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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Essen, Germany.

Prior to 19th century

845 – Essen Abbey founded (approximate date).
971 – Mathilde, granddaughter of Otto I becomes abbess of Essen Abbey.
1012 – Sophia, daughter of Otto II becomes abbottess of the Essen Stift.
1041 – Essen receives rights to a market.
1244 – The association of the ministeriales of the Essen Abbey and the citizens of the town of Essen arrange for the Essen town walls [de] to be erected.
1316 – Essen Minster (church) dedicated.
1390 – Essener Schützenverein (militia) formed.^[1]
1598 – Borbeck Castle rebuilt.^{[citation needed]}
1736 – Neueste Essendische Nachrichten von Staats- und Gelehrten Sachen (Newest Essen News of State and Learned Matters) newspaper begins publication.
1797 – G. D. Baedeker Verlag [de] bookseller in business.^[2]

19th century

1802 – Area occupied by Prussian troops.
1803
- Essen Abbey secularized.^[3]
- Franz Dinnendahl builds steam engine.
1810 – Krupp foundry in business.
1814 – Town becomes part of Prussia.^[3]
1822 – Town becomes part of the Rhine Province.
1841 – Simon Hirschland Bank in business.
1847 – Essen-Bergeborbeck station opens.
1849 – Population: 8,813.^[3]
1851 – Zollverein Coal Mine begins operating.
1862 – Essen Hauptbahnhof and Essen-Borbeck station open.
1866 – Fredebeul & Koenen booksellers in business.^[2]
1870 – Synagogue consecrated.^[4]
1871 – Town becomes part of the German Empire.
1872 – Neu-Westend developed.^[5]
1873 – Villa Hügel (Krupp residence) built.
1875 – Population: 54,790.^[3]
1880 – Historical Society for the City and Convent of Essen founded.
1881
- Essener Turnerbund athletic club formed.
- Beiträge zur Geschichte von Stadt und Stift Essen (journal of city history) begins publication.^[6]
1886 – Photographische Genossenschaft von Essen (photography group) founded.^[7]

1892 – City Theatre opens.^[8]^[9]
1893
- Electric tram begins operating.
- Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate headquartered in Essen.
1898 – Krupp's Essener Hof (hotel) built.
1899 – Essen Philharmonic Orchestra founded.^[10]

20th century

1900s–1940s

1901
- Folkwang Museum founded.
- Heinrich Koppers AG in business.
1905 – Population: 229,270.^[3]
1906
- Essen Art Museum founded.
- Gartenstadt Margarethenhöhe developed.
1908 – Moltkeviertel development begins.
1913
- New Synagogue built.^[4]
- Albrecht's shop in business (later Aldi chain supermarket).
1920 – Consulate of Poland opens.^[11]
1922 – Uhlenkrugstadion (stadium) built.

1923
- Rot-Weiss Essen football club active.
- French troops enter the city.
1924 – Filmstudio Glückauf (cinema) opens.
1925 – Essen/Mülheim Airport opens.^{[citation needed]}
1927 – Grugapark Botanical Garden^[12]^[13] and Folkwang School for the arts open.
1928 – Lichtburg Playhouse (cinema) opens.^[14]
1929 – Werden becomes part of city.
1932 – Zollverein Mine Shaft 12 built.
1933 – Theodor Reismann-Grone becomes mayor.
1936 – Consulate of Poland relocated to Düsseldorf.^[11]
1937 – Just Dillgardt becomes mayor.
1939 – Stadion an der Hafenstraße (stadium) built.
1942 – March: Bombing of Essen by Allied forces begins.
1944
- 2 January: Schwarze Poth forced labour camp established by the SS. Its prisoners were mostly Russians and Poles.^[15]
- 17 May: Schwarze Poth forced labour camp converted into a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp.^[15]
- August: Humboldtstraße subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly Jewish women.^[16]
1945
- March: Schwarze Poth and Humboldtstraße subcamps of Buchenwald dissolved. Prisoners deported to the main Buchenwald camp.^[15]^[16]
- March: Bombing of Essen by Allied forces ends.
1946 – City becomes part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
1948
- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (newspaper) begins publication.
- Labour strike.^{[citation needed]}
1949
- Essen I, Essen II, and Essen III parliamentary districts created.
- Hans Toussaint becomes mayor.

