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

• 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)

• Timeline of Magdeburg

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. Chambers 1901.
3. Krause 2000.
4. Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Verlag Georg Reimer.
5. "Germany: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1885 – via HathiTrust.
6. "German Empire: Prussia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1904.
7. "Germany". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
8. "Stadtgeschichte: Chronik" [City History: Chronology]. Halle.de (in German). Stadt Halle. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
9. Kertscher 2012.
10. "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.

External links

• "Stadtarchiv". Halle.de (in German). Stadt Halle. (city archives)
• Links to fulltext city directories for Halle via Wikisource
• Items related to Halle, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Halle, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)