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3000 BC | The first evidence of human settlement is discovered by archaeologists in Kues, one of the largest Neolithic settlements in the Moselle region. |
600 BC | Celtic finds in the vicinity of the districts of Kues and Wehlen. (1936: Excavation of a Celtic settlement on the plateau "Ober dem Lieserpfad") |
50 BC until 400 | Roman settlement of the Moselle valley with Trier as "Augusta Treverorum", Roman imperial town, which became Christian under Constantine I. |
370 | Decimus Magnus Ausonius, Roman poet and teacher at the imperial court, writes his poem "Mosella". |
400 | A Roman fort (princastellum) in the area of today's castle ruin Landshut. Ceramic and iron finds below the castle are evidence of this. |
475 | Bernkastel and the Moselle province in the hands of the Merovingians (Franconia). |
1016 | Popo, Archbishop of Trier (1016 - 1047), conquers and destroys the castle of Adalbero in the great "Moselle feud". |
1033/37 | First documentary mention of Bernkastel and Kues in a testament of Adlabero of Luxembourg and in a deed of donation to St. Matthias Abbey. |
1177 | First proof of a "pastor de Berncastell". Theodoric of Saarburg is witnessed as the first pastor. |
1201 | The traditional name "Berncastell" underlines the relationship to the castle, the reconstruction of which Archbishop Johann I. and the Count of Blieskastel mutually renounce. |
1228 | Viniculture in Bernkastel-Kues is mentioned in documents; 1286 "Weinzehnter zu Berencastel". |
1280 | Archbishop Henry II of Finstingen acquires all estates and rights in Bernkastel, after he built a new castle above the village and fortified Bernkastel as early as 1277. |
1290 | His successor, Archbishop Boemund I, strengthens and enlarges the castle and city fortifications and equips the town with courtyards, buildings and towers. |
1291 | OPIDI-BERNKASTEL Bernkastel has a town seal, which should prove the legal personality of the town. |
1331 | Bernkastel is intended as the place of collection of the escort money levied by the Electorate of Trier for the escort between Mainz and Luxembourg. |
1332 | In the collective privilege of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria for Archbishop Balduin, renewed confirmation of the city rights to Bernkastel and other places in the Arch Abbey of Trier. |
1356 | The "Golden Bull" makes Archbishop Boemund II. Elector. His serious illness at the castle is brought to an happy end due to the legend of the wine of the "doctor" of Bernkastel. |
1386 | Building of a larger parish church, based on the mighty watchtower of the town fortifications, which thus becomes a "church tower". From 1569 St. Michael is considered the patron saint of the church. |
1401 | Nicolaus Cusanus was born in the house of the Moselle bargeman Henne Cryfftz (Krebs) in Kues (1448 Cardinal, 1450 Bishop of Brixen). |
1451/57 | Construction of a hospital for the poor, the "St. Nikolaus-Hospital" on the left bank of the Moselle - a charitable foundation of Nikolaus von Kues. |
1464 | Nikolaus von Kues dies in Todi/Umbria (August 11th). Burial in San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome, the heart of the Cardinal is buried in the chapel of St. Nicholas Hospital. |
1466 | A flourishing ore mining is testified in Bernkastel; Bernkastel Mining Code of 30.01.1510 |
1467 | First documentary mention of a Holy Spirit hospice in Bernkastel. |
1505 | The name "Landshut" appears for the first time in a sovereign decree of Jacob II for the archbishop's castle. |
1512 | Emperor Maximilian (1459 - 1519) arrives in Bernkastel by ship on his way to the "Reichstag" in Trier upstream. |
1516 | Under Elector and Archbishop Richard von Greiffenklau, mintage of Electoral coins in Bernkastel, testified in 1512 and 1516 to "Moneta nova Bernkastel". |
1582 | Archbishop and Elector Johann VII. in Bernkastel. He deals in a decree "how to keep it in town and high court Berncastel with buy, sell, measure and weight". |
1606 | The "Michaelsbrunnen" (Michael fountain) is built on the market square and the town is placed under the protection of the Archangel. |
1608 | Building of a new town hall on the market square in the style of the late Renaissance, presumably by Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann, sculptor of the elector and archbishop Lothar von Metternich. |
