Chronicle of the City of Munich / 1901–2000
This list is a partial list of the chronicle of the city of Munich . It lists events in the history of Munich from the 20th century.
1901
- February 10th: Max von Pettenkofer dies
- March 3: Foundation of the child protection association
- May 9: Opening of the Müller Volksbad
- August 21: Opening of the Prinzregententheater
- September 29: Opening of the Luitpold Bridge
- October 1: Opening of the railway line from Moosach train station to Schwabing freight station
- Foundation of the artist group Phalanx
- Foundation of the Munich vocational training center
1902
- Last edition of the journal Die Gesellschaft
1903
- July 1: The Pasing – Herrsching railway line opens
- July 17th: Reichenbach Bridge opens
- October 1st: Opening of the Elisabethmarkt
- Foundation of the Deutsches Museum
- Opening of the artist café Simpl
1904
- June 6th: The Munich-Giesing-Aying railway line opens
- Opening of the Neudeck correctional facility
- First edition of the Süddeutsche Monatshefte
1905
- Publication of the satirical novel Professor Unrat by Heinrich Mann, which was filmed in 1930 as The Blue Angel
1906
- February 4: World Figure Skating Championships 1906
- June 24th: Inauguration of the Paulskirche
- October 1st: Opening of the central workshop in Aubing
- Foundation of the Munich Adult Education Center
1907
- Opening of the Pasinger Viktualienmarkt
- Start of construction of the residential complexes on Loehleplatz
1908
- First edition of Hyperion magazine
1909
- January 18: Opening of the Schwabing Clinic
- March 7th: Inauguration of the Pasing church Maria Schutz
- May 8th: Opening of the children's clinic on Lachnerstrasse
- May 23: Franziskus von Bettinger becomes Archbishop of Munich and Freising
- June 5: Opening of the Munich East – Ismaning and Johanneskirchen – Schwabing railway lines
- June 12: The service company Wackler Holding is founded
1910
- Installation of the Benno column
- Last issue of Hyperion magazine
- Completion of the Arco-Palais
- Foundation of the Israelite hospital and nurses home
1911
- Opening of the Luitpoldpark
- Opening of the Hellabrunn Zoo
- Foundation of the Münchner Kammerspiele
- Foundation of the electricity supplier OBÜZ
1912
- Incorporation of the community Forstenried into the city of Munich
- Opening of the wholesale market hall
- Commissioning of the Third Order Hospital
- Establishment of the villa colony at Schlosspark Laim
- Completion of the main customs office
1913
- Incorporation of the city of Milbertshofen and the municipalities of Berg am Laim , Moosach and Oberföhring into the city of Munich
- European ice hockey championship 1913
- Unveiling of the Richard Wagner monument
- Founding of the Cowboy Club Munich , the oldest existing cowboy club in Germany
1914
- Opening of the New Botanical Garden
- Closure of the Royal Bavarian Artillery and Engineering School
1915
- Completion of the German Heart Center in Munich
1916
- Opening of the women's clinic on Maistraße
1917
- Michael von Faulhaber becomes Archbishop of Munich and Freising
- The Brothers of Mercy Hospital is established
1918
- December 6: Munich newspaper coup
- Establishment of the research institute for thermal insulation
1919
- February 19: Lotter coup
- February 21: The Bavarian Prime Minister Kurt Eisner is murdered
- April 13th: Palm Sunday coup
- December 17th: Foundation of the clergy association
- Circus Krone takes its seat in Munich
- German wrestling championships 1919
- Eduard Schmid is elected Mayor of Munich
- Munich Soviet Republic
1920
- May 27: Opening of the Infantry School of the Reichswehr
- Dissolution of the Bavarian Cadet Corps
- Foundation of the Munich Student Union
1921
- September 4th: Foundation of the regional association of Bavarian allotment gardeners
- Beginning of Monacensia
1922
- May 13th - October 8th: German Trade Show Munich
- August 27th - August 30th: 62nd German Catholic Day
- Foundation of the right association Gäa
- Foundation of the Munich Association of Insurance
1923
- November 8th and 9th: Hitler putsch
- German Gymnastics Festival 1923
1924
- February 26 - April 1: Hitler trial
- Inauguration of the war memorial in the Hofgarten
- First edition of the Münchner Illustrierte Presse
- Opening of the Munich East marshalling yard and the Munich East depot
1925
- June 1 - October 12: German Transport Exhibition 1925
