Chronology of the city of Soest
Chronology of the city of Soest in Westphalia
Before Christ
- 5500-5000 BC Chr .: settlement of the so-called band ceramic culture southeast of St. Patrokli
1st millennium after Christ
- Around 500 ; Salt production at Kohlbrink (Platz am Soestbach and district in the northern old town)
8th century
- Around 780 : predecessor of the Petrikirche , as a mission church for Saxony
9th century
- 836 : First written mention of Soest as "vila sosat"
10th century
- 954 : Consecration of St. Patrokli , 960 founded as a collegiate foundation
- To 960 / 965 : Cologne Archbishops as rulers established their residence Soest, later High Hospital
- December 9, 964 : Burial of the bones of the Patroclus of Troyes by the Cologne Archbishop Bruno in the Patroclidom
12th Century
- 1140 : by 1150 development of the first Soest town seal
- 1144 : Transfer of Soest market law practices to Medebach (first of 65 right-leaning cities)
- 1150 : Consecration of St. Peter's Church and renovation; the Soest long-distance trade expands to Russia
- To 1160 : From the Soest city charter , the developed Lübeck law
- Around 1175 : oldest German panel painting ( retable )
- Around 1180 : Great Wall Ring (3.8 km): 102 ha urban area
- 1188 : The Archbishop of Paderborn gives Korbach the city charter of Soest
13th Century
- Around 1200 : Start of construction on the St. Maria zur Höhe churches , Alt-St. Thomä and the Nikolaikapelle
- Around 1226 : old cowhide
- 1253 : Soest, Dortmund , Münster and Lippstadt form a city alliance
- After 1281 : new cowhide
14th Century
- Around 1300 : Beginning of the acquisition of the Soest Börde (48 villages); Creation of the church of the Minorite Monastery (now: Neu St. Thomä), creation of the St. Pauli Church
- March 26, 1304 : Archbishop Wigbold von Holte of Cologne dies in Soest
- 1313 : Beginning of the new Gothic building of the Wiesenkirche
- 1338 : First All Saints' Fair in Soest
- 1350 : Beginning of the recording of the Schrae
15th century
- June 5, 1444 : Acceptance of the Duke of Kleve-Mark as the new lord of the city
- 1444 to 1449 : Soest feud with siege of the city by troops in the service of the Archbishops of Cologne
16th Century
- Around 1500 : "Soester Last Supper", glass window in the Wiesenkirche
- 1520 : Klepping or Barbara altar in the Petrikirche
- Around 1530 : Marien Altar in St. Maria zur Wiese by Heinrich Aldegrever
- 1531 : Reformation - Six parish churches become Protestant
- 1586 : Parts of the outer walls of the city fortifications are torn down
17th century
- 1608 : Last participation in a Hanseatic Congress (in Lübeck )
- 1661 : Transfer of the statue of the Madonna from the Wiesenkirche in Soest to Werl
- 1669 : Soest pays homage to the Brandenburg Elector - Soest is now part of the Brandenburg region
18th century
- 1709 : Baroque dome of the Petrikirche
- 1751 : The council constitution, which has existed since 1260, is repealed by Friedrich II of Prussia
- 1763 : Soest has 3,800 inhabitants (that is at least 10,000 fewer than in the 15th century), the lowest point of development as a result of the Seven Years' War
19th century
- From 1810 : beginning of the demolition of the large medieval buildings (city gates, chapels, churches)
- 1815 - 1817 : Soest becomes the district town of the Soest district
- 1843 : Legal meeting in Soest as part of the Vormärz , organized a. a. by Benedikt Waldeck and Johann Friedrich Joseph Sommer
- 1850 : Opening of the Hamm - Soest - Paderborn railway line
- 1859 to 1869 : Konrad Duden teaches at the Archigymnasium Soest
- October 28, 1870 : Soest program (center) of the German Center Party
- 1880 : Soest has 13,985 inhabitants (Protestant 7,674, Roman Catholic 5983, Jewish 322)
- 1882 : Inauguration of the completed Church of St. Maria (completion of the towers)
- 1890f .: Demolition of the northern quarter of the Soest city wall to better connect the city to the emerging railway line
20th century
- 1905 - 1917 : Soest becomes the center of the so-called Westphalian Expressionism
- 1925 : Soest has 20,995 inhabitants (Protestant 11,597, Roman Catholic 9,047, otherwise Christian 38, Jewish 192)
- 1933 : Soest has 22,573 inhabitants (Protestant 12,534, Roman Catholic 9,732, otherwise Christian 1, Jewish 162)
- 1934 : Art historian Wilhelm Pinder's proposal to declare Soest a national monument
- 1939 : Soest has 23,400 inhabitants (Protestant 11,994, Roman Catholic 10,431, otherwise Christians 36, Jewish 66)
- 1940 - 1945 : Over 30 air raids destroy almost 60% of the old town
- 1945 : Serious damage to the Petrikirche and the Wiesenkirche in a bomb attack
- October 14, 1945 : The German Center Party is re-established in Soest
- 1955 : Completion of the reconstruction of the Petrikirche
- 1969 : During the municipal reform, 18 surrounding municipalities are merged with the municipality of Soest, see Soest districts
- 1975 : The new greater district of Soest is created as part of the municipal reorganization with Soest as the district town
- 1976 : The "Jägerken of Soest" is a symbol of the city on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the death of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen lifted out of the baptism
- 1982 : Establishment of a city history museum in the restored Osthofentor, exhibition of the largest collection of crossbow bolts in Germany
- 1987 : 650th celebration of the All Saints' Fair
- 1987 : In August, the new construction work on the Wiesenkirche begins
- 1991 : Opening of the Soest town hall and the “Alter Schlachthof” community center.
- 1992 : 600 houses in Soest are listed
21st century
- 2005 : Soest has 48,534 inhabitants
- 2006 : After years of discussion and planning, Soest has a covered swimming pool again: the Aquafun is opened