Major Cities of Germany
Aachen
1306 Imperial City of Aachen
15 Dec 1792 - 02 Mar 1793 French occupation
23 Sep 1794 French occupation
18 Oct 1797 Ceded to France
09 Mar 1801 - 1813 Annexed by France as Aix-la-Chapelle
14 Feb 1814 Annexed by Prussia
10 Dec 1870 Part of Germany
21 Oct 1944 City falls to the U.S Army
Oberbürgermeister
- 22 Sep 1797 Philipp Freiherr de Witte de Limminghe
22 Sep 1797 Wilhelm Houben (did not take office)
22 Sep 1797 - 18 Mar 1798 Andreas Monheim
1798 - 1800 Johann Friedrich Jacobi
14 May 1800 - 21 Jun 1804 Jakob Friedrich Kolb
21 Jun 1804 - 28 May 1808 Johann Wilhelm Gottfried von Lommessem
28 May 1808 - 12 Jul 1821 Paul Cornelius Maria von Guaita .... 1766-1821
12 Jul 1821 - 1826 Matthais Solders
1826 - Dec 1831 Wilhelm Daniels
Dec 1831 - 04 Mar 1848 Franz Edmund Emundts ............... 1792-1871
17 Apr 1848 - 1851 Arnold Edmund Pelzer ............... 1801-1874
1851 - 18 Jan 1875 Johann Contzen ..................... 1809-1875
1875 - 1883 Ludwig von Weise
1884 - 24 Dec 1896 Ludwig Matthais Franz Stefan Peltzer 1835-1915
24 Dec 1896 - 1916 Philipp Veltman
1916 - 1928 Wilhelm Farwick .................... 1863-1941
1928 - 1933 Robert Rombach ..................... 1884-1973
25 Mar 1933 - 21 Oct 1944 Quirin Jansen ...................... 1888-1953 NSDAP
31 Oct 1944 - 25 Mar 1945 Franz Oppenhoff .................... 1902-1945
25 Mar - 31 Dec 1945 Wilhelm Rombach .................... 1884-1973
(acting)
01 Jan - 1946 Ludwig Kuhnen ...................... 1876-1955 SPD
Oct 1946 - Nov 1952 Albrecht Maas ...................... 1888-1970 CDU
1952 - 1973 Hermann Heusch ..................... 1906-1981 CDU
1973 - 18 Oct 1989 Kurt Malangré ...................... 1934- CDU
18 Oct 1989 - 21 Oct 2009 Jürgen Linden ...................... 1947- SPD
21 Oct 2009 - 31 Oct 2020 Marcel Philipp ..................... 1971- CDU
01 Nov 2020 - Sibylle Keupen ..................... 1963-
Augsburg
Oberbürgermeistern
1945 Wilhelm Ott ........................ 1886-1969
1945 - 1946 Ludwig Dreifuß ..................... 1883-1960
1946 Heinz Hohner ....................... 1907-1967
1946 - 1947 Otto Weinkamm
1947 - 1964 Nikolaus Josef Müller .............. 1892-1980
1964 - 1972 Wolfgang Pepper .................... 1910-1997
1972 - 1990 Johann Breuer ...................... 1930- SPD
1990 - 30 Apr 2002 Peter Menacher ..................... 1939- CSU
01 May 2002 - 30 Apr 2008 Paul Raphael Wengert ............... 1952- SPD
01 May 2008 - 30 Apr 2020 Kurt Gribl ......................... 1964- CSU
01 May 2020 - Eva Weber .......................... 1977- CSU
Bonn
1814 Part of Prussia
1949 - 1991 West German capital
Oberbürgermeister
May 1945 - 26 Oct 1948 Eduard Spoelgen .................... 1877-1975
26 Oct 1948 - 16 Nov 1951 Peter Stockhausen .................. 1898-1985 CDU
16 Nov 1951 - 22 Nov 1956 Peter Maria Busen .................. 1904-1964 CDU
22 Nov 1956 - 31 Jul 1969 Wilhelm Daniels .................... 1903-1977 CDU
01 Aug - 08 Nov 1969 Franz Meyers ....................... 1908-2002 CDU
(Regierungskommissar)
20 Nov 1969 - 21 May 1975 Peter Kraemer ...................... 1901-1990 CDU
