874 | First documentary mention of "Linchesce" |
1198 | Destruction of Linz and the church in the battles between Otto IV und Philipp of Swabia |
1206/14 | Laying of foundation stone and consecration of St. Martin's parish church |
1250 | Linz is gradually transferred to the archidiocese of 'Cologne through Mechthild von Sayn |
appr. 1320 | Linz receives town charter, construction of town fortifications begins |
1365 | Construction of the fortress and customs levying post by the sovereign |
1391 | All but one third of the town destroyed by fire |
1462 | Chapel in the market square consecrated (today location of Virgin Mary column) |
1475 | Siege of the town by imperial troops in Neuss war |
1517-27 | Construction of town hall replacing previous building |
1543 | The reformation brings confused times under Archbishop Hermann von Wied |
1548 | Resotration of previous faith |
1583 | Occupied in Cologne war, Isenburg Seizure started |
1623 | Settlement by Servites |
1626 | Settlement by Capuchins |
1632 | Town occupied by Sweden |
1633 | Execution of the mayor. Augustin Kastenholz, in the market square |
1796 | Occupation by French troops |
1803 | Linz becomes part of Nassau-Usingen |
1807 | Construction of the house Schwamborn |
1815 | Linz becomes Prussian |
1816 | District of Linz established |
1822 | The District of Linz is added to the district of Neuwied |
1845 | Establishment of Protestant congregation, 1856 raised to privileged congregation |
1851 | Consecration of the synagoge in "Auf dem Berg" alley |
1854 | Settlement by Franciscan nuns from Nonnenwerth |
1858 | The first stream ships stop in Linz |
1861 | Start of removal of town fortifications |
1865 | Consecration of Protestant church at Grabentor |
1870 | Connection to railway network on the right side of the Rhine |
1878 | Construction of Virgin Mary column in the market square |
1880 | Appearance of phylloxera: destruction of whole wine growing districts |
1886 | Completation of first arches of the railway viaduct at the embankment |
1912 | Openig of Westerwald railway, start of restoration of whitewashed half-timbered buildings - Linz the Colourful Town on the Rhine |
1920 | Twinned with the Austrian town of Linz on the Danube |
1933 | Reconstruction of the railway viaduct |
1945 | Destruction of the southern part of the town by bombing, occupation by the Americans and then by the French |
1946 | Linz becomes part of Rhineland Palatinate |
1965 | Twinned with Marietta/Georgia in den USA |
1967 | Consecration of Marienkirche church in Kirchplatz square |
1970 | Surrounding areas incorporated into Linz as the regional administrative authority |
1976 | First houses in new Quarter of Roniger Hof |
1979 | Consecration of Franziskus hospital in Roniger Hof quarter |
ab 1980 | Redevelopment of the core areas of the town: Burgplatz, Neustraße (1983), Buttermarkt (1984), Mittelstraße (1985), Parkhaus unter dem Dr. Sigmund-Wolf Platz (1991), Marktplatz (1993) |
1987 | Twinned with Pornic in France |
1990 | Conclusion for the time being of the rennovation on and in St. Martin's church |
1991 | Friendship treaty with Linz/Sachsen |
2003 | Linz gets a new modern sports site with artificial turf place. The town hall was converted to a communication center. |
2005 | Rheinsteig Opening: 320 km premium-trekking trail along the right bank of the river Rhine between Bonn and Wiesbaden - leading through the old town of Linz |
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