1618/48 | Thirty Years' War: He cuts deep wounds in the Moselle Valley. 1627 the "black death", the plague, rages in Bernkastel, 1641 in Kues; many inhabitants fall victim to it. |
1652/55 | Convent construction of the Capuchins on the "Mandat". On 6 June 1655, the Trier Auxiliary Bishop Otto von Senheim consecrates the monastery and church. |
1656/61 | Under Elector Karl Kaspar von der Leyen new building of an electoral official winery - today the building is the wine-growing school on the shore. |
1671 | Apart from the city exit after the Hunsrück, a larger chapel - the "Heilig-Geist-Kapelle" - is built on the site of an old chapel. A cemetery is being built here. |
1673 | French siege of Bernkastel:"... about 400 men and another 100 men, imperial and Electorate troops, camped in the castle, which was well fortified. |
1689 | To the pain of the city the walls and towers of the city fortifications are pulled down by the French under General de Montalt on 18th/19th September |
1692 | After several sieges, the castle "Landshut" falls victim to a conflagration on January 8th and has been a ruin ever since. |
1714 | Decree of a funfair order: for the semi-fast market, St. Margarethenmarkt, St. Michaelsmarkt and St. Barbaramarkt. |
1784 | The newly built church in Kues is consecrated to St. Briktius. 1921 Extension of the parish church. 27/28 February the highest known flood of the Moselle - with broken ice skating. |
1787 | Bernkastel, capital and seat of an electoral office, has 1,112 inhabitants and 25 different trades, including 27 grocers, 16 bakers and 13 butchers. Kues has 533 inhabitants. |
1789 | French Revolution, Bernkastel-Kues falls to France in 1794, becomes a canton town and remains under French rule until 1814 Anton Cetto, Maire and president of Canton Bernkastel. |
1794 | The last Elector Clemens Wenzeslaus leaves Trier before the invading French revolutionary army. Construction of the fortress "Mont National" on the heights of Graach and Bernkastel "Graacher Schanzen". |
1802 | Secularisation; abolition of the Capuchin monastery. 1803 Maire Anton Cetto raises the monastery, garden and courtyard for the municipality. |
1804 | Anton Cetto acquires the entire Doctor vineyard in Paris from the French government. |
1815 | Vienna Congress; most of the Kurtrian lands with Bernkastel and Kues are annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia. Bernkastel became a district town in 1816. |
1834 | Bernkastel receives its first postal station in the inn "Zum goldenen Adler" - today the Volksbank am Gestade. |
1839 | On the occasion of a visit to Bernkastel, the municipality donates the castle ruins of Landshut to the Crown Prince and later King Frederick William IV of Prussia. |
1840 | August 21st: the first steamship, the "Mosella", a 50 hp steamboat with space for 200 people, is greeted joyfully in Bernkastel. |
1843 | The city has 2,202 inhabitants, of whom 2,088 are Catholic, 34 Protestant and 80 Jewish. |
1848 | Revolution also in Bernkastel: The black-red-gold flag is hoisted at the town hall. A vigilante group will be formed. Peter Josef Coblenz is the soul of the revolutionary movement. |
1850 | Prussian King Frederick William IV. visits Bernkastel again after 1839 and 1847. |
1852 | 27. 28 August: Inauguration of the new synagogue and a Jewish community centre on Burgstrasse. The number of Jews in Bernkastel is 86, in Kues 16. |
1857 | Big fire in town - seven fires rage through Bernkastel between July 22nd and November 7th. |
1858 | Founding of the Kreissparkasse in Bernkastel. |
1867 | The Moselle Valley Road on the right bank of the river is built as a "premium road" because the city grants a premium of 10,000 talers for the mile. |
1868/70 | A hospital and orphanage is built on the ruins of the old Capuchin monastery on the "Mandat"; Jodocus Prüm from Wehlen is the founder. |
1870/71 | German-French War; at the beginning of the campaign two ship bridges are built over the Moselle near Bernkastel. |
1872/74 | Building of the first road bridge between Bernkastel and Kues. After almost three years of construction, it was inaugurated on November 18. A new road to Hunsrück, from Bernkastel to Longkamp, is built. |
1876 | Foundation of the Bernkastel Volunteer Fire Brigade. |
1880 | Building of the Protestant church in Saarallee, Kues. Inauguration: 17.03.1881 |
