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| 1071 | first mentioned in historical records |
| 1303 | awarded town privileges |
| 1346 | foundation of the Lusatian City League along with the cities of Bautzen, Kamenz, Lauban, Löbau, Zittau |
| 1526 | construction of the Schönhof, the oldest civilian Renaissance building in Germany |
| 1547 | forfeiture of all privileges to customs and tolls as a result of the Lusatian Penalty ("Pönfall") for alleged disobedience to the king |
| 1525, 1691, 1717 | devastating fires destroy much of the city |
| 1575-1624 | Jacob Böhme, cobbler and famous theosophist lives and works in Görlitz |
| 1815 | the "Congress of Vienna" assigns the city to the Prussian province of Silesia |
| 1847 | Mayor Demiani ushers in a new era of urban development, the city walls are torn down and the city gets linked up to the railway network |
| 1849 | C. Lüders lays the foundations for carraige construction in Görlitz |
| 1871 | foundation of the German Reich, the Gründerzeit period begins |
| 1945 | the city is divided into the Polish Zgorzelec and the German Görlitz |
| 1989 | following the political uprising in Germany which leads to reunification, most of the historic city centre is restored |
| 1998 | proclamation of the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec |
| 2008 | Major District Town Görlitz |
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