Timeline of Graz

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## Prior to 14th century[edit]

* 1180 – Graz becomes capital of the Duchy of Styria.
* 1239 – Graz Friary active.

## 14th–16th centuries[edit]

* 1379 – Graz becomes capital of Inner Austria;[1] Leopold III in power.
* 1438 – Graz Castle built.[citation needed]
* 1462 – Graz Cathedral built.
* 1560 – Clock tower built on the Schlossberg.
* 1585 – University of Graz founded.
* 1588 – Belltower built on the Schlossberg.
* 1590 – Dobel Castle built.

## 17th–18th centuries[edit]

* 1619 – Habsburg Ferdinand II becomes Holy Roman Emperor; relocates from Graz to Vienna.[2]
* 1635 – Eggenberg Palace built (approximate date).
* 1640 – Mausoleum of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor consecrated.[citation needed]
* 1645 – Styrian Armoury built.
* 1652 – Grabenkirche (church) dedicated.
* 1724 – Mariatrost Basilica (church) built.
* 1776 – Schauspielhaus Graz (theatre) built.
* 1780 – Count John D'Alton becomes Governor.
* 1786 – Catholic See of Seckau prince-bishop residence relocated to Graz.
* 1794 – Prison in use.
* 1797 – French in power.[3][4]

## 19th century[edit]

* 1809 – June: Battle of Graz.[5]
* 1811
* Landesmuseum Joanneum (museum) established.
* Graz University of Technology founded by Archduke John of Austria[4]
* 1816 – Music school established.
* 1823 – Population: 40,000 (approximate).[6]
* 1828 – Graz Mutual Insurance Company founded.[citation needed]
* 1844 – Southern Railway in operation (approximate date).
* 1847 – Central Railway Station opens.
* 1850 – Historical Society of Styria founded.[7]
* 1855 – Grazer Telegraf newspaper begins publication.[8]
* 1864 – Technical High School and Thalía Theatre active.
* 1872 – Grazer Waggon- & Maschinen-Fabriks-Aktiengesellschaft (manufacturer) in business.
* 1876 – Steiermärkische Fechtklub (fencing club) founded.[9]
* 1878 – Horse trams begin operating.
* 1885 – Grazer Congress (concert hall) built.[citation needed]
* 1887 – Sacred Heart of Jesus Church built.
* 1888 - Grazer Alpenclub (hiking club) formed.[10]
* 1889 – Club der Amateurfotografen (photography club) founded.[11][12]
* 1894 – Schlossbergbahn funicular railway begins operating.
* 1899
* Graz Opera house inaugurated.[13]
* Electric tram begins operating.
* 1900 – Population: 138,370.[4]

## 20th century[edit]

### 1900s–1950s[edit]

* 1902 – Grazer AK (sports club) formed.
* 1904 – Kleine Zeitung newspaper begins publication.
* 1909
* SK Sturm Graz (football club) formed.
* Grand Hotel Wiesler in business.[14]
* 1912 – LKH-Universitätsklinikum (hospital) built.
* 1913 – Volkskundemuseum (folkloric museum) opens.
* 1914 – September: Talerhof concentration camp in operation near city.
* 1919 – Vinzenz Muchitsch becomes mayor.
* 1920 - Population: 157,032.[15]
* 1925 – Graz Airport active.
* 1938
* February: City becomes part of Nazi Germany.[16]
* Julius Kaspar becomes mayor.
* 1941 – Trolleybuses begin operating.
* 1945
* Allied occupation of Austria begins; Styria overseen by British forces.
* Eduard Speck becomes mayor.
* Die Wahrheit communist newspaper begins publication.[8]
* 1951
* Population: 226,476.
* Die Aula magazine begins publication.
* 1955 – July: Allied occupation of Austria ends per Austrian State Treaty.

