A short history of Würzburg

• approximately 1000 B.C.
  There is evidence of a Celtic fortification on the Marienberg.
• approximately 100 B.C.
  Germanic tribes invade the region which is presentday "Franken" Franconia.
• 689
  The Irish missionaries Killian, Kolonat and Totnan martyred here.
• 788
  Consecration of the cathedral in the presence or Charlemagne.
• 1133
  The first stone bridge over the Main to connect the two parts of the city on each side of the river (today's "alte Mainbrücke").
• 1168
  Barbarossa, at the Reichstag of Würzburg, finally bestows the Franconian dukedom upon the bishop of Würzburg.
• 1230
  The great German Minnesänger, Walter von der Vogelweide, is buried in Lusamgärtchen.
• 1400
  The citizen's army is annihilated by bishop Gerhard von Schwarzburg at Bergtheim.
• 1525
  End of peasants' war.
• 1631
  The Swedes occupy the town under Gustav Adolf without meeting resistance and besiege the long since extended castle on the Marienberg.
• 1711
  The armourer and later the builder of the Residence, Balthasar Neumann, comes to Würzburg.
• 1801
  The French occupy the town and its fortress. Napoleon visits the town several times.
• 1854
  The railway comes to Würzburg.
• 1866
  The fortress is used as such for the last time and catches fire after artillery attack.
• 1895
  Wilhelm C. Röntgen discovers the X-rays named after him.
• 16-03-1945
  The Royal Airforce raids the city leaving it in ashes.
• 06-04-1945
  US. forces fight for possession of the city for several days among its ruins.