Timeline of Koblenz

The following is a timeline of the history of Koblenz, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

9 BCE – Military post established by Roman Drusus (approximate date).^[1]
1018 CE – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor gives Koblenz to Archbishop of Trier.^[1]
1208 – Church of St. Castor built.^[1]
1254 – Town walls built.^[1]
1344 – Stone bridge built over Mosel.^[1]
1359 – Koblenzer Schützengesellschaft (militia) formed.^[2]
1469 – Population: 1,193.
1688 – Town besieged by French forces.^[1]
1698 – Jesuit College built.^{[citation needed]}
1725 – Merchants' Hall restored.^[1]
1768 – Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony becomes Archbishop-Elector of Trier
1778 – Population: 7,475.
1786 – Electoral Palace built.^[1]
1794 – Town taken by French forces.^[1]
1798 – Koblenz becomes "chief town of the Rhine and Mosel department."^[1]

1902 – Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (railway station) opens.
1905 – Population: 53,902.^[1]
1919 – Population: 56,676.^[5]
1933 – Population: 65,257.
1934
- Koblenz radio transmitter erected.
- TuS Koblenz football club formed.
1935 – Thingplatz^[6] and Stadion Oberwerth (stadium) inaugurated.
1943 – Koblenz becomes capital of Koblenz-Trier Gau.^[6]
1946
- Koblenz becomes part of the Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Josef Schnorbach [de] becomes mayor.
1953 – Pfaffendorf Bridge rebuilt.
1961 – Population: 99,240.
1976 – Fernmeldeturm Koblenz (telecommunications tower) erected near city.
1991 – City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.^[7]
1992 – 2000th anniversary of founding of Koblenz.
1994 – Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann [de] becomes mayor.

2001 – DB Museum opens.
2004 – Tahir Mosque (Koblenz) [de] opens.
2010 – Joachim Hofmann-Göttig [de] becomes mayor.
2011
- Koblenz Stadtmitte station opens.
- City hosts Federal Horticultural Show 2011.^[8]
2012 – Population: 109,779.

This article incorporates information from the German Wiki How.

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