### 1960s–1990s[edit]

* 1960
* Gustav Scherbaum becomes mayor.
* Hafnerriegel (residence building) constructed.
* Forum Stadtpark (art gallery) opens.[17]
* 1963 – Eisstadion Liebenau (sports arena) built.
* 1971 – Tramway Museum Graz founded.
* 1973 – Alexander Götz becomes mayor.
* 1985 – Alfred Stingl becomes mayor.
* 1993 – Nausner & Nausner Verlag (publisher) in business.[18]
* 1995 – Das Megaphon newspaper begins publication.
* 1997 – Schwarzenegger-Stadium opens.
* 1998
* Diagonale film festival active.
* Schreibkraft magazine founded.
* 1999 – Old Town designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

## 21st century[edit]

* 2001
* Magna Steyr automobile manufacturer headquartered in Graz.
* Springfestival begins.[19]
* 2002 – Stadthalle Graz (assembly hall) opens.
* 2003
* Graz Art Museum built.
* City designated a European Capital of Culture.
* Murinsel (amphitheatre) opens.
* Homeless World Cup football contest held.
* Siegfried Nagl becomes mayor.[20]
* 2005 – Elevate Festival begins.
* 2007
* Rondo built.
* Einkaufszentrum Murpark (shopping mall) in business.
* 2013 – Population: 265,778.
* 2015 – A van and knife attack kills three and injures 36.
* 2016 Overnight stays in Graz Hotels exceed 1.1 million for the first time

## See also[edit]

* Graz history
* History of Graz [de]
* List of mayors of Graz [de]
* List of churches in Graz [de]
* History of Styria
* Timelines of other cities in Austria: Linz, Salzburg, Vienna

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Short History of the City". City of Graz. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
2. ^ "World of the Habsburgs". Vienna: Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsgesellschaft. 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
3. ^ David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Gratz". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
4. ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Graz" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 395–396.
5. ^ George Henry Townsend (1867), "Gratz (Austria)", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
6. ^ Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
7. ^ "Geschichte des Historischen Vereins" (in German). Graz: Historischer Verein Steiermark. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
8. ^ a b "Graz (Austria) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
9. ^ "Die Geschichte des ÖFV" (in German). Graz: Austrian Fencing Federation. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
10. ^ A.J. Mackintosh (1907). "Mountaineering Clubs, 1857-1907". Alpine Journal (177). UK. hdl:2027/njp.32101076197365.
11. ^ "Über uns" (in German). Club der Amateurfotografen Graz. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
12. ^ "Foreign Photographic Societies: Austria". American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1897. New York: Scovill & Adams Company. 1896.
13. ^ "Graz". Neuer Theater-Almanach (in German). Berlin: F.A. Günther & Sohn. 1908. hdl:2027/uva.x030515382.
14. ^ Antje Senarclens de Grancy (2001). 'Moderner Stil' und 'Heimisches Bauen': Architekturreform in Graz um 1900 (in German). Böhlau Verlag Wien. ISBN 978-3-205-99284-4.
15. ^ "Austria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
16. ^ Evan Burr Bukey (2002). Hitler's Austria: Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era, 1938–1945. UNC Press Books. ISBN 978-0-8078-5363-4.
17. ^ Christine Rigler (2002). Forum Stadtpark: die Grazer Avantgarde von 1960 bis heute (in German). Böhlau Verlag Wien. ISBN 978-3-205-99487-9.
18. ^ "Wir über uns" (in German). Graz: Nausner & Nausner Verlag. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
19. ^ "About Springfestival". Graz: Friends Of Spring Projektentwicklungs. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
20. ^ "Mayors in Europe". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2013.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

## Bibliography[edit]

published in 17th-19th centuries

* Zeiller, Martin (1649). "Gratz". Topographia Provinciarum Austriacarum Austriae, Styriae, Carinthiae, Carniolae, Tyrolis. Topographia Germaniae (in German). Frankfurt. p. 68+.
* "Gratz", Handbook for Travellers in Southern Germany (9th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1863
* Charles Knight, ed. (1867). "Gratz". English Cyclopaedia. London. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064802.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Graz; Geschichte und Topographie der Stadt und ihrer Umgebung (in German), Verlag der Geschäftsführung der 48. Versammlung der deutschen Naturforscher und Ärzte, 1875
* W. Pembroke Fetridge (1881), "Gratz", Harper's Hand-book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Graz, Illustrated Europe, Zürich: Orell Füssli & Co., c. 1890s
* Norddeutscher Lloyd (1896), "Gratz", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England, Berlin: J. Reichmann & Cantor, OCLC 8395555

published in 20th century

* "Graz" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 395–396.
* "Gratz", Austria-Hungary (11th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OL 18759934M (+ 1871 ed., 1907 ed.)
* William H. Hubbard (1980). "Aspects of Social Mobility in Graz, 1857–1880". Historical Social Research (14): 3–26. JSTOR 20754660.

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