Chronicle of the city of Düren / 1601–1700

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This list is a partial list of the chronicle of the city of Düren . It lists dated events of the 17th century in Düren .

1603

Construction of a connecting passage at the Wirteltor

1604

Reinforcement of the fastening on the upper gate

1606

The Kornhaus is auctioned to Leonhard Rocus for 1030 gold guilders

1607

Carsilius Kurth von Schoenecken receives the sovereign permission to convert his copper mill in Mariaweiler into a paper mill

1608

Construction of the meat hall at the cattle market

1609

  • The Lutherans hold their first public service in the town hall
  • July 31: After the Kleve-Mark family died out , Düren came under the rule of the two main inheritors Palatinate-Neuburg and Brandenburg
  • 23.10 .: Düren Guard Regulations: Every citizen must do guard duty himself or through a deputy
  • December 19: Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm occupies Düren and turns it into a garrison town (4 companies of Brandenburg and Neuburg troops)
  • Christmas: The Lutheran congregation holds the Christmas service in the apartment of the town clerk Wilhelm Deutgen on the Altenteich

1610

1611

An etching with a view of Düren appears in Augsburg

1613

  • Düren's customs dispute with Cologne
  • 4.2 .: The two citizens of Düren, Hillebrand Sensenschmitt and Diederich Bürvenich, received the license to found the Lendersdorfer ironworks

1616

  • Fire of the Cellitinnenkloster and the monastery church. Both were completely destroyed.
  • August 18: The mayor issues a decree on fire safety and cleanliness in the city

1618

  • Beginning of the Thirty Years War
  • First fire in a tower of Anna's Church from lightning strike
  • August 31: Regulation of the cloth trade

1619

14.7 .: The second Church of the Cellitinnen is consecrated (demolished in 1861) and St. Gertrudis consecrated

1627

7/8: The city ​​council approves the construction of an annuntary monastery in Düren on Zehnthofstrasse

1628

  • Spaniards camp in Düren
  • First documentary mention of the Catholic elementary school for boys as a permanent institution under municipal funding
  • The Reformed congregation is no longer allowed to hold public services until 1648
  • 13.3 .: Foundation of the Jesuit branch in Düren by Father Nikolaus Lehm from Aachen and Father Hubert Rütten from Trier , both born in Düren
  • 1.6 .: The guilds ask the council to promote the Jesuit settlement
  • July 28th: ​​The Duke hands over the old pastorate to the Jesuits
  • October 24th: At 6 p.m. 6 choir sisters of the Annunties (Order of the Annunciation), coming from Antwerp , arrive in Düren

1629

1630

  • Completion of the new cellite monastery building
  • March 25th: The Jesuits found the Marian Sodality
  • Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm enfeoffs Melchior von Courtenbach with the Forsthof, later Oberstr. 89, canceled in 1981

1632

In the Franciscan Church, the Arch Brotherhood of Saints St. Rocus and St. Sebastianus is founded

1634

The first city map of Düren by Wenceslas (Wenzel) Hollar appears

1635

1636

  • Piccolomini occupies Düren
  • The Jesuits received the manor named after them in the south of the city (Jesuitenhof), today the location of an indoor swimming pool. The farm used to be called "Meyradtshof".
  • May 28th: ​​The Wilhelmitenkloster Bernardfagne donates a Rochus relic to the monastery Bethanien (Franciscans).
  • December 19: Conversion of the previous municipal Latin school into a Jesuit grammar school

1638

1639

December 31st: The imperial troops under General von Lamboy burn the suburbs down

1640

  • Jakob Polius, the first historian of the city of Düren, completes his 'Historical Treatise on Saint Anna'
  • Düren is occupied

1641

  • The Franciscans receive two relics of Mother Anna

1642

  • 24.2. - May 25th: Weimar and Hessen under General Rosen keep Düren occupied
  • May 30th: Free mercenary troops under Franz von Bronckhorst occupy Düren and tear down part of the suburbs
  • 25.10 .: The mercenaries evacuate Düren from the imperial troops. Soon the imperial troops are leaving

1643

  • The Annuntiaten buy the Gewandhaus corner of Bongard / Altenteich as a new monastery building. They only live there for a year. Then they returned to the rebuilt monastery in Zehnthofstrasse. back.
  • 11.9 .: The Hessian general Ernst Albrecht Kraft von Eberstein shoots at Düren, but withdraws again at the instigation of the Duke of Jülich
  • October: Hesse bombard Düren again and force the surrender, but Count von Hatzfeld forces them to withdraw again

1644

  • June 29th: The reformed church in Düren consists of 211 souls
  • April 10/11: Count Christian von Nassau-Siegen and Colonel Mandelslo displace the Hessians from Düren
  • June: New battles with the Hessians