- Karl Scharnagl is elected Mayor of Munich
- Opening of the Deutsches Museum
- Munich stab in the back trial
- Foundation of the Philosophy College
- Founding of the Allach porcelain factory
1926
- October 17th: Consecration of the Church of St. Korbinian
- Establishment of TSV München Großhadern
- Completion of the Church of St. Gabriel
1927
- October 8: The Munich-Freimann repair shop opens
- Completion of the Ismaninger Strasse post office
- Foundation of the Trapp music school, later the Richard Strauss Conservatory
- Start of construction on the multi-storey development Walchenseeplatz
1928
- 23 May: Hellabrunn Zoo reopens
- Foundation of the Literature Prize
- May: Foundation of PSV Munich
1929
- March 31: First edition of the magazine Illustrierter Sonntag
- Completion of the bristle
- Completion of the Thalkirchner Strasse Clinic
- First edition of Ludendorff's Volkswarte
1930
- Incorporation of the communities of Perlach and Daglfing into the city of Munich
- Completion of the Christ the King Church
1931
- June 1 - June 6: Exhibition of works by German romantics from Caspar David Friedrich to Moritz von Schwind in the Glaspalast
- June 6th: Fire in the Glass Palace
- November 2nd: Foundation of the tennis club TC Grün-Weiss Luitpoldpark Munich
- Incorporation of the Freimann community into the city of Munich
- Unveiling of the Bismarck monument
- Munich university riots
1932
- Incorporation of the community of Trudering into the city of Munich
- Completion of the Father Rhine Well
- Start of construction on the Bogenhausen atrium settlement
1933
- March 20: Karl Fiehler is appointed mayor
- October 10: City council resolution to build the Am Hart settlement
- December 16: Opening of the Prinzregentenstadion
1934
- May 30th: Official closure of the Apostolic Nunciature in Munich
- Foundation of the German Hunting and Fishing Museum
- First horse race around the Brown Belt of Germany
- Construction of the garden city of Bogenhausen-Priel begins
- Start of construction of the villa colony Am Priel-Hof
1935
- August 8: the city of Munich is the title of Capital of the Movement awarded
- first edition of the National Socialist student newspaper Die Bewegungs
1936
- September 8: Opening of the Am Hart housing estate
- Last edition of the Süddeutsche Monatshefte
- Chess Olympia 1936
1937
- Exhibition degenerate art
- July 18: The House of Art opens
- European Wrestling Championships 1937
- Last edition of the magazine Der Kunstwart
1938
- Incorporation of the city of Pasing and the communities of Feldmoching , Großhadern , Allach , Ludwigsfeld , Obermenzing , Solln and Untermenzing
- Munich Agreement
- Destruction of the Old Main Synagogue and the Old Synagogue Ohel Jakob
- Completion of the radio barracks
1939
- October 2: Completion of the Munich north ring from Olching to Trudering
- October 25: Munich-Riem Airport opens
- November 8th: Unsuccessful assassination attempt on Hitler in the Bürgerbräukeller by Georg Elser
1940
- Last issue of Jugend magazine
- Start of construction of the Aubingen thermal power station
- Opening of the Deutsche Bahn telecommunications workshops
1941
- March 17: Beginning of the Milbertshofen Jewish camp
- May 5th: The Munich-Pasing depot opens
- July: Beginning of the Berg am Laim collection camp
1942
- January 1st: Opening of the Feldkirchner Tangente
- January 29th - February 1st: German three-cushion championship
- June: Forced dissolution of the Israelite hospital and nurses' home
- September 14th - 26th: Chess tournament in Munich 1942
- Founding of the White Rose resistance group
1943
- August: Opening of the building goods station in Munich-Ludwigsfeld
- Members of the White Rose are executed
1944
- September 13th: Last edition of Simplicissimus
- Last issue of the Münchner Illustrierte Presse
1945
- May 8: Railway accident in Berg am Laim
- October 6: First publication of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- October 17th: First publication of the Neue Zeitung
- Foundation of the Munich Symphony Orchestra
- May: Karl Scharnagl reinstated as Lord Mayor of Munich
- the National Socialist student newspaper The movement is discontinued
1946
- August 15: First issue of Der Ruf magazine
- Karl Scharnagl is elected mayor
- Foundation of the Otto Falckenberg School
- Foundation of the private grammar school Ernst Adam , forerunner of the Nymphenburg schools
