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Bernsteinstadt Ribnitz-Damgarten

Ribnitz-Damgarten, Quelle: Olaf Hackethal
Quelle: Olaf Hackethal
 
 
 

Historical Chronology of Ribnitz-Damgarten

 
1210 First archival documents mention Ribnitz.
1225 First archival documents mention Damgarten.
1233 Ribnitz is described as a town for the first time.
1258 Damgarten is granted a charter by nearby Lübeck.
1323 Foundation of the Clarissa Nunnery in Ribnitz by the Duke of Mecklenburg Heinrich the Lion.
ca. 1390 Pirate Claus Störtebeker docks at Ribnitz (in the Permin Bay near Wustrow). Destruction of the maritime passage between the marshlands (Bodden) in the area and the Baltic Sea.
1599 Hand over of the des Ribnitz Nunnery to the Mecklenburg nobility.
1630 King Gustav Adolf of Sweden conquers Damgarten and Ribnitz.
1648 Damgarten is declared Swedish territory.
1678 Swedish troops led by General Königsmark storm Ribnitz. The Elector of Brandenburg destroys Damgarten.
1806 End to serfdom in Swedish Vorpommern.
1809 Husars fight a battle for the passage across the Recknitz River.
1936 Construction of the Bachmann aircraft building plant in Ribnitz and the aircraft base in Pütnitz.
1950 Unification of the Ribnitz und Damgarten townships.
from 1991 on Comprehensive town renovations.
2006 For the first time for nearly 60 years, the town's church St. Mary's boasts a complete set of bells; the German Museum of Amber is reopened following extensive renovation, expansion and modernisation work.