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Prior to 19th century

19th century

  • 1803 - Linz State Theatre built.30
  • 1809 - 3 May: Battle of Ebelsberg fought near Linz during the War of the Fifth Coalition.
  • 1811 - Prison located in the castle.31
  • 1833 - Museum Francisco-Carolinum founded.32
  • 1836 - Turmbefestigung Linz [de] (fortification) built.33
  • 1851 - Prison relocated from the castle to Garsten. Army barracks placed in the castle.34
  • 1858
  • 1864 - Neustadtviertel [de] development begins.36
  • 1865 - Tages-Post (Linz) [de] newspaper begins publication.37
  • 1869 - Linzer Volksblatt (newspaper) begins publication.38
  • 1873 - Lustenau (Linz) [de] and Waldegg (Linz) [de] become part of Linz.39
  • 1877 - Linz Synagogue [de] built.
  • 1880 - Horsecar tram begins operating.
  • 1890 - Population: 47,560.40
  • 1896 - Oberösterreichische Landesarchiv (regional archives) headquartered in Linz.41(de)
  • 1898 - Pöstlingbergbahn (railway) begins operating.
  • 1899 - Flood.42
  • 1900
    • Linzer Eisenbahnbrücke [de] (bridge) opens.
    • Population: 58,778.43

20th century

  • 1909 - Central Kino (Linz) [de] (cinema) opens on Landstraße (Linz) [de].
  • 1910 - Population: 67,817.44
  • 1915 - St. Peter (Linz) [de] becomes part of Linz.45
  • 1919 - Pöstlingberg (district) [de] and Urfahr [de] become part of Linz.46
  • 1920 - Population: 93,473.47
  • 1923
    • Kleinmünchen [de] becomes part of Linz.48
    • Linzer Volksstimme newspaper begins publication.
  • 1924 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception consecrated.49
  • 1926 - Amtliche Linzer Zeitung [de] (newspaper) begins publication.50
  • 1933 - Christkönigkirche (Linz) [de] (church) built.51
  • 1934 - 12 February: Austrian Civil War begins at the Hotel Schiff in Linz, where the Social Democratic Party of Austria kept an office.52
  • 1936 - Tabakfabrik Linz [de] (tobacco factory) built.53
  • 1937 - Linz designated a "Führer city" by Hitler.
  • 1938
  • 1939 - Keferfeld becomes part of Linz.56
  • 1940
    • Nibelungenbrücke (Linz) [de] (bridge) built.
    • Linz Städtischen Symphonieorchester (orchestra) formed.57
  • 1943
  • 1944
    • Bombing by Allied forces during World War II.60
    • 21 February: Linz II subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Poland and Soviet Union.61
    • Oberleitungsbus Linz [de] begins operating.
    • 26 May: Linz III subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly from German-occupied Soviet Union and Poland.62
    • 3 August: Linz I subcamp dissolved, prisoners moved to the Linz III subcamp.63
  • 1945
    • Bombing by Allied forces.64
    • May: Prisoners of the Linz II subcamp are either moved to the Linz III subcamp or sent on a death march to the main Mauthausen camp. Subcamp dissolved.65
    • 5 May: Allied forces take city.66 Linz III subcamp liberated by American troops.67
    • Oberösterreichische Nachrichten newspaper begins publication.
  • 1947 - University of Art and Design Linz established
  • 1952
  • 1962 - St. Theresia (Linz) [de] church built.70
  • 1965 - Memorial stone to former prisoners of the Linz I and Linz III subcamps of the Mauthausen concentration camp erected.71
  • 1966 - Hochschule für Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften (school) established.72

21st century

See also

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