- Foundation of the Nymphenburger Verlag
1947
1948
- February 26: Foundation of the Max Planck Society
- July 9: Foundation of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation
- Thomas Wimmer is elected Lord Mayor
1949
- March 15th: Last issue of Der Ruf magazine
- October 1: Opening of the German Patent and Trademark Office in Munich
- Foundation of the International Youth Library
- Foundation of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Opening of the P1 club
- Foundation of the Fraunhofer Society
- Founding of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research
- Foundation of the dance school at the Deutsches Theater
- Foundation of the Tolstoy Library
1950
- Establishment of the Federal Fiscal Court
- Foundation of the Political School
- Foundation of the Munich Chamber Orchestra
- The Ukrainian Free University is coming to Munich
1951
- Foundation of the German Geodetic Research Institute
- Founding of the Commission for Ancient History and Epigraphy
1952
- Joseph Wendel becomes Archbishop of Munich and Freising
- Foundation of the German Geodetic Commission
- Foundation of the Munich Radio Orchestra
- Foundation of the Munich choirboys
1953
- Demolition of the new Isar barracks
- Demolition of the Guardian Angel Chapel
1954
- February 2: Introduction of name for the previously designated only by numbers boroughs of Munich, it is the historic city center for the first time as an old town called
- Twinning with Edinburgh
- Establishment of Bayerische Hausbau
1955
- Completion of the new building of the Church of St. Matthew
- Foundation of the Bavarian State Newspaper
1956
- Foundation of the Munich laughing and shooting society
- Foundation of the Institute for Broadcast Technology
1957
- Foundation of the International School for Drama and Acting
- Foundation of the JFF - Institute for Media Education in Research and Practice
1958
- British European Airways Flight 609
- German Gymnastics Festival 1958
- First award of the Cultural Prize of Honor of the City of Munich
- Founding of the mineral oil company Allguth
1959
- May 1st - 3rd: German Badminton Championship 1959
- June 1st: Opening of the Sendlinger Spange
- September 17th: Foundation of the German School of Journalism
1960
- March 27: Hans-Jochen Vogel is elected Lord Mayor
- May 25: The foundation stone is laid for the Hasenbergl housing estate
- July 31 - August 7: 37th World Eucharistic Congress
- August 1st: Completion of the new platform hall at Munich Central Station
- December 17th: Air crash in Munich
- City partnership with Verona
1961
- Julius Döpfner becomes Archbishop of Munich and Freising
- Foundation of the Federal Patent Court
- First award of the Schwabing Art Prize
- First award of the Munich medal lights up
- Construction of the Kronprinz-Rupprecht fountain
1962
- December 2nd: Inauguration of the Gospel Church
- First Munich Security Conference
- Establishment of the Richard Strauss Fountain
- Establishment of the Leibniz data center
- Schwabing riots
- Foundation of the Munich community of interests to protect civil rights
1963
- Foundation of the German Youth Institute
- 1st Munich Security Conference
1964
- The Bavarian Television goes on air
- Foundation of the Society for Radiation Research
- City partnership with Bordeaux
- Construction of the Emmaus Church in Harlaching
- Opening of the Institute of Catechetics and Homiletics
1965
- First award of the Tukan Prize
- Foundation of the rational theater
- Foundation of the ISF Munich
- Start of construction on the Johanneskirchen Nord estate
- Foundation of the recreation area association
1966
- Foundation of the University of Television and Film Munich
1967
- Pasinger Dumpling War
- Inauguration of the Truderinger Church of St. Franz Xaver
1968
- Opening of the Olympic Tower
- Opening of the Euro industrial park
1969
1970
- September 27: Dedication of the Church of the Epiphany
- Foundation of the House of the German East
- The rescue helicopter Christoph 1 is put into service
- The BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt is established
1971
- April 5: Establishment of the Munich Transport and Tariff Association
- April 13th: Bank robbery by the Tupamaros Munich
- August 1st: Foundation of the Munich University of Applied Sciences
