Timeline of Salzburg

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

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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.[2]
• 1167 - Fire.[2]
• 1287 - City rights granted.[3]
• 1350 - Bürgerspitalkirche St. Blasius [de] (church) built.[2]
• 1370 - Konrad Taufkind becomes mayor.[4]
• 1492 - Stieglbrauerei zu Salzburg [de] (brewery) established.
• 1498 - Jews expelled from Salzburg.[5]
• 1512 - Sebastianskirche (Salzburg) [de] (church) built.[5]
• 1519 - Hohensalzburg Castle expanded.[5]
• 1523 - Rathaus Salzburg [de] (town hall) built.
• 1525 - German Peasants' War.[5]
• 1587 - Wolf Dietrich Raitenau becomes prince-archbishop.[2]
• 1588 - Neue Residenz (Salzburg) [de] construction begins on the Residenzplatz.[5]
• 1606 - Schloss Altenau built.[2]
• 1619 - Hellbrunn Palace built near Salzburg.[2]
• 1623 - Paris Lodron University opens.[2]
• 1652 - Universitätsbibliothek Salzburg [de] (library) founded.
• 1668 - Cathedral rebuilt.[5]
• 1674 - Maria Plain [de] church consecrated near Salzburg.[5]
• 1689 - Erhardkirche (Salzburg) [de] (church) rebuilt.[2]
• 1697 - Chiemseehof [de] (palace) rebuilt.[5]

18th-19th centuries

• 1702 - Holy Trinity Church, Salzburg built.[2]
• 1707 - Kollegienkirche, Salzburg (church) built.[2]
• 1711 - Kajetanerkirche [de] (church) built.[2]
• 1731 - Protestants expelled from Salzburg.[5]
• 1756 - The birth of future composer Mozart at no.9 Getreidegasse.[6]
• 1767 - Sigmundstor (Salzburg) [de] (tunnel) built through the Mönchsberg.[5]
• 1805
  • City sacked by French forces.[2]
  • Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire.[5]
• 1809 - Salzburg becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria.[5]
• 1816 - Salzburg becomes part of the Austrian Empire again per Treaty of Munich (1816).[5]
• 1818 - Fire.[3]
• 1842 - Mozart monument installed in the Mozartplatz (Salzburg) [de].[5]
• 1849 - Salzburg becomes seat of the Duchy of Salzburg.[5]
• 1850 - Museum Carolino-Augusteum active.
• 1860 - Salzburg Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.[3]
• 1880 - Mozarteum Foundation established.

Salzburg in the 1890s

• 1890 - Population: 27,741.[7]

20th century

• 1901 - Salzburg Synagogue [de] built.[8]
• 1903 - Volksbibliothek (library) opens.[8]
• 1914 - Salzburger AK 1914 football club formed.
• 1918 - Hunger protest.[8][9]
• 1920
  • Salzburg Festival of theatre and music begins.[3]
  • Population: 36,450.[10]
• 1926 - Kieselgebäude [de] built.
• 1933 - SV Austria Salzburg (football club) formed.
• 1935 - Gnigl [de] and Maxglan [de] become part of city.[8]

German annexation in 1938

• 1938
  • March: Annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany.[6]
  • Salzburg becomes seat of the Nazi Reichsgau Salzburg (administrative division).
• 1942 - SS Alpenland forced labour subcamp established.[11]
• 1944
  • Bombing of Salzburg in World War II [de] begins.
  • December: Salzburg-Bomb Detection forced labour subcamp established.[11]
• 1945
  • 12 January: Salzburg-Explosives forced labour subcamp established.[11]
  • March: Salzburg-Clearing forced labour subcamp established.[11]
  • Bombing of Salzburg ends.[3]
  • 4 May: American forces take city.[6] Forced labour subcamps dissolved.[11]
• 1951 - Population: 102,927.
• 1956 - Mozart Week established begins.[8]
• 1957 - Alfred Bäck [de] becomes mayor.[4]
• 1960 - Großes Festspielhaus (theatre) opens.[2]
• 1962 - Universität Salzburg active.[3]
• 1971 - Stadion Lehen (stadium) opens.[8]
• 1988 - Salzburg City Archive established.[12]
• 1996 - Altstadt designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3]
• 1999 - Heinz Schaden becomes mayor.[4]

21st century

• 2016 - Population: 150,938 city; 545,815 state.[13]

See also

• Salzburg history
• History of Salzburg [de]
• List of mayors of Salzburg [de]
• List of bishops of Salzburg
• Iuvavum [de], Roman-era settlement
• History of Salzburg (state) [de]
• Timelines of other cities in Austria: Graz, Linz, Vienna

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Austria". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
2. Horst E. Reischenböck. "Salzburg". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 29 November 2016
3. "Stadtgeschichte auf einen Blick" [Brief Timeline of City History]. Stadt-salzburg.at (in German). Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
4. "Stadtgeschichte: Bürgermeister seit 1370". Stadt-salzburg.at (in German). Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
5. Britannica 1910.
6. Ring 1995.
7. Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1899). "Austria-Hungary: Austria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550.
8. "Die Chronik der Stadt Salzburg" [Chronology of the City of Salzburg]. Stadt-salzburg.at (in German). Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
9. Dohle & Mitterecker 2014.
10. "Austria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
11. "The Subcamps". KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
12. "Stadtarchiv: Archivgeschichte". Stadt-salzburg.at (in German). Magistrat der Stadt Salzburg. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
13. "Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Politischen Bezirken: Salzburg" (in German). Statistik Austria. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• W. Pembroke Fetridge (1881), "Salzburg", Harper's Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "Salzburg", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, &c (9th ed.), Berlin: J.H. Herz, 1908, OCLC 36795367
• "Salzburg", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive***Please note that a wikilink to the article on [Salzburg (city)] in [EB1911] is not available***
• "Salzburg", Austria-Hungary (11th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911 + 1871 ed.
• Ring, Trudy, ed. (1995). "Salzburg". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 664+. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
• John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Salzburg". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.

in German

• F. W. Zillner (1885). Geschichte der Stadt Salzburg (in German).
• J. Meurer (1889). Fuhrer durch Salzburg (in German). Vienna.
• Trautwein (1901). Salzburg (in German). Innsbruck.
• Widmann (1907). Geschichte Salzburgs (in German). Gotha.
• Bayr, Hochland, Salzburg, Salzkammergut. Griebens Reiseführer (in German). 1920.
• Heinz Dopsch [in German]; Robert Hoffmann [in German] (1996). Geschichte der Stadt Salzburg (in German). Universitätsverlag A. Pustet. ISBN 3-7025-0340-4.
• Friederike Zaisberger [in German] (1998). Geschichte Salzburgs (in German). Vienna: Verlag für Geschichte und Politik. ISBN 3-7028-0354-8.
• Dohle, Oskar; Mitterecker, Thomas Josef, eds. (2014). Salzburg im Ersten Weltkrieg: Fernab der Front - dennoch im Krieg (in German). Vienna: Böhlau Verlag. ISBN 978-3-205-79578-0.

External links

• Items related to Salzburg, various dates (via Europeana)
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