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).
1252 - Reference to predecessor church of St. Peter's Church.^[1]
1265
- St. Mary's Church designated as the main parish church.^[1]
- Rostock acquires Rostock Heath.^[2]
1270 - Abbey of the Holy Cross, Rostock founded.^[1]
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]

1702 - Ducal palace built.^[1]
1712 - Rostock "taken by the Swedes."^[1]
1716 - Rostock "taken by the Russians."^[1]
1726 - Rostocker Rathaus (town hall) expanded.
1786 - Theatre built.^[6]
1788 - Municipal constitution effected.^[1]
1846 - Rostocker Zeitung (newspaper) in publication.^[7]
1880 - Population: 36,967.^[8]
1883 - Vereins für Rostocks Altertümer (history society) founded.^[9]
1890 - Neptun shipyard in business.^[3]
1893 - Ständehaus (estates hall) built.^[1]
1895 - Stadttheater Rostock opens
1897 - Rostocker Stadt- und Theaterorchester founded (now Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock)

1905 - Population: 60,790.^[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]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Britannica 1910.
^ "Geschichte Rostocks" [Rostock History]. Rathaus.rostock.de (in German). Hansestadt Rostock. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Stadt & Politik: Geschichte: Chronik" [City History: Chronology]. Rathaus.rostock.de (in German). Hansestadt Rostock. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
^ Philippe Dollinger (1999) [1970]. The German Hansa. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-19073-2.
^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
^ Schacht 1908.
^ "Zeitungsinformationssystem ZEFYS" [Newspaper Information System] (in German). Berlin State Library. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
^ "Germany: Mecklenburg-Schwerin". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590469 – via Hathi Trust.
^ Krause 1996.
^ "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoological Gardens of Germany (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
^ "Verein für Rostocker Geschichte" (in German). Retrieved 16 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

"Rostock". Handbook for North Germany (20th ed.). London: J. Murray. 1886. hdl:2027/hvd.hn1imr.
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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). Vol. 13 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064502.
Wilhelm Schacht (1908). Zur geschichte des Rostocker theaters (1756-1791) (in German). Universität Rostock. (dissertation)
Mecklenburg. Griebens Reiseführer (in German). 1919.
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