- August 1st: Foundation of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Munich
- October 19: The Munich subway opens
- Foundation of the Army University of Applied Sciences 2
1972
- April 16: Inauguration of the Maria Trost Church in Untermenzing
- April 28: Opening of the main S-Bahn line
- May 28: The Munich S-Bahn starts operating
- July: German Athletics Championships
- August 23: Commissioning of the Neuherberg research reactor
- September 5: Munich was taken hostage
- German swimming championships
- Opening of the pedestrian zone in Kaufingerstraße
- Opening of the Neuperlach Clinic
- Georg Kronawitter becomes the mayor elected
- 1972 Summer Olympics
- City partnership with Sapporo
1973
- Inauguration of the BMW high-rise
- Ernst Otto Fischer receives the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Foundation of the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich
- First award of the Karl Valentin Order
- the LASER World of PHOTONICS trade fair is taking place for the first time
- Completion of the Schwabylon
1974
- December 6th: Inauguration of the Wilhelm-Hausenstein-Gymnasium
- World Figure Skating Championships 1974
- Foundation of the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Justice in Bavaria
1975
- OCTOBER 1: The Munich city police is in the Munich police headquarters incorporated
- March 7th: Railway accident in Munich-Allach
- Ice Hockey World Championship 1975
1976
- February 21-22: European Athletics Indoor Championships 1976
- November 24th: Wienerwald speech
- The scientific-technical working group for building preservation and monument preservation is founded
1977
- March 24th: Joseph Ratzinger becomes Archbishop of Munich and Freising
- November 1st: Opening of the European Patent Office
- Foundation of the Haidhausen Museum
1978
- Erich Kiesl is elected Lord Mayor
- Closure of the Aubing chemical factory
- UCI Track World Championships 1978
- the Heim + Handwerk trade fair takes place for the first time
1979
- Demolition of the Schwabylon
- German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
- Opening of Mini-Munich
- Foundation of the leasing company Comprendium
- Founding of Games-In Verlag
- The Gebhard Fugel Art Prize is being awarded for the first time
1980
- German swimming championships 1980
- German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1980
- Foundation of the historical college
- Oktoberfest attack
1981
- 10th World Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics
- Opening of the Neuperlach shopping center
- Opening of the new building of the Neue Pinakothek
- German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1981
- Completion of the Hypo-House
- Leisure 81
- The Tunix festival takes place for the first time
- The consumer games fair Spielwies'n takes place for the first time
1982
- March 20: German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 under the title Ein Lied für Harrogate
- World Boxing Championships 1982
- German Athletics Championships 1982
- Carl Orff dies
- Friedrich Wetter becomes Archbishop of Munich and Freising
- Closure of the Neuherberg research reactor
1983
- German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1983
- Foundation of the Jewish Adult Education Center
- Eurovision Song Contest 1983
- International garden show
1984
- July 4th: Opening of the 88th German Catholic Day
- July 12th: Hailstorm in Munich
- December 31: First New Year's Eve run in Munich
- German swimming championships 1984
- German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
- Georg Kronawitter is elected mayor
- Founding of the Bundeswehr Institute for Microbiology
- Start of construction of the garden city Johanneskirchen
1985
- March 21st: German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 under the title Ein Lied für Göteborg
- December: Opening of the Sudeten German House
- Opening of the Gasteig cultural center
- Opening of the art gallery of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung
1986
- June: The Mothers Against Nuclear Power Association is founded
- German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
- The Jazz Welle Plus goes on air
- First publication of the journal Natur & Heilen
- Founding of the Dükkan culture shop
- Founding of the Crescendo Munich Symphony Orchestra
- Foundation of the band Die Blechblos'n
1987
- September 30: Radio 1 (Munich) stops broadcasting.