21 May 1975 - 03 Nov 1994 Hans Daniels ....................... 1934- CDU
03 Nov 1994 - 21 Oct 2009 Bärbel Dieckmann ................... 1950- SPD
21 Oct 2009 - 21 Oct 2015 Jürgen Nimptsch .................... 1954- SPD
21 Oct 2015 - 31 Oct 2020 Ashok-Alexander Sridharan .......... 1965- CDU
31 Oct 2020 - Katja Doener ....................... 1976-
Dortmund
Mayor
22 Feb - 30 Jun 1803 Kaspar Heinrich Schäffer
Prefect
01 May 1809 - 1815 Gisbert von Romberg
Mayors
01 Mar 1808 - 07 Feb 1812 Johann Arnold Caspar Brügmann
17 Mar 1812 - 22 Mar 1832 Franz Mallinckrodt
22 Mar 1832 - 30 Jun 1847 Wilhelm Brügmann
Oberbürgermeister
01 Jul 1847 - 30 Jun 1871 Karl Zahn
01 Jul 1871 - 30 Jun 1875 Hermann Heinrich Becker
01 Jul 1875 - Oct 1876 Wilhelm Becker
Oct 1876 - 28 Feb 1878 Richard Prüfer
02 Aug 1878 - 1886 Ernst Lindemann
30 Sep 1886 - 07 Oct 1910 Karl Wilhelm Schieding
07 Oct 1910 - 31 Jul 1933 Ernst Eichhoff
01 Aug 1933 - 31 Jul 1934 Bruno Schüler
01 Aug 1934 - Apr 1945 Wilhelm Hansmann
13 Apr 1945 - 08 Feb 1946 Hermann Ostrop ..................... 1888-1963
1946 Wilhelm Hansmann ................... 1886-1963
1946 Herbert Scholtissek ................ 1900-1979
1946 - 04 Dec 1953 Friedrich Henssler ................. 1886-1953
19 Jan 1954 - 20 Jan 1969 Dietrich Keuning ................... 1909-1980
20 Jan 1969 - 29 Jan 1973 Heinrich Sondermann ................ 1928-1986
12 Feb 1973 - 30 Sep 1999 Günther Samrlebe ................... 1926-2011
01 Oct 1999 - 21 Oct 2009 Gerhard Langemeyer ................. 1944-
21 Oct 2009 - 18 Jan 2010 Ullrich Sierau (1st Time) .......... 1956-
18 Jan - 18 May 2010 Siegfried Pogadl ................... 1950-
18 May 2010 - 31 Oct 2020 Ullrich Sierau (2nd Time)
01 Nov 2020 - Thomas Westphal .................... 1967-
Dresden
Oberbürgermeister
09 Feb 1931 - 1933 Wilhelm Leopold Friedrich Külz ..... 1875-1948
1933 - 1937 Ernst Zöner ........................ 1895-1945 NSDAP
1937 - 1940 Ferdinand Rudolf Kluge ............. 1889-1945 NSDAP
Feb 1940 - 23 Feb 1945 Hans Nieland ....................... 1900-1976 NSDAP
Mar - May 1945 Adalbert Wolpert ................... 1897-1968 NSDAP
10 May - 05 Jul 1945 Rudolf Friedrichs .................. 1892-1947 SPD
05 Jul - 26 Oct 1945 Johannes Ernst Müller .............. 1882-1971
01 Feb - 10 Oct 1946 Theodor Albrecht Gustav Ließner .... 1890-1982 SPD
10 Oct 1946 - 03 Dec 1958 Arno Walter Weidauer ............... 1899-1986 SED
03 Dec 1958 - 14 Jun 1961 Herbert Georg Gute ................. 1905-1975 SED
14 Jun 1961 - 1986 Paul Herhard Schill ................ 1925-2000 SED
1986 - May 1990 Wolfgang Berghofer ................. 1943- SED
May 1990 - 31 Jul 2001 Herbert Wagner ..................... 1948- CDU
01 Aug 2001 - 07 Aug 2008 Ingolf Roßberg ..................... 1961- FDP
16 May 2006 - 07 Aug 2008 Lutz Vogel ......................... 1949-
(acting for suspended Rossberg)
07 Aug 2008 - 28 Feb 2015 Helma Ulrika Orosz ................. 1953- CDU
01 Mar 2015 - Dirk Hilbert ....................... 1971- FDP
Duisburg
Mayors
