History Schwenningen
Time table for Schwenningen from 817 to 1972
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817 First written mention in a document of Louis the Pious.
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1525 Schwenningen is burned down to 3 houses in the peasant war.
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1618-1648 Except for the church tower, the village of Schwenningen is destroyed in the Thirty Years’ War.
Picture: The 'water sample' lithograph by Victor Schievert, 1907 -
1765/67 First evidence of clockmakers in Schwenningen.
Picture: Schwenninger Almendkarte 1795 -
1850 The fifth major fire destroys 100 houses in the village center, including the town hall.
Picture: Johannes Jauch - Fire of Schwenningen 24.07.1850 -
1855 Johannes Bürk invents the guard control clock and founds the first clock factory in Schwenningen.
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1907 Schwenningen is granted city rights.
Picture: Program City Festival 1907 Front Page -
1920s Just as many clocks are produced per day in Schwenningen as in all other clock manufacturing centers combined.
Picture: 'Largest clock industry city in the world' -
1926-1927 New town hall in Werkbund style (architect Hans Herkommer).
Picture: City hall 1927 still unplastered -
from 1933 After the "seizure of power" by the National Socialists people's lives change considerably. Consolidation of political powers, mass organizations and persecution of individuals and groups of persons characterize this period.
Picture: Harvest festival in Schwenningen in the early 1930s -
July 15, 1971 The state parliament of Baden-Württemberg passes the special law on the merger of Schwenningen and Villingen, after the citizens had already voted for it in March.
Picture: Lord Mayors Severin Kern and Gerhard Gebauer in front of the state parliament in Stuttgart on July 15, 1971