1881 | Completion of the new Bernkastel elementary school building on the shore - today Volksbank. |
1882/83 | The city's first rail link is built. Opening of the "Cues/Bernkastel to Wengerohr" branch railway on 01.06.1883 |
1884/85 | The town receives a gasworks on the Moselle side of Kueser (gas light). |
1886 | Building of a private waterworks, acquired by the city in 1904. Sewerage system in Kues 1897, in Bernkastel since 1903. |
1891 | The town of Bernkastel-Kues celebrates its 600th anniversary on July 26th and July 27th. |
1892/93 | January: meter-high icebergs and broken ships in the harbour mark the winter; since time immemorial the largest ice course on the Moselle. |
1902/05 | Building of the Moselle valley railway on the right bank of the Moselle between Trier and Bernkastel to Bullay. 18.08.1905: Completion of the narrow-gauge railway on the entire line. |
1910 | April 1st: The incorporation of the village Kues into the town Bernkastel. The new municipality is now called "Bernkastel-Cues". |
1910/12 | Building of a new elementary school in today's Schulstraße in Kues. |
1913 | August 2nd: The last stagecoach leaves town. "Tempi passati", those days are over. |
1914/18 | World War I: Mobilization is August 2nd. The Bernkasteler Landsturm is deployed "to protect threatened borders". |
1918 | December 2nd: the first American occupying troops in town; inMay 1919 also French occupying troops. |
1920 | Opening of the first "Bernkasteler Lichtspielhaus" in the Hebegasse. The castle ruin Landshut again in the possession of the municipality. |
1921 | lowest known water level on the Moselle; water level NNW 0.47 metres. You can walk through the Moselle to the opposite bank. Outstanding vintage - "Century wine" - Next to the Cusanus birthplace in Kues, the "Powder Tower" burns down with the community hall. |
1923 | November: Peak of inflation. The Bernkastel district has been issuing emergency notes since 1920. 11 October 1924: Introduction of the Reichsmark. |
1926 | Major wine-growing riots on the Moselle. February 25th: Storm on the tax office in Bernkastel and the customs office in Kues. |
1930 | Rhineland liberation after 12 years of French occupation. In the night from June 30th to July 1st big liberation celebration on the market place. President von Hindenburg also visits Bernkastel-Kues on his "Westmarkfahrt". |
1931 | October 5th: The town celebrates the Bernkasteler "Weinkirmes" for the first time. Since 1950 the event is called "Weinfest der Mittelmosel". |
1923/33 | Building of the second Moselle bridge - "Hermann-Göring-Brücke". Inauguration: December 13th 1933 in the presence of Göring. The bridge was blown up at the end of the war in 1945. |
1933 | Bernkastel-Kues has 5,009 inhabitants; of these 4,661 are Catholic, 289 Protestant and 59 Jewish. |
1934 | RWE converts street lighting, until then gas lamps, to electrical lighting. |
1938 | The NSDAP organizes a call for tenders. |
1939/45 | Serious destruction and major civilian casualties from air raids and artillery fire during World War II |
1945 | The front approaches: March 14th: American troops occupy Kues and Bernkastel on March 18th the Moselle valley is occupied by French troops. |
1946 | September 15th: the first democratic city council elections after the war. |
1946/47 | Strong Winter; in which the Moselle freezes over three times. |
1948 | Currency reform: with effect from June 21st, the German mark applies. Each inhabitant receives 40 "Deutsche Mark" (German Marks) and 40 Reichsmark. |
1947/53 | Third Moselle bridge construction; first a lane. October 5th: Michaelskirmes and inauguration of the new bridge. 1952/53: Widening of the bridge into two lanes. |
1950 | Bernkastel-Kues has 5,670 inhabitants, number of pupils at the municipal schools: Catholic elementary school Bernkastel, 322; Catholic elementary school Kues, 345; Protestant elementary school, 54; municipal secondary school, 307 pupils. |
1951 | The old Bernkasteler coat of arms is changed. Instead of the black bear in the lower right field, red cancer (= Santa Claus of Kues) appears. |
1952 | April 23rd: Federal President Prof. Theodor Heuss in Bernkastel-Kues. He's at St. Nicholas Hospital. |
1953 | The Canisiushaus on the "Burgberg" is acquired by the German Youth Hostel Association and converted into a youth hostel. |