16 Apr 1945 - 05 Sep 1947 Heinrich Weitz ..................... 1890-1962
05 Sep 1947 - 09 Nov 1948 Leo Storm .......................... 1908-1981
09 Nov 1948 - 30 Nov 1969 August Seeling ..................... 1906-1998
01 Dec 1969 - 31 Dec 1974 Arnold Masselter ................... 1922-1984
01 Jan - 04 Mar 1975 Ernst Ermert ....................... 1918-1988
(acting)
12 May 1975 - 01 Jul 1997 Josef Krings ....................... 1926-
01 Jul 1997 - 14 Oct 2004 Bärbel Zieling ..................... 1949-
14 Oct 2004 - 15 Feb 2012 Adolf Sauerland .................... 1955-
15 Feb - 04 Jul 2012 Peter Greulich ..................... 1957-
+ Benno Lensdorf ................... 1943-
04 Jul 2012 - Sören Link ......................... 1976-
Düsseldorf
Oberbürgermeister
17 Apr - 30 Sep 1945 Wilhelm Füllenbach ................. 1887-1948
01 Oct 1945 - Feb 1946 Walter Kolb ........................ 1902-1956
Feb 1946 - 04 Jul 1947 Karl Arnold ........................ 1901-1958
04 Jul 1947 - 10 Nov 1956 Josef Gockeln ...................... 1900-1958
10 Nov 1956 - 06 Dec 1959 Georg Glock ........................ 1891-1959
08 Jan 1960 - 28 Mar 1961 Wilhelm Becker (1st Time) .......... 1918-1977
28 Mar - 17 Nov 1961 Friedrich Vomfelde ................. 1900-1961
17 Nov 1961 - Oct 1964 Peter Müller ....................... 1916-2005
Oct 1964 - Sep 1974 Wilhelm Becker (2nd Time)
Sep 1974 - Oct 1979 Klaus Bungert (1st Time) ........... 1926-2006
Oct 1979 - Oct 1984 Josef Kurten ....................... 1928-2010
Oct 1984 - 03 Nov 1994 Klaus Bungert (2nd Time)
03 Nov 1994 - 01 Oct 1999 Marie-Luise Smeets ................. 1936-
01 Oct 1999 - 20 May 2008 Joachim Erwin ...................... 1949-2008
20 May - 02 Sep 2008 Helmut Rattenhuber ................. 1946-
(acting)
02 Sep 2008 - 01 Sep 2014 Dirk Elbers ........................ 1959-
01 Sep 2014 - 31 Oct 2020 Thomas Geisel ...................... 1963-
01 Nov 2020 - Stephen Keller ..................... 1970-
Essen
Mayors
20 May 1945 - 06 Feb 1946 Hugo Rosendahl ..................... 1884-1964 DZ
06 Feb - 30 Oct 1946 Heinz Renner ....................... 1892-1964 KPD
30 Oct 1946 - 04 Dec 1949 Gustav Walter Heinemann ............ 1899-1976 CDU
04 Dec 1949 - 08 Nov 1956 Hans Toussaint ..................... 1902-1977 CDU
08 Nov 1956 - 26 Nov 1969 Wilhelm Niedwandt .................. 1898-1978 SPD
26 Nov 1969 - 19 Oct 1984 Horst Katzor ....................... 1918-1998 SPD
19 Oct 1984 - 18 Oct 1989 Peter Reuschenbach ................. 1935-2007 SPD
18 Oct 1989 - 01 Oct 1999 Annette Jäger ...................... 1937- SPD
01 Oct 1999 - 21 Oct 2009 Wolfgang Reiniger .................. 1944- CDU
21 Oct 2009 - 21 Oct 2015 Reinhard Paß ....................... 1954- SPD
21 Oct 2015 - Thomas Kufen ....................... 1973- CDU
Erfurt
Oberbürgermeister
1818 - 1833 Wilhelm August Türk
1833 - 1851 Karl Freiherr Wagner
Apr 1851 - Jun 1871 Freiherr Carl von Oldershausen ..... 1821-1874
14 Jul 1871 - 1889 Richard Breslau .................... 1835-1897
1890 - 1895 Gustav Schneider ................... 1847-1913
1895 - 1919 Hermann Schmidt .................... 1851-1921