1950s–1990s

1951 – Amerikahaus built.
1957 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen founded.^[17]
1958 – Grugahalle sports arena opens.
1961 – Sammlung Industrieform (museum) opens.^[18]
1962 – City hosts the 1962 European Judo Championships.
1965
- City hosts Bundesgartenschau (national horticulture biennial).^[19]
- Little Theatre founded.
1968 – Essen Motor Show begins.

1975 – Kettwig becomes part of city.
1979 – Essen City Hall built.
1983 – Spiel, world's biggest non-electronic game trade fair begins.
1988 – Aalto Theatre opens.^[20]
1989 – Annette Jäger becomes mayor.
1991 – Offener Kanal Essen television begins broadcasting.
1993 – City hosts the 1993 World Fencing Championships.
1994 – Stratmanns Theater Europahaus opens.
1996 – GOP Varieté Essen theatre opens.
1997 – Red Dot Design Museum active.
1999
- ThyssenKrupp conglomerate headquartered in city.
- Wolfgang Reiniger becomes mayor.
2000 – SGS Essen football club formed.

21st century

2001 – Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2002 – Abu Ali group, a jihadist cell with plans to bomb Jewish sites in Germany was arrested by the authorities
2003 – University of Duisburg-Essen established.
2009 – Reinhard Paß elected mayor.
2010 – City designated that year's European Capital of Culture on behalf of the entire Ruhr area.
2012
- Stadion Essen (stadium) opens.
- Population: 566,862.
2014 – June: Storm.
2017 - City designated that year's European Green Capital.

References

^ Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.
^ ^a ^b Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 (in German). Leipzig: O.A. Schulz. 1870.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Essen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 778–779.
^ ^a ^b Shmuel Spector, ed. (2001). "Essen". Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust. USA: NYU Press. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-8147-9376-3.
^ Samuel M. Lindsay (1892). "Social Work at the Krupp Foundries, Essen, A. R., Germany". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 3: 74–106. JSTOR 1008598.
^ Historischer Verein für Stadt und Stift Essen, Beiträge zur Geschichte von Stadt und Stift Essen (in German), ISSN 0341-9088
^ Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.
^ Neuer Theater Almanach (in German). Berlin: Gunther & Sohn. 1909. hdl:2027/uva.x030515383.
^ Almanach 1919 der vereinigten Stadttheater Essens (in German), Essen: Fredebeul & Koenen, 1919
^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
^ ^a ^b Chałupczak, Henryk (2004). "Powstanie i działalność polskich placówek konsularnych w okresie międzywojennym (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem pogranicza polsko-niemiecko-czechosłowackiego)". In Kaczmarek, Ryszard; Masnyk, Marek (eds.). Konsulaty na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim i polsko-czechosłowackim w 1918–1939 (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. p. 20.
^ "History". Grugapark Essen. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
^ "Garden Search: Germany". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ "Movie Theaters in Essen, Germany". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Essen (Schwarze Poth)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Essen (Humboldtstraße)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ Paul Betts (2004). The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-94135-9.
^ "Bisherige Gartenschauen" [Previous Garden Shows] (in German). Bonn: Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
^ Don Rubin, ed. (2001). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Vol. 1: Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780415251570.

Bibliography

in English

"Essen". Handbook for North Germany. London: J. Murray. 1877.
"Essen", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany and Austria, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896
"Essen", Northern Germany (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910, OCLC 78390379
"Essen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 778–779.
Eric D. Weitz (1985). "Social Continuity and Political Radicalization: Essen in the World War I Era". Social Science History. 9 (1): 49–69. doi:10.1017/s0145553200020307. JSTOR 1170918.
John M. Jeep, ed. (2001). "Essen". Medieval Germany: an Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing. ISBN 0-8240-7644-3.
K. James-Chakraborty (2008). "Inventing Industrial Culture in Essen". In Gavriel David Rosenfeld; Paul B. Jaskot (eds.). Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past. USA: University of Michigan Press. pp. 116+. ISBN 978-0-472-11611-9 – via HathiTrust. (fulltext)

in German

F. Ph. Funcke (1848), Geschichte des Fürstenthums und der Stadt Essen [History of the principality and the city of Essen] (in German), H. Kamp, OCLC 38688441, OL 20454145M
Paul Clemen, ed. (1893). Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt und des Kreises Essen. Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz [de] (in German). Vol. 2. Dusseldorf: Schwann.
T. Kellen (1902). Industriestadt Essen in Wort und Bild (in German). Essen-Ruhr: Fredebeul & Koenen.
P. Krauss; E. Uetrecht, eds. (1913). "Essen". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
Essen, Deutscher Städteatlas (in German), vol. 4, Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte [de], 1989, ISBN 3891150008

External links

Media related to Essen at Wikimedia Commons
Europeana. Items about Essen, various dates.