- Foundation of the archive of the Munich labor movement
- Establishment of the Karl Heinz Beckurts Foundation
- First award of the City of Munich Prize for Cityscape Maintenance
1988
- The first Tollwood Festival takes place.
- Foundation of the Abaco Orchestra
- First Munich Biennale
1989
- German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
- The StuStaCulum is taking place for the first time
- Foundation of the Bavarian Academy for Foreign Trade
- City partnership with Cincinnati and Kiev
1990
- March 29: German preliminary decision for the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest
- July 14th: Walter Sedlmayr is murdered
- German swimming championships 1990
- Opening of the Museum of Man and Nature
1991
- March 12th - 17th: World Figure Skating Championships 1991
- March 21: German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 1991
- Opening of the Munich North marshalling yard
- Foundation of the Munich Business School
- Foundation of the Research Center for German-Jewish Contemporary History
- Closure of the United Workshops for Arts and Crafts
- Foundation of the composer group A • DEvantgarde
1992
- August 10th - 12th: 92nd German Athletics Championships
- May 17th: Closure of Munich-Riem Airport and opening of the new Munich Airport
- May 28th - 30th: 104th German Swimming Championships
- July 6-8 : G7 summit
- Reorganization of the Munich boroughs
- First award of the Theater Prize of the City of Munich
- First award of the journalism prize of the city of Munich
- First award of the Music Prize of the City of Munich
1993
- June 9th to 13th: 25th German Evangelical Church Congress
- Opening of the Bogenhausen Clinic
- Foundation of the Macromedia University for Media and Communication
- Christian Ude is elected Lord Mayor
- Foundation of the Bavarian Theater Academy August Everding
- Founding of the Kultur in Hadern association
1994
- September 9: Construction begins on the New Munich Trade Fair Center and thus the trade fair city of Riem
- September 20: Trudering bus accident
- May: Opening of REFUGIO Munich
- The Anita Augspurg Prize is awarded for the first time
1995
- Lineup of the Walking Man
- Beer garden revolution
- First award of the Cabaret Prize of the City of Munich
- Erecting the memorial for the victims of the 1972 Olympic attack
- Foundation of the Münchner Filmwerkstatt association
1996
- Foundation of the German Forum for Inheritance Law Association
- City partnership with Harare
- Laim and Schwanthalerhöhe become two separate city districts
- Founding of the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
1997
- June: Opening of the Literaturhaus Munich
- German swimming championships 1997
- The LILALU children's festival is taking place for the first time
- The Jazz Welle Plus stops broadcasting
- Foundation of the Volk Verlag
- The Munich Indoors riding tournament is taking place for the first time
1998
- May 31 - June 7: German Gymnastics Festival 1998
- Completion of the New Munich Trade Fair Center
- Opening of the International Congress Center Munich
1999
- Foundation of the Fraunhofer facility for communication technology systems ESK
- Foundation of the NorCom company
- Foundation of the Tunisian Academic Society
- Establishment of the Czech Center in Munich
2000
- Karate World Championship 2000
- Inauguration of the new Herz-Jesu-Kirche
- First award of the translation prize of the city of Munich
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