Chronicle of the city of Düren / 1501–1600

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This list is a partial list of the chronicle of the city of Düren . It lists dated events of the 16th century in Düren .

1501

January 9th: Acquisition of the Anna relic from stonemason Leonhard from Kornelimünster , who had stolen it from St. Stephen's Church in Mainz . This relic was brought from Bethlehem to Mainz in 1212 .

Foundation of the "St. Anna Brotherhood "

1503

The city had a new leper home and a new town hall built from its part of the Anna sacrifice by 1507

1506

Hildebrand von Weworden, called Bulner, from Drove becomes pastor of Düren

March 18: After a long dispute over the possession of the Anna relic between Düren and Mainz, the bull of Pope Julius II decided in favor of Düren

The name “Annakirche” prevails for the Martinkirche

1507

The Franciscans consecrate the Way of the Cross of the monastery and two cemeteries

1510

The City Council can at the site of the old infirmary cottage (see 1503), ten new infirmaries on the left Rurseite before Mariaweiler built

The Metz citizen Phillip von Vikneules estimates the number of pilgrims to the Anna relic at around 20,000

1514

The city has a St. Lazarus chapel built next to the settlement of lepers

1520

Construction of a new town hall under Mayor Gerhard Harper

October 27: Albrecht Dürer visits Düren

1521

The Augustiner -Cellitinnen move from Cologne to the "Gertrudenhof" in Pletzergasse . The sisters were also called the Alexian Sisters.

1524

First evangelical preacher in Düren

1531

Emperor Karl V visits Düren in January

1534

Construction of a new Franciscan church with a monastery , as the first was badly damaged by fire. The monastery was almost completely destroyed by the fire. The church is completed in 1537.

1536

January 21: Arms Foundation of the chaplain of Anna Church , Simon Steufmehl

1537

November 6th: Death of Hildebrand von Weworden, the most important pastor of the Anna Church

1539

Hans Holbein the Younger paints the portrait of Princess Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg at the castle in Düren in August

Around 1540

The cloth makers build their guild house, the “ Gewandhaus ”, on the Altenteich

1540

Construction of a Lady Chapel at St. Martin's Church

1541

The Wilhelmites move into the Augustinerhof on the " Höfchen "

1542

October 8: Düren surrenders to the imperial general, the Prince of Orange , in the war between Emperor Karl V and Duke Wilhelm V of Jülich

December 28: Duke Wilhelm V recaptures Düren after an eight-day siege

1543

August 22nd: Emperor Karl V camps with his troops in the area of Gut Weyern

23 August: The head of the municipal defense, bailiff Reinhard von Vlatten , rejects the request for surrender

August 24: Düren is stormed and looted from Krausberg (Kölnplatz, today Friedrich-Ebert-Platz ) after the bombardment by the imperial artillery (Charles V) . Düren was badly damaged by the major fire that followed. The Annahaupt was brought from the Annakirche to the Franciscan Church.

August 25th: Town hall, Anna's Church, Cellitinnenkloster and 600 houses burned

August 27th: The emperor leaves with the army

Destruction of the Mother of God House

The Elisabetherinnen, who came from Aachen to Düren in the Middle Ages , are building a new monastery

1544

A new one will be produced based on the example of the old jury's seal

The Latin school is rebuilt

In this and in the following years the guild books are renewed, so-called "Ambachtsbücher"

1545

Casting of two new bells for the Anna Church

New construction of the inn on the site of today's Peschschule

New construction of the "Johanniter Kommende Velden" (coming = monastery), today Veldener Hof

October 31: A police ordinance issued by Duke Wilhelm V. von Jülich regulates the situation in the Düren city administration and the guild system

1546

New construction of the town hall (until 1547)

1548

Restoration of the Cologne gate of the Düren city fortifications, which was badly damaged in 1543

1550

Master Clais Wyndemaiker von Gangelt from Münster / Westphalia makes the first glockenspiel for the Anna Church

Restoration of the slaughterhouse in Philippstrasse.

1551

Renewal of the St. Sebastianus Archers Ordinance

1553

First mention of the Rölsdorf Castle on the site of the current Volkspark. It was a courtyard that lay between two ponds.

1554

The Duke of Jülich issues fire regulations for Düren

1555

The 1st large renaissance organ in Anna's Church was built by 1557

1556

August 12: The city issues a new market regulation

October 21: The Duke regulates the Düren city constitution and administration in a police ordinance

1558

October 31: New police ordinance of the Duke on the civil and guild system of Düren

1564

Installation of a second carillon in the Anna Church, formerly St. Martin Church, by 1565

1565

Casting of the "Portzenklock", the third bell of the Anna Church

1570

Dissolution of the Wilhelmite Order in Düren

1571

March 22nd: New hat maker regulations

1572

May 14th: New butcher and market master regulations

1573

Since this year, preacher of the Reformed parishes in Düren has been almost uninterrupted

1576

First proof of paper production in Düren

1577

July 20: New brewing regulations

August 3: Goldsmiths Regulations

1580

A list of the citizens who are obliged to defend the city and their weapons is drawn up, sorted by guilds

1581

The first Jewish cemetery is laid out in front of the city gates

1582

August 11th: Restaurant rules (poor house rules)

1586

October: Completion of the new Cologne Gate

Completion of the restoration work on the Anna Church

1587

The Reformed receive a cemetery in the Paradise Road as a foundation of Mechtilde Portz, who is also from the 1668 Lutherans is shared

1588

Construction of the Kornhaus by the city (destroyed in 1944) on the Stadthof (Philippstrasse), a former parade ground, as a fruit store and mill

1589

Construction of the Roßmühle on the Buttermarkt next to the city ​​scales

1591

The plague rages in Düren

1594

First mention of the newly built Lady Chapel as the Mother of God house

1597

January 21st and April 3rd: The cities of Düren and Liège mutually confirm their customs privileges

1599

December 14th: Agreement between the bakers and the city administration on the type of baking, weight and price

Around 1600

Furrier order

The sovereign builds the Rentmeisterei in the southeast corner of the city , which later became the Catholic workers' hospice

1600

November 25th: New field regulations

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