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[Tallau2008-1] Hermann Tallau (2008). "Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392". Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen (in German). Duderstadt: Mecke Druck und Verlag. ISBN 978-3-936617-85-6.

[schulz1870-2] Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 (in German). Leipzig: O.A. Schulz. 1870.

[brit1910-3] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Essen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 778–779.

[Spector2001-4] Shmuel Spector, ed. (2001). "Essen". Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust. USA: NYU Press. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-8147-9376-3.

[5] Samuel M. Lindsay (1892). "Social Work at the Krupp Foundries, Essen, A. R., Germany". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 3: 74–106. JSTOR 1008598.

[6] Historischer Verein für Stadt und Stift Essen, Beiträge zur Geschichte von Stadt und Stift Essen (in German), ISSN 0341-9088

[kunsthandbuch1904-7] Königliche Museen zu Berlin (1904). Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland (in German) (6th ed.). Georg Reimer.

[8] Neuer Theater Almanach (in German). Berlin: Gunther & Sohn. 1909. hdl:2027/uva.x030515383.

[9] Almanach 1919 der vereinigten Stadttheater Essens (in German), Essen: Fredebeul & Koenen, 1919

[Lawson2003-19th-10] Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.

[hc-11] Chałupczak, Henryk (2004). "Powstanie i działalność polskich placówek konsularnych w okresie międzywojennym (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem pogranicza polsko-niemiecko-czechosłowackiego)". In Kaczmarek, Ryszard; Masnyk, Marek (eds.). Konsulaty na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim i polsko-czechosłowackim w 1918–1939 (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego. p. 20.

[12] "History". Grugapark Essen. Retrieved 1 December 2013.

[botanic-13] "Garden Search: Germany". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

[14] "Movie Theaters in Essen, Germany". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2013.

[Poth-15] "Essen (Schwarze Poth)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[Humboldt-16] "Essen (Humboldtstraße)". aussenlager-buchenwald.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[katolsk-17] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 September 2015.

[Betts2004-18] Paul Betts (2004). The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-94135-9.

[19] "Bisherige Gartenschauen" [Previous Garden Shows] (in German). Bonn: Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

[rubin2001-20] Don Rubin, ed. (2001). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Vol. 1: Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780415251570.

