Timeline of Halle (Saale)
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Halle an der Saale, Germany.
Prior to 19th century
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- 981 - Town chartered by Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor.[1]
- 1388 - Moritzkirche (Halle) (church) construction begins.
- 1484 - Moritzburg (Halle) (castle) construction begins.[2]
- 1506 - Roter Turm (Halle) (tower) built.
- 1552 - Marienbibliothek (library) founded.[3]
- 1554 - Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen (church) built.[2]
- 1685 - Future composer George Frideric Handel born in Halle.
- 1694 - University founded.[1]
- 1696 - University library founded.[3]
- 1751 - Population: 13,460.(de)
19th century
- 1806 - 17 October: Battle of Halle fought during the War of the Fourth Coalition; French win.[1]
- 1815 - University of Halle-Wittenberg active.[1]
- 1819 - Population: 23,408.(de)
- 1870 - Gewerblichen Zeichenschule (school) founded.[4]
- 1872 - Halle–Cottbus railway begins operating.
- 1880 - Population: 71,484.[5]
- 1882 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
- 1886 - Stadttheater built.
- 1890 - Halle (Saale) Hauptbahnhof (train station) opens.
- 1894 - Stadthaus (Halle) (city hall) built.
- 1891 - Electric tram begins operating.
- 1900 - Population: 156,609.[6]
20th century
- 1918 - Halle State Museum of Prehistory opens.
- 1919 - Population: 182,326.[7]
- 1922 - Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle (school) active.
- 1923 - Stadion am Gesundbrunnen (stadium) opens.
- 1940 - Bombing of Halle (Saale) in World War II begins.
- 1944 - Halle concentration camp begins operating.
- 1950 - Turbine Halle (sport club) formed.
- 1966 - Hallescher FC (football club) formed.
- 1967 - City of Halle-Neustadt established near Halle.
- 1990 - Halle-Neustadt becomes part of Halle.[8]
- 1992 - Halle Institute for Economic Research established.
- 2000 - Verein für hallische Stadtgeschichte (history society) founded.[9][10]
21st century
- 2006 - Rebuilt Berliner Bridge (Halle) opens.[8]
- 2011 - Erdgas Sportpark opens.
- 2012 - Bernd Wiegand becomes mayor.[8]
- 2015 - Population: 236,991.(de)
See also
- Halle history (de)
- List of mayors of Halle (Saale)
- List of heritage sites in Halle (Saale)
- History of Saxony-Anhalt
Other cities in the state of Saxony-Anhalt:(de)
References
- Britannica 1910.
- Chambers 1901.
- Krause 2000.
- Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Verlag Georg Reimer.
- "Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885 – via HathiTrust.
- "German Empire: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1904.
- "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
- "Stadtgeschichte: Chronik" [City History: Chronology]. Halle.de (in German). Stadt Halle. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- Kertscher 2012.
- "Verein für hallische Stadtgeschichte" (in German). Retrieved 20 November 2016.
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- in English
- "Halle". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Halle", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379 – via Internet Archive
- "Halle", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Halle". Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.
- in German
- Karl von Hegel (1891). "Halle". Städte und Gilden der germanischen Völker im Mittelalter (in German). 2. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot – via HathiTrust.
- "Halle an der Saale". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
- Sachsen-Anhalt II: Regierungsbezirke Dessau und Halle. Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler (in German). Munich. 1999. ISBN 3-422-03065-4.
- Friedhilde Krause; Erhardt Mauersberger; Waltraut Guth, eds. (2000). "Halle (Saale)". Sachsen-Anhalt. Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände (in German). Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 9783487418179.
- Jahrbuch für hallische Stadtgeschichte (in German), ISSN 1612-8192 2003-
- Hans-Joachim Kertscher (2012). "Halle an der Saale". In Wolfgang Adam; Siegrid Westphal (eds.). Handbuch kultureller Zentren der Frühen Neuzeit: Städte und Residenzen im alten deutschen Sprachraum [Handbook of cultural centers of the early modern period: cities and capitals in the old German-speaking areas] (in German). De Gruyter. pp. 757–796. ISBN 978-3-11-029555-9.
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