History of Baden-Württemberg

in Baden

in Württemberg

in the nation, Europe and USA

1342 Guild constitution in Konstanz (Constance)

1365 Iron-works in Königsbronn

1369 Warehouse in Ulm

1380 Ravensburg Trading Company

1386 University of Heidelberg, oldest university in the country

1392 Paper mill in Ravensburg

1445 Gutenberg printing press, Mainz

1473 Printing press in Esslingen and Ulm

1486 Printing press in Stuttgart

1492 Printing press in Freiburg

1500 Permanent postal communications Vienna-Brussels by F. von Taxis

1505 Beginning of the German East India Trade by Jacob Fugger, II, Augsburg

1510 Textile regulation for Calw

1559 Limitation to 30 kinds of coins in Germany

1560 Linen production in Blaubeuren

1597 Urach Linen Company
Gear pump by Johannes Kepler

1609 Newspapers in Strassburg and Wolfenbüttel
First German transfer bank, Hamburg

1623 Mechanical calculator by Wilhelm Schickhardt

1648 Calw Fabric Trading Company

1671 Wasseralfingen foundry

1683 Beginning of German emigration to America

1685 Huguenots bring craft of knitting to Germany from France

1708 Test cruise of a steamship on the Fulda

1709 "Commerce Council" for the industrial zone in Stuttgart

1721 Oldest German private bank in Freiburg

1749 Savings bank in Salem

1753 Cotton and Indienne factory of J.F. Küpfer in Lörrach

1753 Cotton manufacture in Sulz

1754 First rolling mill in England

1758 State porcelain manufacture in Ludwigsburg

1766 First blast furnace in England

1767 State clock and jewelry factory, Pforzheim

1767 Mechanical spinning machine in England

1769 James Watt's steam engine in Scotland

1770 Machine for all basic arithmetic functions by Philipp Matthäus Hahn in Kornwestheim

1778 Rastatt steel factory

1778 Esslingen file and tool factory

1783 Balloon flights in Paris (Montgolfier)

1784 First steam engine in Prussia

1791 Occupational freedom in France

1797 Lithography by Senefelder in Munich

1801 Paper factory in Pfullingen

1803 Horse-drawn railway in England

1809 Mechanical spinning factory in St. Blasien

1809 Schiedmayer & Sons piano and harmonium factory in Stuttgart

1810 Mechanical spinning factory in Cannstatt

1810 Occupational freedom in Prussia

1811 Württemberg rifle factory in Oberndorf

1812 First "Industrial Exposition" in Stuttgart

1812 Poured steel by Krupp in Essen

1813 Beginning of the Rhine correction through Tulla

1815 C. Deffner metal goods factory, Esslingen

1814 Steam locomotive by Stephenson, England

1818 Württemberg Savings Bank

1819 Paper machine in Berlin
Steamship Atlantic crossing
Harkort & Co. mechanical workshop in Wetter ("Pioneer workshop of German industry")

1820 Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce

1821 The Wilhelm Canal, Heilbronn - Cannstatt

1821 First jacquard mechanical weaving machine, Barmen

1824 Steamship on Lake Constance

1827 Steam buses in London

1825 Technical college, Karlsruhe

1826 Mechanical looms in Heidenheim

1828 Steam engine in the Ettlingen paper factory

1830 "Society for the Promotion of Trades" in Stuttgart

1832 Telegraph line in Prussia

1834 Technical high schools for citizens and trades

1834 German Customs Union

1835 Railroad Nürnberg-Fürth

1836 Ettlingen Spinning and Weaving Joint Stock Company
Baden Sugar Manufacturing Company, Ettlingen-Waghäusl
Kessler and Martiensen Machine Factory, Karlsruhe

