Chronicle of the city of Düren / prehistory
This list is a partial list of the chronicle of the city of Düren . It lists dated events in the prehistory of Düren.
700
The first St. Martin's Church was built as a palatine chapel, today Annakirche , and the Distelrath chapel until 770
748
First documentary mention Dürens in the " Metzer annals " as court day Pippin in the "VILLA Duria"
761
In the “Villa publica duria”, an imperial estate , the May field under King Pippin is attested
769
December 25: Charlemagne (768–814) celebrates Christmas in the Düren Palatinate
770
The second St. Martin's Church is built, completion in 881
774
September 7th: Charlemagne documents "Dura palatio regio" ( royal palace in Düren) in Düren
775
Charlemagne undertakes his great Saxon campaign from Düren and gathers the army here. Departure in August, return in October / November
July 28th: Document about a cross rehearsal ( judgment of God ) held in Düren between the Bishop of Paris and the Abbot of St. Denis in the Palatine Chapel
779
Imperial assembly in Düren under Charlemagne
782
Last demonstrable stay of Charlemagne in Düren
Around 800
Düren is ravaged by the Saxon Wars
843
December 15th: Last documentary mention of the royal palace in Düren
881-882
Destruction of the Düren Palatinate by the Normans
888
June 13: Foundation of the Zehnthof , see also Zehnthofstraße (Düren)
925
Firm conditions in Düren again
941
NOVEMBER 25: King Otto I . gives the church in the court district of Düren to the Aachen cathedral
953
The Palatine Chapel becomes the property of the Aachen Marienstift
941
Construction of the third St. Martin's Church (until 1226)
1057
April 16: King Henry IV gives Düren and all its accessories to the Bishop of Verdun
1064-1065
Düren is among the royal table goods mentioned
1085
July 1st: Henry IV confirms the possession of the Düren royal court to the Bishop of Verdun
literature
- Yearbook of the Düren district
- Düren history sheets, published by the Düren history association
- Heinz J. Domsta, Düren 1940-1947, Düren 1994, ISSN 0343-2971
- 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