Chronology of Holzgerlingen

A Chronology of Holzgerlingen

Year	Event
~ 3500 BC	Gravesites and burial urns found in the area are evidence of a Bronze Age settlement
~ 2500 BC	The statue of a deity from this period unearthed in 1848 is regarded as one of the finest examples of Celtic art ever found
~ 100 AD	The Romans settle on the surrounding fields
~ 300 AD	The Alemannen tribe drives out the Romans. The city presumably traces its name back to the Alemannen chief Gero (Gero - Gerninga - Gerningen - gerlingen - Holzgerlingen)
1007	Documentation of a gift from King Henry II to the bishop of Bamberg includes first official mention of Holzgerlingen
1330	First evidence of a parish church in Holzgerlingen
1348	Holzgerlingen sold to the House of Württemberg
1534	Reformation
1627	Soldiers of the Wallenstein army take up quarters in Holzgerlingen
1856	Holzgerlingen receives its first post office
1911	Completion of railroad line connecting Böblingen and Dettenhausen
1914 - 1918	World War I results in 91 casualties, 15 missing in action and seven additional war-related civilian deaths
1920	Village supplied with electricity for the first time
1927	Central water supply
1939 - 1945	World War II exacts 291 casualties, missing in action and civilian deaths. Heavily damaged by British and American bombing raids, Holzgerlingen later falls under French occupation
1948	Beginning of post-war reconstruction of village. A small flourishing community with schools and infrastructure develops from the former farming village
1957	950-year jubilee
1993	Holzgerlingen granted official status as a "city"
1996	Crystal Lake and Holzgerlingen became Sister Cities
2006	20 years Mayor: Wilfried Dölker
2007	Holzgerlingen will celebrate its 1000-year jubilee

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