Timeline of Bolzano

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bolzano/Bozen in the Trentino-South Tyrol region of Italy.

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Prior to 20th century
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Early
Ancient Rome
Post-Roman Kingdoms
Odoacer's 476-493
Ostrogothic 493-553
Vandal 435-534
Lombard (independence) 565-774
Lombard (under the Frankish rule) 774-885
Frankish (as part of the Carolingian Empire) 885-961
Germanic (as part of the Holy Roman Empire) 961-1801
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Timeline

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  • 14 BC - A military settlement called "Pons Drusi" is founded by Romans.[1]
  • 679 - Settlement and region ruled by the Duke of Bavaria.
  • 769 - Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria issues in Bolzano the foundation charter of the Innichen Abbey.[2]
  • 996-1000 - Settlement called "in Pauzana valle, quae lingua Teutisca Pozana nuncupatur".[3]
  • 1027 - Bozen county "given by the emperor Conrad II to the bishop of Trent."[4]
  • 1170–80 ca. - The town is founded by the bishop of Trent.[5]
  • 1195 - The town's parson Rudolf is mentioned.[5]
  • 1237 - Franciscan Friary active.[6]
  • 1272 - Heilig-Geist-Spital (hospital) established.
  • 1363 - Habsburg Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria in power.[7]
  • 1437 - The borough rights (Stadtrecht) issued.[8]
  • 1442 - Town council established by King Frederick III.[9]
  • 1443 and 1483 - Two great town fires destroy large parts of the inner city.[10]
  • 1472 - The Bozner Stadtbuch (Liber civitatis) instituted by mayor Konrad Lerhueber as the towns official register of legal acts.[11]
  • 1519 - The openwork spire of the Parish church (now Cathedral) finished by the stonemasons Burkhard Engelberg and Hans Lutz von Schussenried.[12]
  • 1551 - The Bozner Bürgerbuch, a register of the new citizens, instituted.
  • 1635 - Merkantilmagistrat established.[9]
  • 1805 - Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, first Civic Theater established.
  • 1810 - Town becomes part of French client Kingdom of Italy.[13]
  • 1813 - Town becomes part of Austria again.[13]
  • 1837 - Population: 10,499.(de)
  • 1842 - Bozner Wochenblatt newspaper begins publication.
  • 1859 - Brenner Railway (Verona-Bozen) begins operating; Bozen railway station opens.
  • 1861 - 10 November: Bozner Lichtfest held.
  • 1862 - Turnverein Bozen 1862 (sport club) formed.
  • 1867 - Brenner Railway (Innsbruck-Bozen) begins operating.[14]
  • 1874 - Cimitero militare austro-ungarico di Bolzano (cemetery) established.
  • 1882 - Der Tiroler newspaper begins publication.
  • 1889 - Walther von der Vogelweide monument erected in the Waltherplatz.[4]
  • 1894 - Bozner Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
  • 1895 - Julius Perathoner becomes mayor.
  • 1898 - Überetsch Railway begins operating.
  • 1900 - Population: 23,521.(de)

20th century

21st century
  • 2003 - Corriere dell'Alto Adige newspaper begins publication.
  • 2005 - Luigi Spagnolli becomes mayor.[20]
  • 2008 - New Museion (museum) building opens.
  • 2013
  • 2014 - BZ ’18–’45: one monument, one city, two dictatorships, a permanent exhibition within the fascist Monument to Victory is inaugurated.[22]
  • 2016 - Local election held; Renzo Caramaschi becomes mayor.
  • 2017 - The former Casa del Fascio historicized.[17][23]
  • 2018 - NOI Techpark Südtirol/Alto Adige, a large science and technology park within the former industrial zone, opens.

