorf, Bramow, Brinckmansdorf [de], Dalwitzhof, Damerow, Kassebohm, and Riekdahl become part of Rostock.(de)
    • Population: 67,953.[10]
  • 1922 - Heinkel aircraft manufactory in business.
  • 1924 - Hinrichshagen [de], Markgrafenheide [de], Meyers Hausstelle, Schnatermann [de], Torfbrücke [de], Waldhaus, and Wiethagen [de] become part of Rostock.(de)
  • 1934 - Diedrichshagen [de], Gehlsdorf [de], Groß Klein [de], Lütten Klein [de], Marienehe [de], Schmarl [de], and Schutow become part of Rostock.(de)
  • 1935 - Population: 104,585.(de)
  • 1942 - City bombed during World War II.[3]
  • 1949 - City becomes part of the German Democratic Republic.
  • 1952 - City becomes seat of newly formed Bezirk Rostock district.[3]
  • 1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.
  • 1954 - Ostseestadion built.
  • 1955 - Population: 150,004.(de)
  • 1956 - Rostock Zoo opens.[11]
  • 1960
    • Rostock Port opens.[3]
    • Hinrichsdorf [de] and Nienhagen become part of Rostock.(de)
  • 1965 - F.C. Hansa Rostock (football club) formed.
  • 1978 - Jürgeshof [de] becomes part of Rostock.(de)
  • 1990 - City becomes part of the newly formed Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state in the reunited nation of Germany.
  • 1992 - August: Anti-migrant Rostock-Lichtenhagen riots.[3]
  • 1994 - Rostock University of Music and Theatre established.
  • 1995 - Vereins für Rostocker Geschichte (history society) founded.[12]

21st century

  • 2003 - National Bundesgartenschau (garden show) held in Rostock.[3]
  • 2005 - Roland Methling [de] becomes mayor.
  • 2010 - Population: 202,735.(de)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ "Geschichte Rostocks" [Rostock History]. Rathaus.rostock.de (in German). Hansestadt Rostock. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Stadt & Politik: Geschichte: Chronik" [City History: Chronology]. Rathaus.rostock.de (in German). Hansestadt Rostock. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. ^ Philippe Dollinger (1999) [1970]. The German Hansa. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-19073-2.
  5. ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  6. ^ Schacht 1908.
  7. ^ "Zeitungsinformationssystem ZEFYS" [Newspaper Information System] (in German). Berlin State Library. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Germany: Mecklenburg-Schwerin". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469 – via Hathi Trust.
  9. ^ Krause 1996.
  10. ^ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
  11. ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  12. ^ "Verein für Rostocker Geschichte" (in German). Retrieved 16 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

  • "Rostock". Handbook for North Germany (20th ed.). London: J. Murray. 1886. hdl:2027/hvd.hn1imr.
  • "Rostock". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t0ft8v96d.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Rostock", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
  • "Rostock" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 754.
  • John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Rostock". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.
  • Susan Mazur-Stommen (2008). "Evading what the Nazis left behind: an ethographic and phenomenological examination of historic preservation in postwar Rostock". In Gavriel David Rosenfeld; Paul B. Jaskot (eds.). Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past. USA: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-11611-9 – via HathiTrust. (fulltext)

in German

  • Werner Reinhold (1911) [1836]. Chronik der Stadt Rostock (in German). H. Urban.
  • Karl Koppmann (1887). Geschichte der Stadt Rostock (in German). Wilh. Werthers Verlag.
  • Beiträge zur Geschichte der Stadt Rostock (in German), Verein für Rostocks Altertümer, 1981 1890-
  • "Rostock". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 13 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064502.
  • Wilhelm Schacht (1908). Zur geschichte des Rostocker theaters (1756-1791) (in German). Universität Rostock. (dissertation)
  • Mecklenburg. Griebens Reiseführer (in German). 1919.
  • Friedhilde Krause; Gerhard Heitz, eds. (1996). "Rostock". Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Brandenburg (in German). Vol. 16. Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 978-3-487-41683-0. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • Gerhard Köbler (2007). "Rostock". Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder (in German) (7th ed.). Munich: C.H. Beck. p. 580. ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1.

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