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1314
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Marktleuthen as "Leuken" first mentioned in a record
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1354
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Albrecht Nothaft from Tyerstein acquired the "Village Leuken"
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1356
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Großwendern as "Zwendorn" first mentioned in a record, also
Habnith
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1368
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Neudes as "Nydessen" first mentioned in a record
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1368
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Holzmühl as "Holczmül" first mentioned in a record
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1386
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The Marktleuthen Court Of Justice first mentioned in a record
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1398
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The Margrave Of Meissen aquired the castle Thierstein with all its
properties (so also the village Leuken)
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about 1400
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Margrave Wilhelm the 1st vested us the rights of a market and first own signet
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1415
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Own heraldic picture
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1415/20
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The Burggraves of Nuremberg (Hohenzollern) aquired "Marck zu Leuken"
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1429
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Fortification of Marktleuthen because of
threatening by the Hussites and
incorporation of the adjacent village Rohrsbach because of the same
reason.
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1477
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First record of a judge in Marktleuthen
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1485
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Eckenmuehle first mentioned in a record
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1497
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Neudorf first mentioned in a record
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1499
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Ruggenmuehle first mentioned in a record
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1518
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Mentioning of the "Galgenberg" (gallows mountain) in Marktleuthen
as a place of executation
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1522
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Beer-conflict with Kirchenlamitz
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1577
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First great fire which destroyed the whole market place with
the church, schoolhouse, town-hall and rectory.
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1590
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Construction of the six-arches bridge over the Eger,
made from granite-stones
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ca. 1600
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Foundation of the scattered settlement "Aufm Forst bey Markt
Leuthen",
now "Leuthenforst"
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1610
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Foundation of Neumühle
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1641
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2nd great fire which destroyed 71 houses and 39 barns.
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1691
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3rd great fire (caused by lightning strike) which destroyed
14 houses and 10 barns
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ca. 1703
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Neudorf Mill first mentioned in a record
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1706
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Neudes Mill first mentioned in a record
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1738
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Completion of the granite-stone bridge in Wendenhammer
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1765
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Great overflow of the Eger
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1785
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited Marktleuthen and noted in his
journal: Marktleuthen is built on granite.
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1792
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After discharge of Margrave Alexander Marktleuthen became Prussian.
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1806
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Marktleuthen became French!
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1808
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First "Tauschmarkt", a market for the farmers of the region.
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1810
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Marktleuthen became Bavarian.
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1816/17
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Bad famine year
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1822
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Reconstruktion of our town-hall.
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1829
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New Name "Markt Leuthen"
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1843
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4th great fire (207 houses)
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1877/78
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The construction of the railway from Regensburg to Hof,
which crosses over the Eger-Valley in Marktleuthen on a
viaduct made of local granite, brought the beginning of
industrialization.
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1882
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Shutting down of the post station in Marktleuthen.
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1882
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Foundation of the "Kapuziner-brewery" (Gebhardt)
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1882
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Foundation of a glass factory
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1888
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Foundation of the "Loewen-brewery" (Döbereiner)
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1890
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Foundation of the stone grinding in Neumuehle (Vates)
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1897
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Foundation of the porcellain factory "Drechsel Strobel"
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1898
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Foundation of the brewery "Gustav Köppel"
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1902
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Foundation of the brewery "A. Goldschadt"
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1903
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Heinrich Winterling from Rehau aquired the porcellain factory.
In this days it is the outstanding porcellain factory Winterling.
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1905
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Foundation of the stone grinding Zuerner Reichel
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1905
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Foundation of the granite processing factory
in Wendenhammer (Salomon Zuerner)
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1905
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Foundation of the stone processing factory "Paul Jacob"
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ca. 1909
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First power station (worked only until 1913)
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1909/10
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Foundation of the first hospital
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1913/15
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Construction of the first school house
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ca. 1919
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Shutting down of the Kapuziner-brewery and conversion to
a paint factory
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1924
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Paving of the market-place and the lanes around
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1924
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Inauguration of the cemetery building
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1927/28
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Foundation of the kindergarten
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1928
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Contruction of the water supply
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1934
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Foundation of the first outskirts housing project,
the "Jacobsbau"
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1945
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Occupation of the town through American troops on April 19th
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1951
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Foundation of the second housing project, the "Kappel"
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1953
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Foundation of the third housing project, the "Forstwegsiedlung"
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1954
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Receipt of the freedom of a city
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1956
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Inauguration of the catholical church
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1963 bis 1968
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Straightening of the Eger river to beware of floods and construction
of the new bridge over the river.
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1964
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Foundation of the industrial area "Wenderner Weg"
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1965
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Shutting down of the glass factory
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1966
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Inauguration of the great sporting-hall
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1977
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Shutting down of the "Löwen-brewery"
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1978
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Bavarian territory reform incorporated the villages around
to Marktleuthen
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1980
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666 years anniversary of the first mentioning
of the town in a record (1314 to 1980)
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