Timeline of Mannheim

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

Prior to 19th century

1606 - (fortification) construction begins. 1607 - Mannheim granted town privileges by Frederick IV, Elector Palatine. 1622 - Thirty Years' War: Capture of Mannheim by Imperial-Spanish forces. 1660 - Synagogue built.(de) 1688 - Mannheim taken by French forces during the Nine Years' War. 1689 - Fire. 1701 - Almshouse (predecessor of university hospital mannheim) founded 1706 - founded. 1720 - Residence of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine relocated to Mannheim from Heidelberg. 1729 - Population: 15,760.(de) 1731 - Mannheim Palace Church built. 1756 - Jesuit Church, Mannheim built. 1759 - Mannheim Palace completed. 1766 - Population: 24,190.(de) 1771 - Town Hall built. 1774 - Mannheim Observatory tower built. 1775 - Deutsche Gesellschaft in Mannheim active. 1779 (arsenal) built. Mannheim National Theatre founded. 1782 - 13 January: Premiere of Schiller's play The Robbers. 1788 - Palais Bretzenheim built.

1794 - French in power. 1795 Mannheim besieged during the Campaigns of 1795 in the French Revolutionary Wars. Austrians in power.

19th century 1803 - Mannheim becomes part of the Electorate of Baden. 1806 - Mannheim becomes part of the Grand Duchy of Baden. 1819 - March: Writer August von Kotzebue assassinated. 1828 - Mannheim Harbour opens on the Rhine river. 1837 - newspaper begins publication. 1840 - Heidelberg-Mannheim railway begins operating. 1849 - Political unrest during the Baden Revolution. 1855 - (synagogue) built. 1859 - Heinrich Lanz AG machinery manufactory in business. 1876 - Mannheim Hauptbahnhof (train station) built. 1880 - Population: 53,465. 1891 - active. 1895 - becomes part of Mannheim. 1896 - Population: 94,160.(de) 1897 - Käfertal becomes part of Mannheim. 1899 - Neckarau becomes part of Mannheim. 1900 - Population: 141,131.

20th century

1900s-1940s

1905 - Population: 162,607. 1907 Industriehafen Mannheim (harbour) opens on the Neckar river. (city archives) established. Kunsthalle Mannheim (exhibit hall) built. SV Waldhof Mannheim (sport club) formed. Population: 173,424.(de) 1910 - becomes part of Mannheim. 1911 (church) built. Population: 200,285.(de) 1912 - built. 1913 - and Sandhofen become part of Mannheim. 1914 - (choir) formed. 1919 - Population: 229,576. 1924 - Mannheim Hospital (now University Hospital Mannheim) opened on the banks of the river Neckar 1925 - "" art exhibition held. 1926 - Airfield established at Neuostheim. 1929 - becomes part of Mannheim. 1930 , , , , become part of Mannheim. Population: 271,833.(de) 1938 November: Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews. (district) formed. Eisstadion am Friedrichspark (ice rink) built. 1940 - Bombing of Mannheim in World War II begins.

1944 September: Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp of the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp established for Poles deported from Warsaw during the Warsaw Uprising. 2 October: First attempt to escape from the Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp. 15 December: Three Polish prisoners of the Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp killed in an Allied bombing. 1945 4 January: Public execution of a Polish prisoner of the Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp. February: Some prisoners deported from the Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp to forced labour in Kochendorf. March: Remaining prisoners deported to Vaihingen an der Enz and Kochendorf; Mannheim-Sandhofen subcamp dissolved. 29 March: Americans capture the city. 6 April: Prisoner of War Executive (PWX) Camp No. 1 for liberated Allied POWs established. June: The PWX Camp No. 1 converted into the Polish PWX Camp No. 1.Brzoza, p. 161 July: United States Coleman Army Airfield begins operating. 1946 newspaper begins publication. Polish PWX Camp No. 1 converted into the Tadeusz Kościuszko Civilian Guard Training Center, and later renamed to Tadeusz Kościuszko Theater Civilian Guard Training and Replacement Center for former Polish POWs.Brzoza, pp. 165–166 1947 United States military Benjamin Franklin Village established. 8 November: Polish Tadeusz Kościuszko Theater Civilian Guard Training and Replacement Center dissolved.Brzoza, p. 181 1949 - office established.

1950s-1990s 1955 - Free Voters established. 1957 - National Theatre Mannheim rebuilt. 1959 - Rhine Bridge rebuilt. 1961 - Population: 313,890.(de) 1967 - University of Mannheim established. 1970 (courthouse) built. Population: 332,378.(de) 1972 - (bridge) opens. 1975 Fernmeldeturm Mannheim (communication tower) erected. National (garden show) held in Mannheim. 1976 - Federal electoral districts , , and formed. 1979 - Odeon cinema opens.

1987 - built on the . 1991 (city hall) built. Mannheim–Stuttgart high-speed railway begins operating. 1992 - Revised federal electoral districts and formed. 1994 5 December: Aircraft crashes into the Fernmeldeturm. Carl-Benz-Stadion (stadium) opens. 1995 - Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque built.

21st century 2002 - Revised federal Mannheim (electoral district) formed. 2003 Popakademie Baden-Württemberg (music school) established. memorial erected on the . 2004 - (business office) opens. 2005 - SAP Arena opens. 2007 Peter Kurz becomes mayor. August: City hosts the 2007 FEI European Jumping Championship. 2010 May: City co-hosts the 2010 IIHF World Championship. Population: 313,174.(de) 2011 - closes. 2014 - 25 May: held.(de) 2024 Mannheim stabbing 2025 Mannheim car attack

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