11 Oct 1919 - 31 Mar 1933 Bruno Mann ......................... 1874-1938
31 Mar 1933 - 1934 Theodor Pichier
1934 - 11 Mar 1936 Maximillian Zeitler
11 Mar 1936 - 12 Apr 1945 Walter Siegfried Kießling .......... 1892-1966 NSDAP
1990 - 2006 Manfred Otto Ruge .................. 1945- CDU
2006 - Andreas Bausewein .................. 1973- SDP
Frankfurt am Main
18 Jul 1866 Prussian administration
08 Oct 1866 Annexed by Prussia
12 Mar 1944 City centre is destroyed by allied bombing
29 Mar 1945 Frankfurt captured by the U.S army
19 Sep 1945 Part of Hessen
1949 Designanted capital of West Germany,
but rejected infavour of Bonn
Oberbürgermeisters
27 Jul 1866 - 27 Feb 1868 Samuel Gottlieb Müller ............. 1802-1880
27 Feb 1868 - 1880 Daniel Heinrich Mumm
von Schwarzenstein ................ 1818-1890
1880 - 1890 Johannes Miquel .................... 1827-1901
14 Oct 1890 - 01 Oct 1912 Franz Adickers ..................... 1846-1915
01 Oct 1912 - 1924 Georg Voigt ........................ 1866-1927
1924 - Mar 1933 Ludwig Landmann .................... 1868-1945
Mar 1933 - 30 Mar 1945 Friedrich Krebs .................... 1894-1961 NSDAP
30 Mar - 04 Jul 1945 Wilhelm Hollbach ................... 1893-1962
(acting)
04 Jul 1945 - 01 Aug 1946 Kurt Blaum ......................... 1884-1970 CDU
01 Aug 1946 - 20 Sep 1956 Walter Kolb ........................ 1902-1956 SPD
10 Jan 1957 - 02 Jul 1964 Werner Bockelmann .................. 1907-1968 SPD
02 Jul 1964 - 07 May 1970 Wilhelm Brundert ................... 1912-1970 SDP
11 Jun 1970 - 16 Nov 1971 Walter Moller ...................... 1920-1971 SPD
06 Apr 1972 - 15 Jun 1977 Rudi Arndt ......................... 1927-2004 SPD
15 Jun 1977 - Jun 1986 Walter Wallmann
14 Aug 1986 - 15 Jun 1989 Wolfram Brück ...................... 1937- CDU
15 Jun 1989 - 08 May 1991 Volfer Hauff ....................... 1940- SPD
08 May 1991 - 05 Jul 1995 Andreas von Schoeler ............... 1948- SPD
05 Jul 1995 - 28 Jun 2012 Petra Roth ......................... 1944- CDU
28 Jun 2012 - 12 Nov 2022 Peter Feldmann ..................... 1958- SPD
12 Nov 2022 - Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg ......... 1965-
(acting)
Hannover
Oberbürgermeister
11 Apr 1945 - 29 Jan 1946 Gustav Bratke ...................... 1878-1952 SPS
29 Jan - 26 Oct 1946 Franz Henkel ....................... 1882-1959 FDP
26 Oct 1946 - 28 Nov 1956 Wilhelm Weber ...................... 1879-1961 SPD
28 Nov 1956 - 26 Jan 1972 August Weber ....................... 1905-1989 SPD
26 Jan 1972 - 31 Oct 2006 Herbert Schmalstieg ................ 1943- SPD
01 Nov 2006 - 19 Feb 2013 Stephan Weil ....................... 1958- SPD
19 Feb - 31 Jul 2013 Hans Mönninghoff ................... 1950- SPD
(acting)
01 Aug - 11 Oct 2013 Sabine Tegtmeyer-Dette ............. 1961-
(acting)
11 Oct 2013 - 22 Nov 2019 Stefan Schostock ................... 1964-
22 Nov 2019 - Belit Onay ......................... 1981- G90
Heilbronn
1322 Free Imperial City
23 Nov 1802 Occupied by Württemberg
27 Apr 1803 Annexed by Württemberg
Oberbürgermeister
