Timeline of Rostock

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

Prior to 18th century

1218 - Rostock granted Lübeck law city rights by Henry Borwin I, Lord of Mecklenburg.[1]
1230 - Nikolaikirche (Rostock) (church) construction begins (approximate date).
1265 - Rostock acquires Rostock Heath.[2]
1270 - Abbey of the Holy Cross, Rostock founded.[1]
1290 - St. Mary's Church, Rostock construction begins (approximate date).
1323 - Warnemünde becomes part of Rostock.[3]
1358 - Hansetag (meeting of Hanseatic League) held in Rostock.[4]
1362 - Hansetag held in Rostock.
1378 - Population: 10,785.^(de)
1380 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
1417 - Hansetag held in Rostock.
1419 - University of Rostock founded.
1569 - Universitätsbibliothek Rostock (library) founded.
1588 - Jakobikirche (Rostock) (church) built.[1]
1677 - Rostock fire of 1677.[3]
1695 - Rostock becomes part of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.[1]

1913 - Dierkow becomes part of Rostock.^(de)
1919
- Barnstorf, Bartelsdorf, Bramow, Brinckmansdorf, Dalwitzhof, Damerow, Kassebohm, and Riekdahl become part of Rostock.^(de)
- Population: 67,953.[10]
1922 - Heinkel aircraft manufactory in business.
1924 - Hinrichshagen, Markgrafenheide, Meyers Hausstelle, Schnatermann, Torfbrücke, Waldhaus, and Wiethagen become part of Rostock.^(de)
1934 - Diedrichshagen, Gehlsdorf, Groß Klein, Lütten Klein, Marienehe, Schmarl, and Schutow become part of Rostock.^(de)
1935 - Population: 104,585.^(de)
1942 - City bombed during World War II.[3]
1949 - City becomes part of the German Democratic Republic.
1952 - City becomes seat of newly formed Bezirk Rostock district.[3]
1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.
1954 - Ostseestadion built.
1955 - Population: 150,004.^(de)
1956 - Rostock Zoo opens.[11]
1960
- Rostock Port opens.[3]
- Hinrichsdorf and Nienhagen become part of Rostock.^(de)
1965 - F.C. Hansa Rostock (football club) formed.
1978 - Jürgeshof becomes part of Rostock.^(de)
1990 - City becomes part of the newly formed Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state in the reunited nation of Germany.
1992 - August: Anti-migrant Rostock-Lichtenhagen riots.[3]
1994 - Rostock University of Music and Theatre established.
1995 - Vereins für Rostocker Geschichte (history society) founded.[12]

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"Verein für Rostocker Geschichte" (in German). Retrieved 16 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Rostock". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.
Susan Mazur-Stommen (2008). "Evading what the Nazis left behind: an ethographic and phenomenological examination of historic preservation in postwar Rostock". In Gavriel David Rosenfeld; Paul B. Jaskot (eds.). Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past. USA: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-11611-9 – via HathiTrust. (fulltext)

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"Rostock". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). 13 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
Wilhelm Schacht (1908). Zur geschichte des Rostocker theaters (1756-1791) (in German). Universität Rostock. (dissertation)
Mecklenburg. Griebens Reiseführer (in German). 1919.
Friedhilde Krause; Gerhard Heitz, eds. (1996). "Rostock". Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Brandenburg. Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände (in German). 16. Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 978-3-487-41683-0.
Gerhard Köbler (2007). "Rostock". Historisches Lexikon der Deutschen Länder (in German) (7th ed.). Munich: C.H. Beck. p. 580. ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1.

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