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 * 1012 – [[Sophia I, Abbess of Gandersheim|Sophia]], daughter of [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto II]] becomes abbottess of the [[Essen Abbey|Essen Stift]].
 * 1041 – Essen receives rights to a market.
-* 1244 – The association of the [[ministeriales]] of the Essen Abbey and the citizens of the town of [[Essen]] arrange for the {{Interlanguage link|Essen town walls|de|Essener Stadtmauer}} to be erected.
+* 1244 – The association of the [[ministeriales]] of the Essen Abbey and the citizens of the town of [[Essen]] arrange for the {{ill|Essen town walls|de|Essener Stadtmauer}} to be erected.
 * 1316 – [[Essen Minster]] (church) dedicated.
-* 1390 – Essener Schützenverein ([[Schützenverein|militia]]) formed.<ref name="Tallau2008">{{cite book|author=Hermann Tallau |title=Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen |year= 2008|publisher=Mecke Druck und Verlag |location=Duderstadt |isbn=978-3-936617-85-6 |language=German |chapter= Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392 |chapterurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnyAc2VzNXwC&pg=PA67 }}</ref>
+* 1390 – Essener Schützenverein ([[Schützenverein|militia]]) formed.<ref name="Tallau2008">{{cite book|author=Hermann Tallau |title=Ein Kaleidoskop zum Schützenwesen |year= 2008|publisher=Mecke Druck und Verlag |location=Duderstadt |isbn=978-3-936617-85-6 |language=de |chapter= Alteste (100) Schützenvereinigungen 799-1392 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnyAc2VzNXwC&pg=PA67 }}</ref>
 * 1598 – Borbeck Castle rebuilt.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
 * 1736 – ''Neueste Essendische Nachrichten von Staats- und Gelehrten Sachen'' (Newest Essen News of State and Learned Matters) newspaper begins publication.
-* 1797 – {{Interlanguage link|G. D. Baedeker Verlag|de}} bookseller in business.<ref name=schulz1870 />
+* 1797 – {{ill|G. D. Baedeker Verlag|de}} bookseller in business.<ref name=schulz1870 />
 ==19th century==
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 * 1841 – [[Simon Hirschland Bank]] in business.
 * 1847 – [[Essen-Bergeborbeck station]] opens.
-* 1849 – Population: 8,813.<ref name=brit1910>{{Citation |publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica Co. |location = New York |title = Encyclopædia Britannica |date = 1910 |oclc = 14782424 |edition=11th |chapterurl =https://archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabrit09chisrich#page/778/mode/1up |chapter =Essen }}</ref>
+* 1849 – Population: 8,813.<ref name=brit1910>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Essen |volume= 9 | pages = 778&ndash;779 }}</ref>
 * 1851 – [[Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex|Zollverein Coal Mine]] begins operating.
 * 1862 – [[Essen Hauptbahnhof]] and [[Essen-Borbeck station]] open.
-* 1866 – Fredebeul & Koenen booksellers in business.<ref name=schulz1870>{{cite book|title=Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNdEAAAAcAAJ|year=1870|publisher=O.A. Schulz |location=Leipzig |language=German }}</ref>
+* 1866 – Fredebeul & Koenen booksellers in business.<ref name=schulz1870>{{cite book|title=Allgemeines Adreßbuch für den deutschen Buchhandel ... 1870 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNdEAAAAcAAJ|year=1870|publisher=O.A. Schulz |location=Leipzig |language=de }}</ref>
 * 1870 – Synagogue consecrated.<ref name=Spector2001 />
 * 1871 – Town becomes part of the [[German Empire]].
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 * 1881
 ** Essener Turnerbund athletic club formed.
-** ''Beiträge zur Geschichte von Stadt und Stift Essen'' (journal of city history) begins publication.<ref>{{citation |title=Beiträge zur Geschichte von Stadt und Stift Essen |issn=0341-9088 |url= http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000524769 |author=Historischer Verein für Stadt und Stift Essen |language=German}}</ref>
+** ''Beiträge zur Geschichte von Stadt und Stift Essen'' (journal of city history) begins publication.<ref>{{citation |title=Beiträge zur Geschichte von Stadt und Stift Essen |issn=0341-9088 |url= http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000524769 |author=Historischer Verein für Stadt und Stift Essen |language=de}}</ref>
-* 1886 – Photographische Genossenschaft von Essen (photography group) founded.<ref name=kunsthandbuch1904>{{cite book|author=Königliche Museen zu Berlin|title=Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland |url=https://archive.org/stream/kunsthandbuchfr00berlgoog#page/n4/mode/2up |edition=6th |language=German |year=1904|publisher=Georg Reimer}}</ref>
+* 1886 – Photographische Genossenschaft von Essen (photography group) founded.<ref name=kunsthandbuch1904>{{cite book|author=Königliche Museen zu Berlin|title=Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland |url=https://archive.org/stream/kunsthandbuchfr00berlgoog#page/n4/mode/2up |edition=6th |language=de |year=1904|publisher=Georg Reimer}}</ref>