1838 Knorr chicory coffee factory in Heilbronn

1837 Telegraph by Morse, USA

1839 Photography by Daguerre
Ban on child labor and 10 hour days for youths in Prussia

1840 Mannheim-Heidelberg railway

1841 Steamboat on the Neckar
Steam engine in Heidenheim

1842 Locomotive works in Karlsruhe

1842 First German travel bureau in Stuttgart

1844 Böhringer Machine Factory in Göppingen

1845 Cannstatt-Esslingen Railway

1846 Baden commercial congress in Freiburg

1848 Trade and commerce central in Stuttgart

1850 State clockmaker school in Furtwangen

1850/53 Württemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen

1850 Wire loom in Reutlingen

1851 World Fair in London

1852 Kuhn Machine Factory, Stuttgart-Berg
Weaving school in Blaubeuren

1853 Electric street lights in London

1854 Association of Chemical Factories in Mannheim

1855 Chambers of commerce and trades in Württemberg
Weaving school in Reutlingen

1857 Matthias Hohner, Trossingen

1856 Märklin Toy Factory in Göppingen

1859 Lanz Machine Factory in Mannheim

1858 Württemberg Cotton Spinning and Weaving Plant, Esslingen

1860 Portland Cement Works in Heidelberg
Gotthard Allweiler Pump factory in Radolfzell

1860 Stuttgart Stock Market

1861 General German Commercial Congress in Heidelberg
Junghans Bros., Schramberg

1861 Division for girls in the trade school in Stuttgart

1861 Telephone by Philipp Reis in Frankfurt

1862 Occupational freedom

1862 Occupational freedom
Associations for worker training

1863 Baden Aniline and Soda Factory in Ludwigshafen

1864 Magirus-Deutz in Ulm

1863 Steel production at Krupp in Essen

1865 State Hall of Trades in Karlsruhe

1866 Dynamo by Siemens
First Atlantic cable.

1867 Voith Machine Factory in Heidenheim
C. & F. Fein Tool Factory in Stuttgart

1867 Paris World Fair

1868 Steinbeis Foundation for the Advancement of rising generation

1869 Opening of the Suez Canal

1870 Steam powered subway in London

1871 The Baden Bank

1871 The Württemberg Bank of Issue

1871 Founding of the Unified Customs and Currency Region of the German Empire

1876 Ammonia refrigerator by Linde
Four-stroke engine by Nikolaus Otto.

1877 Imperial Patent Office in Berlin
The Thomas Process for steel production.

1878 Supervision of trades.

1879 Electric light bulb by Edison, USA
Electric locomotive by Siemens

1881 Hall of Trades in Stuttgart

1880 60-hour work week in Germany

1883 Statutory health, accident, invalid and old age insurance

1885 First motorcycle by Daimler and Maybach

1886 First automobile by Carl Benz

1886 Motor boat by Daimler and Maybach

1886 Hertz discovers electromagnetic waves

1887 Electromagnetic ignition by Robert Bosch

1888 Motor driven airplane in Stuttgart

1889 Government-provided apprentice workshops

1891 Gold and silver refinery in Pforzheim

1891 Power transmission with three phase current Lauffen-Frankfurt/Main

1893 State trades council in Karlsruhe with employee representatives

1894 First community employment office of Germany in Esslingen

1894 "Cinematography" by Lumière in Lyon

1895 North Sea - Baltic Sea Canal

1897 High compression combustion engine by Diesel
Wireless telegraphy by Marconi, Italy

1900 First airship by Graf Zeppelin on Lake Constance

1898 Discovery of radium by Curie, France

1902 Bosch high voltage magneto ignition

1902 Subway in Berlin

1903 Factory construction method with glass in Giengen/Brenz

1903 High speed telegraph by Siemens
Berlin - Zossen electric rapid transit, 210 kilometers per hour (131 mph)
Motor plane of Wright bros., USA

1905 First ski lift in the Upper Black Forest
Compulsory trade school

1906 Compulsory trade school
Eight hour day at the Bosch (plant)

1908 Work day for women 10 hours

1911 Statutory insurance for employees

1913 Standard gauge electrical railway Basel - Schopfheim - Zell

1913 Assembly line at the Henry Ford plant

1918 48-hour week
Radio communication around the world
Unemployment assistance
Wage contract autonomy

1921 Diesel locomotive in Mosbach

1921 First home savings bank in Wüstenrot

1920 Works council law

1923 Broadcast radio in Germany

1924 Light metal airplane by Hans Klemm in Böblingen

1924 Atlantic crossing by an airship

1925 Television transmission in Germany

1927 Examination for mercantile assistants in Schopfheim

1927 Examination for mercantile assistants in Ulm

1927 Statutory unemployment insurance

1928 Concrete surfaced high-rise building in Stuttgart

1929 Heavy cargo aircraft by Dornier

1929 World economic crisis

1930 Fully electronic television picture by M. Ardenne

1935 Volkswagen by Ferdinand Porsche in Stuttgart

1936 Rotary piston engine by E. Wankel in Lahr

1938 Splitting of the uranium atom by Otto Hahn

1939 Jet airplane by Ernst Heinkel
Nylon fibers in the USA
Perlon in Germany

1942 First nuclear reactor in Haigerloch

1942 Long range rocket by Werner von Braun in Peenemünde
Electronic calculator in the USA

1945 Atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1947 US European aid (Marshall Plan)
Flight at the speed of sound, USA

1949 Self service in commerce in Stuttgart
First office copier in Stuttgart

1951 Nuclear plant in England

1952 Federal State of Baden-Württemberg

1952 "Photoelectric reading" of letters, IBM Böblingen

1956 Nuclear research center in Karlsruhe

1957 First concrete television tower in Stuttgart

1957 Sputnik I satellite, USSR

1958 Neckar Harbor, Stuttgart

1958 Explorer I satellite, USA
European Economic Union

1959 Soviet rocket on the moon

1960 Discovery of the laser in the USA

1961 Man in space, USSR

1962 Television transmissions between Europe and the USA with the Telstar satellite

1963 Color television in the USA

1964 Microelectronic semiconductors

1965 Newspapers by offset printing in Aalen

1966 Soviet and American space vehicles on the moon

1967 Vertical takeoff with jet engine by Dornier

1969 Men on the moon, Apollo 11, USA

1985 Development of the megachip