1061 |
First known document mentioning the House of Hohenzollern. |
1192 |
Title of Burgrave of Nuremberg bestowed on Count Friedrich III of Zollern in an act of enfeoffment; division of his inheritance between his two sons, Friedrich and Conrad. |
1267 |
First known document mentioning Hohenzollern Castle. |
1415 |
Appointment of Burgrave Friedrich VI as prince elector of Brandenburg. |
1423 |
Siege and destruction of Hohenzollern Castle by the League of Southern German Towns. |
1454 |
Commencement of rebuilding work. |
1461 |
Consecration of the Chapel of St. Michael. |
1634 |
Siege of Hohenzollern Castle by Swedish and Wurttemberg troops; surrender without resistance. |
1667-1771 |
Treaty ceding the right to use the castle to the Austrians (Habsburgs); gradual decline. |
1701 |
Crowning of Prince Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg as the first Prussian king. |
1819 |
Hohenzollern Castle visited by the Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (IV). |
1846 |
Family concordat to share the project of rebuilding Hohenzollern Castle. |
1848/49 |
Revolution; cession of Hohenzollern Castle to Prussia. |
1850 |
Foundation stone laid by Prince Wilhelm of Prussia for the rebuilding of Hohenzollern Castle. |
1851 |
Solemn acknowledgement of the Hohenzollerns’ right to possession of their ancestral lands in the presence of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. |
1856 |
Ceremony to mark completion of the shell of the new castle building. |
1866 |
Short-lived occupation by Württemberg troops. |
1867 |
Opening ceremony for the rebuilt castle conducted by King Wilhelm I of Prussia. |
1871 |
Wilhelm I proclaimed German Emperor. |
1918 |
Abdication of Emperor Wilhelm II. |
1952 |
Transfer of the kings’ coffins to Hohenzollern Castle; creation of the Princess-Kira-of-Prussia Foundation. |
1978 |
Earthquake damage running into millions of deutschmarks. |
1986 |
Memorial ceremony to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Friedrich the Great. |
1991 |
Return of the kings’ coffins to Potsdam. |
2004 |
Opening of the cellars and casemates to the public. |
2007 |
Opening of the Gate Tower as an exhibition centre. |