+[[File:Essen a54 v Stadtpanorama-1890.jpg|thumb|City centre with factories in the background in the 1890s]]
-* 1892 – City Theatre opens.<ref>{{cite book|title=Neuer Theater Almanach |year=1909|publisher=Gunther & Sohn |location=Berlin |language=German |hdl=2027/uva.x030515383 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Almanach 1919 der vereinigten Stadttheater Essens |location=Essen |publisher= Fredebeul & Koenen |year= 1919 |url= http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008896322 |language=German }}</ref>
+* 1892 – City Theatre opens.<ref>{{cite book|title=Neuer Theater Almanach |year=1909|publisher=Gunther & Sohn |location=Berlin |language=de |hdl=2027/uva.x030515383 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Almanach 1919 der vereinigten Stadttheater Essens |location=Essen |publisher= Fredebeul & Koenen |year= 1919 |url= http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008896322 |language=de }}</ref>
 * 1893
 ** Electric tram begins operating.
 ** [[Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate]] headquartered in Essen.
 * 1898 – Krupp's Essener Hof (hotel) built.
-* 1899 – Essen Philharmonic Orchestra founded.<ref name="Lawson2003-19th">{{cite book|editor= Colin Lawson|editor-link= Colin Lawson|title= Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra|year= 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-00132-8 |chapter= Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list) |chapterurl= https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA275 }}</ref>
+* 1899 – Essen Philharmonic Orchestra founded.<ref name="Lawson2003-19th">{{cite book|editor= Colin Lawson|editor-link= Colin Lawson|title= Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra|year= 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-00132-8 |chapter= Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA275 }}</ref>
 ==20th century==
-===1900s-1940s===
+===1900s–1940s===
 * 1901
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 ** [[Old Synagogue (Essen)|New Synagogue]] built.<ref name=Spector2001>{{cite book|editor=Shmuel Spector |title=Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust |year= 2001 |publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-9376-3 |location=USA |chapter=Essen |page=370 }}</ref>
 ** Albrecht's shop in business (later [[Aldi]] chain supermarket).
+* 1920 – Consulate of Poland opens.<ref name=hc>{{cite book|last=Chałupczak|first=Henryk|editor-last1=Kaczmarek|editor-first1=Ryszard|editor-last2=Masnyk|editor-first2=Marek|year=2004|title=Konsulaty na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim i polsko-czechosłowackim w 1918–1939|language=pl|location=Katowice|publisher=Wydawnictwo [[University of Silesia in Katowice|Uniwersytetu Śląskiego]]|page=20|chapter=Powstanie i działalność polskich placówek konsularnych w okresie międzywojennym (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem pogranicza polsko-niemiecko-czechosłowackiego)}}</ref>
 * 1922 – [[Uhlenkrugstadion]] (stadium) built.
+[[File:French enter Essen LCCN2014715614.jpg|thumb|French troops enter Essen, 1923]]
-* 1923 – [[Rot-Weiss Essen]] football club active.
+* 1923
+** [[Rot-Weiss Essen]] football club active.
+** [[France|French]] troops enter the city.
 * 1924 – Filmstudio Glückauf (cinema) opens.
 * 1925 – Essen/Mülheim Airport opens.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
-* 1927 – [[Botanischer Garten Grugapark|Grugapark Botanical Garden]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grugapark.de/english/history.html |title=History |publisher= Grugapark Essen |accessdate=1 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=botanic>{{cite web |url=http://www.bgci.org/garden_search.php?action=Find&ftrCountry=DE |title=Garden Search: Germany |publisher= [[Botanic Gardens Conservation International]] |location=London |accessdate= 30 September 2015 }}</ref> and [[Folkwang School]] for the arts open.
+* 1927 – [[Botanischer Garten Grugapark|Grugapark Botanical Garden]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grugapark.de/english/history.html |title=History |publisher= Grugapark Essen |access-date=1 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=botanic>{{cite web |url=http://www.bgci.org/garden_search.php?action=Find&ftrCountry=DE |title=Garden Search: Germany |publisher= [[Botanic Gardens Conservation International]] |location=London |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref> and [[Folkwang School]] for the arts open.
-* 1928 – Lichtburg Playhouse (cinema) opens.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/germany/essen?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Essen, Germany |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |accessdate=1 December 2013 }}</ref>
+* 1928 – Lichtburg Playhouse (cinema) opens.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/germany/essen?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Essen, Germany |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=1 December 2013 }}</ref>
