Chronicle of the city of Düren / 1101-1300
This list is a partial list of the chronicle of the city of Düren . It lists dated events of the 12th and 13th centuries in Düren .
1124
The construction of fortifications in the form of ramparts and ditches begins in Düren
1200
The tower of the chapel in Distelrath is built
1208
June 3: King Philip documents in Düren
1210
The Johanniterhaus on Weierstrasse - noted on Hollar's townscape as recently as 1634 - is built
1212
Düren is fortified as a city (construction of the city wall), see Düren city fortifications
1226
March: Customs privilege of Heinrich , the son of Emperor Friedrich II., For those of 'Duyren' (Düren)
1240
Düren is likely to be elevated to the status of an imperial city
1241-1242
Düren is in 13th place in the tax list of royal cities and villages, so Düren was one of the richest cities
1242
March: Düren pledged by Emperor Friedrich II to Count Wilhelm IV von Jülich for 1,000 marks
1246
December 12th: King Konrad pledges Count Wilhelm IV of Jülich the city of Düren for 1,000 marks
1250
Start of construction on the fourth St. Martin's Church
Around 1250
Düren is mentioned as a parish in the Liber valoris
1252
Anselm von Drove , Vogt von Düren, founds the Wilhelmitenkloster 'Zum Paradies' in Hämmerchensgäßchen (now a metalworking shop)
1261
First mention of the Pleußmühle.
First documentary mention of a city gate, namely the wooden gate, and the lay judges
1270
The St. Martin relief from the Anna Church (formerly Marienkirche) is created
1278
April 4th: First Düren city seal (royal seal ) verifiable
April 4th: Düren submits to the sovereignty of Archbishop Siegfried of Cologne
1290
First documentary mention of the Johanniter - Kommende in Velden (today Veldener Hof)
1300
The farm "van Duren" is registered with a forest right (predecessor of the Courtenbachhof, formerly Oberstraße )
literature
- Yearbook of the Düren district
- Düren history sheets, published by the Düren history association
- Documents from the Düren City and District Archives (PDF; 191 kB)
- Rölsdorfer history (s), published by the Schützenbruderschaft Constantia 1877 e. V., 2002, ISBN 3927312509