See also

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)

References
  1. History of Bolzano
  2. Martin Bitschnau; Hannes Obermair (2009). Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Abteilung: Die Urkunden zur Geschichte des Inn-, Eisack- und Pustertals. 1. Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner. pp. 30–1 no. 50. ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8.
  3. Josef Widemann (1943). Die Traditionen des Hochstifts Regensburg und des Klosters St. Emmeram (Quellen und Erörterungen zur bayerischen und deutschen Geschichte, NF 8). Munich: C.H. Beck, pp. 216-217, no. 259; Franz Huter (1937). Tiroler Urkundenbuch. I.1. Innsbruck: Wagner, no. 33.
  4. Britannica 1910.
  5. Obermair 1995.
  6. "Beni culturali" (in Italian and German). Provincia autonoma di Bolzano. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  7. Domenico 2002.
  8. Obermair, 2005-08 & Vol II, pp. 79–83.
  9. "La storia di Bolzano in breve" (in Italian and German). Città di Bolzano. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  10. Obermair, 2005-08 & no. 1017 and 1207.
  11. Obermair 2008, pp. 149, no. 1132.
  12. Franz Bischoff (1999). „Der vilkunstreiche Architector und der Statt Augspurg Wercke Meister“. Burkhard Engelberg und die süddeutsche Architektur um 1500: Anmerkungen zur sozialen Stellung und Arbeitsweise spätgotischer Steinmetzen und Werkmeister. Augsburg: Wissner. (Schwäbische Geschichtsquellen und Forschungen 18). ISBN 3-89639-157-7
  13. "Bolzano". Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 26 January 2017
  14. Paula Sutter Fichtner (2009). Historical Dictionary of Austria. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6310-1.
  15. "ANNO (Austrian Newspapers Online)" (in German). Vienna: Austrian National Library. Retrieved 26 January 2017
  16. "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  17. Obermair 2017.
  18. Lavori in Corso 2020.
  19. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  20. "I borgomastri/sindaci di Bolzano dal 1449 fino ad oggi" (in Italian and German). Città di Bolzano. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  21. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 26 January 2017. Bolzano/Bozen
  22. Michielli-Obermair 2016.
  23. Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, A small Italian town can teach the world how to defuse controversial monuments. The Guardian, December 6, 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in German

See also: Bibliography of the history of Bozen (in German)

  • Bozner Chronik (written in 14th century)
  • Beda Weber (1849). Stadt Bozen und ihre Umgebungen (in German). Bozen: Eberle.
  • Leopold Kastner, ed. (1867). "Bozen". Handels- und Gewerbe-Adressbuch des österreichischen Kaiserstaates. Vienna: Beck'sche Universitätsbuchhandlung.
  • Eduard Gottlieb Amthor (1872). Bozen und Umgebung (in German). Gera.
  • "Bozen". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). 3 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
  • Obermair, Hannes (1995), "Kirche und Stadtentstehung. Die Pfarrkirche Bozen im Hochmittelalter (11.–13. Jahrhundert)", in Der Schlern (ed.), Zeitschrift für Südtiroler Landeskunde, 69, Bozen-Bolzano: Athesia, pp. 449–474
  • Hannes Obermair (2005–2008). Bozen Süd – Bolzano Nord: Schriftlichkeit und urkundliche Überlieferung der Stadt Bozen bis 1500 (2 volumes) (in German). Bozen-Bolzano. ISBN 978-88-901870-1-8.
  • Sabrina Michielli, Hannes Obermair (2016). BZ '18–'45: ein Denkmal, eine Stadt, zwei Diktaturen. Begleitband zur Dokumentations-Ausstellung im Bozener Siegesdenkmal. Vienna-Bozen/Bolzano: Folio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-85256-713-6.

in Italian

  • "Bolzano", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1930
  • Bolzano fra i Tirolo e gli Asburgo / Bozen von den Grafen von Tirol bis zu den Habsburgern (in Italian and German). Civic Archives in Bozen-Bolzano. 1999.
  • Heiss, Hans; Obermair, Hannes (2014). "Culture della memoria in contrasto. L'esempio della città di Bolzano-Bozen dal 2000 al 2010". In Obermair, Hannes (ed.). Erinnerungskulturen des 20. Jahrhunderts im Vergleich—Culture della memoria del novecento a confronto. Città di Bolzano. pp. 19–34. ISBN 978-88-907060-9-7.
  • Hannes Obermair; Fabrizio Miori; Maurizio Pacchiani (2020). Lavori in Corso – Die Bozner Freiheitsstraße (in Italian and German). La Fabbrica del Tempo–Die Zeitfabrik. ISBN 978-88-943205-2-7.
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