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


Prior to 19th century

* 706 -
Marienkirche, Würzburg The Marienkirche, Würzburg (Saint Mary's Church) is a chapel located in the inner court of Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg, Bavaria. The first Christian church at this location was built in 706 by Duke Hedan II. The structure of today's bu ...
(church) dedicated.. Retrieved 17 November 2016 * 741 -
Roman Catholic Diocese of Würzburg The Diocese of Würzburg is a diocese of Catholic Church in Germany. The diocese is located in Lower Franconia, around the city of Würzburg, and the bishop is seated at Würzburg Cathedral. Founded in 741, the diocese lost all temporal power aft ...
established. * 788 - Cathedral consecrated. * 1042 - church built. * 1057 - founded. * 1165 - Imperial Diet held in Würzburg. * 1180 - Imperial Diet held in Würzburg. * 1189 - Rebuilt Würzburg Cathedral consecrated. * 1287 - Synod and Diet of Würzburg at which an imperial peace is declared * 1377 - Marienkapelle construction begins. * 1456 - rebuilt. * 1479 - Printing press in operation. * 1525 - Battle of Wurzburg fought during the
German Peasants' War The German Peasants' War, Great Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt (german: Deutscher Bauernkrieg) was a widespread popular revolt in some German-speaking areas in Central Europe from 1524 to 1525. It failed because of intense oppositio ...
. * 1576 - Julius Hospital founded. * 1582 - University of Würzburg active. * 1619 - Universitätsbibliothek Würzburg (library) founded. * 1643 -
Würzburger Hofbräu The Würzburg Hofbräu is the only brewery in Würzburg, Germany. It was founded in 1643 by the Franconian Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn and is deeply rooted in the region of Lower Franconia Lower Franconia (german: Unterfranken) ...
(brewery) established. * 1691 - (church) built. * 1703 - (stone bridge) built. * 1744 - Würzburg Residence (palace) built. * 1789 - church built. * 1796 - 3 September: Battle of Würzburg fought during the French Revolutionary Wars.


19th century

* 1803 ** Würzburg
secularized In sociology, secularization (or secularisation) is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious values and secular institutions. The ''secularization thesis'' expresses the ...
. ** City becomes part of Bavaria. * 1805 -
Grand Duke of Würzburg Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and comm ...
Ferdinand in power per Treaty of Pressburg. * 1815 - Würzburg becomes part of Bavaria again. * 1817 -
Koenig & Bauer Koenig & Bauer AG (; ) is a German company that makes printing presses based in Würzburg. It was founded by Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer in Würzburg in 1817, making it the oldest printing press manufacturer in the world still ...
manufactory in business. * 1837 - University's
Martin von Wagner Museum The Martin von Wagner Museum contains the art collection of the University of Würzburg and has been located in the south wing of the Würzburg Residence since 1963. It is among the largest university museums in Europe. History Franz Joseph F ...
opens. * 1838 - Würzburg becomes part of the (administrative region). * 1848 - Wurzburg Bishops' Conference (1848) held. * 1858 - Population: 36,052. * 1866 - Würzburg "bombarded and taken by the Prussians." * 1872 - (library) founded. * 1887 - built. * 1892 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating. * 1894 - (bridge) built. * 1895 - Rontgen discovers
X-radiation An X-ray, or, much less commonly, X-radiation, is a penetrating form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation. Most X-rays have a wavelength ranging from 10 picometers to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30  ...
. * 1900 - Electric tram begins operating.


20th century

* 1904 -
Würzburger FV FV 04 Würzburg is a German association football club from the city of Würzburg, Bavaria founded in 1904 as ''1. Würzburger FV 04''. The club emerged as ''WFV'' in 1923 after leaving a short-lived union formed with a gymnastics club. __TOC__ ...
(football club) formed. * 1919 **
SV Heidingsfeld The SV Heidingsfeld is a German association football club from the Heidingsfeld suburb of Würzburg, Bavaria. For this reason, the club is sometimes also referred to as SVH Würzburg. The club's greatest successes were its four seasons spent in ...
(football club) formed. ** Population: 86,571. * 1921 -
Mozart Festival Würzburg The Mozart Festival Würzburg is an annual four-week festival of classic music in the city of Würzburg. It is the oldest festival dedicated to Mozart's music in Germany. The Festival is held in the building and the gardens of UNESCO World Herita ...
begins. * 1930 - Heidingsfeld and become part of city.( de) * 1943 – Subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp founded. Its prisoners were mostly
Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...
and Soviets. * 1945 ** 16 March: Bombing of Würzburg in World War II. ** 22 March: Subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp dissolved. Prisoners deported to the main Flossenbürg camp. ** 31 March: Battle of Würzburg begins. ** 6 April: Battle ends. Americans capture the city. ** ' newspaper begins publication. * 1952 - in business. * 1954 - New Würzburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens. * 1971 -
University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which rou ...
established. * 1974 - becomes part of city.( de) * 1976 - Oberdürrbach and Unterdürrbach become part of city.( de) * 1978 - and become part of city.( de) * 1991 -
Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway The Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway was the first of several high-speed railway lines for InterCityExpress traffic that were built in Germany. While technically starting in the village of Rethen and ending at Würzburg Hauptbahnhof, it i ...
begins operating.


21st century

* 2010 - Population: 133,799.( de) * 2012 - . * 2014 - becomes mayor. * 2016 - 18 July: Train attack near Würzburg. * 2021 - 25 June:
Stabbing A stabbing is penetration or rough contact with a sharp or pointed object at close range. ''Stab'' connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs from ...
.


See also

* * List of mayors of Würzburg (in German) * *
History of Franconia Franconia (german: Franken) is a region that is not precisely defined, but which lies in the north of the Free State of Bavaria, parts of Baden-Württemberg and South Thuringia and Hesse in Germany. It is characterised by its own cultural and li ...
region *
Timelines A timeline is a display of a list of events in chronological order. It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labelled with dates paralleling it, and usually contemporaneous events. Timelines can use any suitable scale representi ...
of other cities in the state of Bavaria: Augsburg, Munich, Nuremberg


References

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