| 500.000 BC |
Palaeolithic location from the time of the Homo erectus in the quarter of Miesenheim |
| 55/53 BC |
Gaius Julius Caesar builds Rhine bridges near Andernach. |
| 355/359 AD |
ANTVNNACVM is destroyed by the Franks and later transformed into a
small fort by the emperor Julian Apostata. |
| 6th/7th cent. AD |
Establishment of a Frankish royal court (villa regia) in Andernach. |
| 1167 |
The emperor Friedrich I (Barbarossa) gave the royal court of Andernach including
coinage and customs as a gift to the archbishop of Cologne, Rainald von Dassel |
| 13th century |
Construction of the medieval city fortification in connection with an urban extension up to the castle |
| before 1440 to 1453 |
Construction of the Round Tower |
| 1554 to 1561 |
Construction of the old crane, “Alter Krahnen” |
| 18th cent. |
Andernach looses its economical position |
| 2nd half of the 19th cent. |
Great construction activity, the city expands over the medieval wall ring |
| September 15th, 1946 |
First democratic municipal election after the war. |
| January 20th, 1956 |
Federal Chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer welcomes the first volunteers of the German Federal Armed Forces at the Andernach barracks |
| 1969 to 1970 |
Incorporation of the quarters Eich, Kell, Miesenheim and Namedy |
| April 1970 |
inauguration of the new Rhine harbour |
| 1988 |
Restoration of the historical city hall,
2000 years’ anniversary celebrations,
New construction of the public library. |
|
Zerstörung durch Truppen Ludwigs XIV. |
| June 7th to 9th, 1996 |
Rhineland-Palatinate day in Andernach |
| 2003 |
550 years of Round Tower Andernach. The architectural monument is subject to a complex restoration. |