1645

Düren's gate fortifications are being strengthened because of concerns about a new attack by the Hessians

1646

Hessian and Weimar soldiers besiege Düren and destroy the suburbs, but withdraw again due to the strong resistance

1647

December 9th: Guillaume de Lamboy conquered Düren and held it for nine months

1648

  • September 20: After a three-week siege, Düren is handed over to the Hessians
  • End of October: Düren learns from express couriers that the ' Peace of Westphalia ' (end of the Thirty Years' War) was concluded on October 24, 1648
  • November: The Hessians leave Düren

1649

  • New field order
  • July 12th: The Reformed Church buys the meat hall at the price of 1200 Reichstalers and holds masses there until it is demolished in 1844
  • The Jesuit branch (residence) is elevated to a college , a college

1650

November 16: Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm approves the takeover of the guest house, which Margareta Brandroster has endowed with a large donation, on the grounds of the current Peschschule by Elisabeth Elisabeth from Aachen

1651

6.1 .: Three Elisabethers begin their nursing work in Düren. You live in the caretaker's apartment in the Heilig-Geist-Haus on the grounds of the current Pesch School.

1652

4.4 .: City conference of the Duchy of Jülich in Düren

1653

Since then, performances of all Latin , and less often German, Jesuit dramas can be identified at the grammar school

1654

End of July: The Elberfelder and Langenberger Leinenkrämer extend the Anna market (forerunner of today's Annakirmes ) to seven days , in protest of the council ; the extension still prevails

1655

The Jesuits receive the patronage of the Anna Church

1656

The Capuchins come to Düren and build a monastery with a church on the corner of Kämergasse / Altenteich

1661

July 9: The Duke grants the four capitals of the Duchy of Jülich (Jülich, Düren, Münstereifel and Euskirchen ) the independence of their administration

1662

Completion of the renovation of the Annunciate Monastery in Zehnthofstrasse and building the church

1663

  • New construction of the inn on the site of the current Pesch School with monastery church. The church was not consecrated until 1684.
  • The council orders a census of all residents over 15 years

1664

1665-1666

Another great epidemic breaks out

1666

  • New construction of the guest house monastery of the Elisabetherinnen
  • 16.12 .: Duke Philip William decreases division of Jülich-Cleves inheritance his homage due to the disease in the mills on the Roer make

1670

1672

April 26th: The religious comparison between Pfalz-Neuburg and Brandenburg concluded in Cölln on the Spree brings the Reformed and Lutherans in Düren final religious freedom

1673

August 21: In the presence of Count Palatine Philipp Wilhelm , the new Jesuit College, built between 1670 and 1673, is inaugurated

1674

  • The Düren area is sacked by French troops under Marshal Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne
  • The old tavern monastery is being demolished.
  • After the withdrawal of the French troops, the Düren suburbs were rebuilt by 1676

1675

December: Düren has to feed a quartered general staff of the Dutch-German troops from the army of Louis XIV of France at Schlossberg Castle in Birkesdorf

1678

October 13th: The Marshal of Luxembourg forces the French main army to occupy the city, quarter 5,000 soldiers and demolish 80 houses of refugee citizens

1679

14.12 .: Withdrawal of the remaining French troops who had stayed in Düren to collect war compensation

1680

Foundation of the Antony Brotherhood

1681

2.8 .: The Ursulines from Liège come to Düren and also set up a girls' school . They lease the Schwarzenbroicher house in Schellengasse, which previously belonged to the Kreuzbrothers. It belonged to the Schwarzenbroich monastery , located between Gürzenich and Schevenhütte . They only stay there for a year and change houses several times

1684

April 29th: Consecration of the Annuntiatenkirche in Zehnthofstrasse. So far there was only one monastery chapel there.

1686

The Ursulines buy in the lower Kölnstrasse. (Corner of Schützenstrasse opposite the post office) Spetgensche Haus

1688

  • Due to the succession in the Palatinate, Elector Philipp Wilhelm is involved in the war for the Palatinate , the 5th predatory war of Louis XIV of France
  • December 15: The French Marshal Marquis de Varennes occupies Düren

1689

  • March 22nd: The French withdraw from Düren
  • October: French troops burn u. a. Distelrath and the adjacent, thereby sunken Miesenheim down

1690

10.8 .: Skirmish between Düren and French in front of the Wirteltor

1692

20.1 .: Tower guard rules with smoking, drinking and dancing prohibited

1696

The Düren bailiff, Freiherr Johann Adolf Wolff Metternich zur Gracht, causes the first Düren procession to move out of the Franciscan church to Kevelaer

1697

The council has the St. Martin bell re-poured

1699

The Ursulines build another wing at their monastery

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