 * 1929 – [[Essen-Werden|Werden]] becomes part of city.
 * 1932 – [[Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex|Zollverein Mine Shaft 12]] built.
 * 1933 – Theodor Reismann-Grone becomes mayor.
+* 1936 – Consulate of Poland relocated to [[Düsseldorf]].<ref name=hc/>
 * 1937 – Just Dillgardt becomes mayor.
 * 1939 – [[Georg-Melches-Stadion|Stadion an der Hafenstraße]] (stadium) built.
 * 1942 – March: [[Bombing of Essen in World War II|Bombing of Essen]] by Allied forces begins.
+* 1944
-* 1945 – March: [[Bombing of Essen in World War II|Bombing of Essen]] by Allied forces ends.
+** 2 January: Schwarze Poth [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] camp established by the [[SS]]. Its prisoners were mostly [[Russians]] and [[Polish people|Poles]].<ref name=Poth>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussenlager-buchenwald.de/details.html?camp=35|title=Essen (Schwarze Poth)|website=aussenlager-buchenwald.de|access-date=8 August 2022|language=de}}</ref>
+** 17 May: Schwarze Poth forced labour camp converted into a [[List of subcamps of Buchenwald|subcamp]] of the [[Buchenwald concentration camp]].<ref name=Poth/>
+** August: Humboldtstraße subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp established. Its prisoners were mostly [[Jews|Jewish]] women.<ref name=Humboldt>{{cite web|url=https://www.aussenlager-buchenwald.de/details.html?camp=96|title=Essen (Humboldtstraße)|website=aussenlager-buchenwald.de|access-date=8 August 2022|language=de}}</ref>
+* 1945
+** March: Schwarze Poth and Humboldtstraße subcamps of Buchenwald dissolved. Prisoners deported to the main Buchenwald camp.<ref name=Poth/><ref name=Humboldt/>
+** March: [[Bombing of Essen in World War II|Bombing of Essen]] by Allied forces ends.
 * 1946 – City becomes part of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]].
 * 1948
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 * 1951 – Amerikahaus built.
-* 1957 – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen]] founded.<ref name=katolsk>{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/germany |publisher=Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese) |location=Norway |accessdate= 30 September 2015 }}</ref>
+* 1957 – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen]] founded.<ref name=katolsk>{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Germany |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/germany |publisher=Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese) |location=Norway |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref>
 * 1958 – [[Grugahalle]] sports arena opens.
 * 1961 – Sammlung Industrieform (museum) opens.<ref name="Betts2004">{{cite book|author=Paul Betts|title=The Authority of Everyday Objects: A Cultural History of West German Industrial Design|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJV75Z8xRlIC|year=2004|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-94135-9}}</ref>
+* 1962 – City hosts the [[1962 European Judo Championships]].
 * 1965
-** City hosts [[Bundesgartenschau]] (national horticulture biennial).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bundesgartenschau.de/buga-iga/bisherige-gartenschauen/ |title=Bisherige Gartenschauen |language=German |trans-title=Previous Garden Shows |publisher=Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft |location=Bonn |accessdate=2 December 2013}}</ref>
+** City hosts [[Bundesgartenschau]] (national horticulture biennial).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bundesgartenschau.de/buga-iga/bisherige-gartenschauen/ |title=Bisherige Gartenschauen |language=de |trans-title=Previous Garden Shows |publisher=Deutsche Bundesgartenschau-Gesellschaft |location=Bonn |access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref>
 ** [[Das Kleine Theater Essen|Little Theatre]] founded.
 * 1968 – [[Essen Motor Show]] begins.
+[[File:Essen, am Hauptbahnhof 1970 (3).jpg|thumb|Essen in 1970]]
 * 1975 – [[Kettwig]] becomes part of city.
 * 1979 – [[Essen City Hall]] built.
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 * 1989 – Annette Jäger becomes mayor.
 * 1991 – [[Offener Kanal Essen]] television begins broadcasting.
+* 1993 – City hosts the [[1993 World Fencing Championships]].
 * 1994 – [[Stratmanns Theater Europahaus]] opens.
 * 1996 – [[GOP Varieté Essen]] theatre opens.
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 * 2001 – [[Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex]] becomes a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]].
+* 2002 –  [[Abu Ali group]], a jihadist cell with plans to bomb Jewish sites in Germany was arrested by the authorities
 * 2003 – [[University of Duisburg-Essen]] established.
 * 2009 – Reinhard Paß elected mayor.
-* 2010 – City designated a [[European Capital of Culture]].