1960 | Foundation of the "Cusanus Society", Association for the Promotion of Cusanus Research e.V. in Bernkastel-Kues. |
1960/64 | Expansion of the Moselle into an international shipping route, including the expansion of the Kueser harbour for large ships, construction of the barrage near Wehlen. |
1961 | Bernkastel-Kues has 5,755 inhabitants. Construction of the new Nikolaus-von-Kues-Gymnasium in the school centre. |
1962 | May 1st: Consecration of the new "Marienkirche" in Kues am Bergweg. December 31st: Closure of the Moselle valley railway. The last train of the Moselbahn departs in "Bernkastel-Nord". |
1964 | August: 500th anniversary of the death of Cardinal Nikolaus von Kues. Cusanaus anniversary celebrations in Bernkastel-Kues. |
1965 | Last edition of the Bernkasteler Zeitung, founded in 1834. |
1966 Inauguration of the new district hospital. "On the Trift" in Kues and the new St. Antonius Kindergarten on Karl-Binz-Weg. | |
1968 | Auf dem Bärenpütz a new well with the "Bären Bernkastels" is erected. A work by the sculptor Hanns Scherl, Wittlich. |
1970 | Andel and Wehlen are incorporated into the town of Bernkastel-Kues. As a result of the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform, the municipality of Bernkastel-Kues is formed by the merger of the offices of Bernkastel-Land, Lieser, Mülheim, Zeltingen and the city of Bernkastel-Kues. |
1971 | February: Inauguration of the secondary school in the school centre by the Minister of Education, Dr. Bernard Vogel. |
1974 | Construction and handover of a new post office building in Kues (Mozartstraße). |
1975 | Opening of the first two spa clinics "Bernkastel" and "Kues" on the plateau. |
1976 | The city of Bernkastel-Kues has 6,897 inhabitants. A "century wine" grows and matures on the Moselle. |
1977 | Building of the third spa clinic "Moselhöhe" on the Kueser Plateau. |
1980 | Nikolaus von Kues' birthplace rebuilt. December 5th: Ceremonial act and inauguration with MP Dr. Bernard Vogel. |
1981 | Inauguration of the newly created "Moselle Wine Museum" in the Bering of the Cusanus Abbey. Bernkastel-Kues is awarded state recognition as a "resort". Publication of the "Chronicle of Cusa". |
1982 | After renovation and restoration of the Holy Spirit Collegiate Church, consecration and altar consecration by the Trier Auxiliary Bishop Carl Schmidt. Opening of the fourth clinic "Burg Landshut" on the plateau. |
1983 | Opening and inauguration of the newly built municipal "Mosellandhalle" and the large "Hotel Park" on the plateau. Festive presentation of the "Doctorwein Fountain" on the shore. |
1985 | The chronicle "Bernkastel in the course of time" is published; performance of the first "Mosel Festival Weeks"; opening of the newly created local history museum in the "Graacher Tor". |
1986 | September 18th: Visit of the Federal President Richard von Weizäcker to Bernkastel-Kues. After extensive renovation and extension, the retirement home "Kloster zur heiligen Familie" is inaugurated. |
1987 | According to the 1987 census, Bernkastel-Kues has a total of 6,823 inhabitants with their main residence in the town. In 1970 there were still 7,298 inhabitants. |
1988 | Completion of the first pedestrian area on Graacher Strasse. Unveiling of a memorial plaque for the victims of the Second World War at the Bärenbrunnen. |
1990 | In the context of the town redevelopment; completion of the extension work in the town centre of the castle; Roman and Mandatstrasse. Renovation of the town hall. |
1991 | 700th anniversary of the town is celebrated. |
1993 | Start of work on the tunnel "Burgberg", in order to develope a car-free town centre. |
1995 | Completion of the 4th Moselle Bridge, inauguration on August 18th. |
1997 | Opening of the Burgberg Tunnel. |
2000 | Signing of the town twinning between Karlovy Vary and Bernkastel-Kues. |
2001 | Celebrations to mark the 600th birthday of Nikolaus Cusanus; festival week in May, visit by Federal President Johannes Rau. |
2005 | Bernkastel-Kues celebrates the 100th anniversary of the merger of Bernkastel and Cues; Inauguration of "Karlsbader Platz"; Bernkastel-Kues/Kueser Plateau receives the "climatic health resort" award. |
2008 | 400th anniversary of the Bernkasteler town hall |
2014 | Cusanus celebration of the 550th anniversary of Nicolaus von Ku's death Friendship Agreement with I-Brixen |
2017 | Reopening of the castle Landshut |