Timeline: From 800 to today
Transfer of a farm in "Ludinchusen" to St. Liudger by Snelhard
Funeral procession of St. Liudger through Lüdinghausen
Confirmation of market and minting rights
First mention of Vischering Castle, Lüdinghausen Castle and Wolfsberg Castle
The lords of Lüdinghausen and Lüdinghausen-Wolff granted the town charter on their own authority. A collection of farms had become what a town was: a trading center of importance with a variety of central functions for the town and surrounding area. Lüdinghausen had a market, was a court of law and had its own town council.
First evidence of the Lüdinghausen coat of arms
City fire
Laying of the foundation stone of the still existing Felizitas Church building
Lüdinghausen under the rule of the cathedral chapter
Earliest mention of the school in Lüdinghausen
Enactment of police regulations for Lüdinghausen
Regular entries in the citizens' book, with a list of citizens updated until 1804 and the town's statutes
Witch trials
Impairments in the course of the Thirty Years' War (quartering, provisions, money payments, troops passing through), the situation was particularly threatening from 1633 to 1636
First fire procession
Probably the first plague procession (confirmation is only available from 1684)
End of canonical rule
Lüdinghausen is elevated to district town in the newly formed district of Lüdinghausen
Vischering-Stever forms the border to the French Empire
Lüdinghausen becomes part of Prussia
Sixth and last major fire disaster
Inauguration of the Marienhospital (built from 1855)
Opening of the Dortmund-Gronau railroad line and thus of Lüdinghausen station (the Dortmund-Lünen line was already completed in 1874)
Inauguration of the Dortmund-Ems Canal
Final incorporation of the municipality of "Lüdinghausen-Land"
Loss of the district seat as part of the municipal reorganization. Merger with Seppenrade. Lüdinghausen becomes the middle center of the southern part of the newly formed district of Coesfeld.
Partnership with the French town of Taverny
Partnership with the Polish city of Nysa
Town anniversary 1200 years Lüdinghausen (first documented mention)
City anniversary (700 years of city rights)