+* 2010 – City designated that year's [[European Capital of Culture]] on behalf of the entire [[Ruhr area]].
 * 2012
 ** [[Stadion Essen]] (stadium) opens.
 ** Population: 566,862.
 * 2014 – June: [[2014 Pentecost weekend storms in Europe|Storm]].
+* 2017 - City designated that year's [[European Green Capital]].
 ==See also==
 * [[Essen#History|History of Essen]]
-* {{Interlanguage link|List of mayors of Essen|de|Liste der Stadtoberhäupter von Essen}}
+* {{ill|List of mayors of Essen|de|Liste der Stadtoberhäupter von Essen}}
 * [[History of the Ruhr]], includes timeline
 * [[Urbanization in the German Empire]]
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 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-:''This article incorporates information from the [[German Wikipedia]].''
 ==Bibliography==
 ===in English===
 * {{cite book
-|publisher = [[Murray's Handbooks for Travellers|J. Murray]] |location = London |year=1877 |title=Handbook for North Germany |chapter=Essen |chapterurl=https://archive.org/stream/handbookfornort00firgoog#page/n200/mode/2up}}
+|publisher = [[Murray's Handbooks for Travellers|J. Murray]] |location = London |year=1877 |title=Handbook for North Germany |chapter=Essen |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/handbookfornort00firgoog#page/n200/mode/2up}}
 * {{Citation
-|date = 1896 |title = Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany and Austria |location = London |publisher = W.J. Adams & Sons |chapter=Essen |chapterurl=https://archive.org/stream/bradshawsillust10bradgoog#page/n70/mode/1up
+|date = 1896 |title = Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany and Austria |location = London |publisher = W.J. Adams & Sons |chapter=Essen |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/bradshawsillust10bradgoog#page/n70/mode/1up
 |title-link = Bradshaw's Guide }}
 * {{Citation
-| publisher = Karl Baedeker | location = Leipzig | title = Northern Germany | edition = 15th | date = 1910 | oclc = 78390379 |chapter=Essen |chapterurl= https://archive.org/stream/northerngerma00karl#page/32/mode/1up }}
+| publisher = Karl Baedeker | location = Leipzig | title = Northern Germany | edition = 15th | date = 1910 | oclc = 78390379 |chapter=Essen |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/northerngerma00karl#page/32/mode/1up }}
+* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Essen |volume= 9 | pages = 778&ndash;779 |short= 1}}
 * {{cite journal
 |title=Social Continuity and Political Radicalization: Essen in the World War I Era |author= Eric D. Weitz |journal= Social Science History |volume= 9
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 |publisher=[[Garland Publishing]] |isbn=0-8240-7644-3
 |chapter=Essen
-|pages=|ref=none}}
+|ref=none}}
 * {{cite book
 |editor1=Gavriel David Rosenfeld
@@ Line 164: / Line 183: @@
 ===in German===
 * {{Citation
-|publisher = H. Kamp |author = F. Ph. Funcke |title = Geschichte des Fürstenthums und der Stadt Essen |trans-title=History of the principality and the city of Essen |date = 1848 |oclc = 38688441 |language=German
+|publisher = H. Kamp |author = F. Ph. Funcke |title = Geschichte des Fürstenthums und der Stadt Essen |trans-title=History of the principality and the city of Essen |date = 1848 |oclc = 38688441 |language=de
  |ol = 20454145M|ref=none}}
 * {{cite book
 |editor = Paul Clemen
 |editor-link = Paul Clemen
-|series = {{Interlanguage link|Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz|de}}
+|series = {{ill|Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz|de}}
 |publisher =Schwann
 |volume=2
@@ Line 175: / Line 194: @@
 |location =Dusseldorf
 |year =1893
-|language =German
+|language =de
 |url =http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009438435|ref=none}}
 * {{cite book
 |title=Industriestadt Essen in Wort und Bild
 |year=1902
-|author=T. Kellen |language=German |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_niENAAAAYAAJ |location=Essen-Ruhr |publisher=Fredebeul & Koenen|ref=none}}
+|author=T. Kellen |language=de |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_niENAAAAYAAJ |location=Essen-Ruhr |publisher=Fredebeul & Koenen|ref=none}}
 * {{cite book
 |editor=P. Krauss |editor2=E. Uetrecht
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 |publisher=[[Bibliographisches Institut]]
 |location=Leipzig
-|language=German
+|language=de
 |chapter-url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009018394
 |chapter= Essen|ref=none}}
@@ Line 194: / Line 213: @@
 |isbn=3891150008
 |publisher={{ill|Institut für vergleichende Städtegeschichte|de}}
-|language=German
+|language=de
 |volume= 4
 |year= 1989
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-[[Category:History of North Rhine-Westphalia|essen]]
 [[Category:Timelines of cities in Germany|Essen]]
-[[Category:Lists by city in Germany|essen]]
+[[Category:History of Essen]]
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-[[Category:History of the Rhineland]]
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