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Dortmund becomes part of Prussia per Congress of Vienna. [1] Oberbergamt Dortmund (regional mining office) headquartered in city. 1816 – Population: 4,465. [7] 1841 – Sparkasse Dortmund (bank) founded. [8] 1847 – Duisburg–Dortmund railway and Dortmund–Hamm railway begin operating. 1849 – Elberfeld–Dortmund railway begins operating.
The devastating bombing raids of 12 March 1945 with 1,108 aircraft (748 Lancasters, 292 Halifaxes, 68 Mosquitos) destroyed 98% of buildings in the inner city centre, and 4,851 tonnes of bombs were dropped on Dortmund city centre and the south of the city; this was a record for a single target in the whole of World War II. [5]
This is a list of seasons played by Borussia Dortmund in German and European football, from 1911 (the year of the club's first competitive season) to the most recent completed season. Borussia Dortmund were founded on 19 December 1909. The club has won the German Championship eight times, the German Cup five times and the German Supercup six times.
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund (German pronunciation: [boˈʁʊsi̯a ˈdɔɐ̯tmʊnt] ⓘ) [5] or by its initialism BVB (pronounced [beːfaʊ̯ˈbeː] ⓘ), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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[50] [51] Due to their frequent use of Devanagari characters, American sinologist Edward H. Schafer has speculated that incense clocks were invented in India. [52] As incense burns evenly and without a flame, the clocks were safe for indoor use. [53] To mark different hours, differently scented incenses (made from different recipes) were used. [54]
Each year, the clocks go back an hour at 2am on the last Sunday of October. When this occurs, the UK will switch from British Summer Time ( BST ) to Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT ).