Timeline of Dresden

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

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Prior to 18th century

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Dresden, 16th century

18th century

Dresden by Bernardo Bellotto, 1748

19th century

The Semperoper opera house opened in its current form in 1878

20th century

1900-1945

Dresden approximately in 1900
New Market Square in 1939
  • 1939
  • 1940 – Hans Nieland becomes mayor.
  • 1942
  • 1944
    • 15 September: Subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp founded at the Railway Repair Works. Its prisoners were mostly Poles and Russians.[38]
    • 9 October: Two women subcamps of Flossenbürg founded at the Goehle-Werk and Universelle factories. Its prisoners were mostly Poles, Russians and Germans.[39][40]
    • 22 October: Dresden-Reick subcamp of Flossenbürg founded. Its prisoners were mostly Polish, Russian and Jewish women.[41]
    • 24 November: Dresden-Bernsdorf subcamp of Flossenbürg founded. Its prisoners were mostly Polish-Jewish men, women and children.[42]
  • 1945
    • 13–14 February: Aerial bombing by Allied forces.[43]
    • 19 February: Subcamp of Flossenbürg at the Railway Repair Works dissolved. Prisoners deported to the main Flossenbürg camp.[38]
    • 24 March: Dresden-Reichsbahn subcamp of Flossenbürg founded. Its prisoners were mostly Polish, Jewish and Russian men.[44]
    • April: Goehle-Werk, Bernsdorf, Reichsbahn, Universelle and SS Engineer's Barracks subcamps of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners either deported or mostly sent on death marches to various other locations.[35][39][40][42][44]
    • 22–27 April: Battle of Dresden
    • April: Reick subcamp of Flossenbürg dissolved. Prisoners sent on a death march to the Ore Mountains.[41]
    • 8 May: Russians take city.[15]

1946-1990s

21st century

Rebuilding of the Frauenkirche in 2004
Dresden in 2010
The Bundeswehr Military History Museum

See also

Other cities in the state of Saxony:

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