25 Feb 1803 - 1819 Georg Christian Franz Kübel ........ 1757-1863
1819 - 22 Mar 1822 Lebrecht Landauer .................. 1779-1882
22 Mar 1822 - 20 Apr 1835 Johann Clemens Bruckmann ........... 1768-1835
20 Apr 1835 - 19 Jun 1848 Henrich Titot ...................... 1796-1871
19 Jun 1848 - 29 Dec 1868 August Christian Klett ............. 1799-1869
03 May 1869 - 28 Jan 1884 Karl Wüst .......................... 1840-1884
28 Jan 1884 - 04 Jan 1904 Paul Hegelmaier .................... 1847-1912
04 Jan 1904 - 05 May 1921 Paul Göbel ......................... 1870-1921
17 Jul 1921 - 16 Mar 1933 Emil Beutinger ..................... 1875-1957
16 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945 Henrich Gütlig ..................... 1898-1963
13 Apr 1945 – 01 Oct 1946 Emil Beutinger (2nd Time)
01 Oct 1946 – 31 Aug 1948 Paul Metz .......................... 1899-1961
07 Sep 1948 – 06 Sep 1967 Paul Meyle ......................... 1900-1977 FDP
06 Sep 1967 – 09 Sep 1983 Hans Hoffmann ...................... 1915-2005 SPD
09 Sep 1983 – 15 Sep 1999 Manfried Weinmann .................. 1934-2013 CDU
15 Sep 1999 – 30 Apr 2014 Helmut Himmelsbach ................. 1946-
01 May 2014 - Heinrich Mergel .................... 1956- SPD
Kiel
Oberbürgermeister
28 Sep 1867 - 10 Apr 1888 Heinrich Mölling ................... 1825-1888
01 Dec 1888 - 03 Dec 1912 Paul Fuss .......................... 1844-1915
03 Dec 1912 - 15 Oct 1919 Paul Lindemann ..................... 1871-1924
15 Jun 1920 - 10 Mar 1933 Emil Lueken ........................ 1879-1961
14 Mar 1933 - 14 May 1945 Walter Behrens ..................... 1889-1977
(acting to 28 Apr 1933)
15 May 1945 - 15 Feb 1946 Max Emcke .......................... 1892-1982
16 Feb - 11 Mar 1946 Otto Tschadek ...................... 1904-1969
(acting)
11 Mar - 18 Oct 1946 Willi Koch ......................... 1903-1968
18 Oct 1946 - 01 Oct 1954 Andreas Gayk ....................... 1893-1954
20 Jan 1955 - 31 Oct 1965 Hans Müthling ...................... 1901-1976
01 Nov 1965 - 31 Oct 1980 Günther Bantzer .................... 1921-
01 Nov 1980 - 31 Oct 1992 Karl-Heinz Luckhardt ............... 1932-
01 Nov 1992 - 05 Dec 1996 Otto Kelling ....................... 1949-
05 Dec 1996 - 17 Jun 1997 Karl-Heinz Zimmer .................. 1937-
(acting)
17 Jun 1997 - 17 Jun 2003 Norbert Gansel ..................... 1940-
17 Jun 2003 - 17 Jun 2009 Angelika Volquartz ................. 1946-
17 Jun 2009 - 29 May 2012 Torsten Albig ...................... 1963-
29 May - 26 Nov 2012 Peter Todeskino (1st Time) ......... 1958-
(acting)
26 Nov 2012 - 28 Oct 2013 Susanne Gaschke .................... 1967-
28 Oct 2013 - 24 Apr 2014 Peter Todeskino (2nd Time)
(acting)
24 Apr 2014 - Ulf Kämpfer ........................ 1972-
Köln (Cologne)
Bürgermeister
28 May 1796 - 23 Jun 1797 Johann Jakob von Wittgenstein
(1st Time)
21 Mar - 23 Jun 1797 Heinrich Josef von Groote
23 Jun - 23 Jul 1797 Johann Arnold Theodor von
Stattlohn
23 Jul - 05 Sep 1797 Goswin von Heinsburg
05 Sep - 16 Sep 1797 Maximilian von Kempis
19 Sep 1797 - 08 Apr 1798 Peter Josef Zuhoven
09 Apr - 18 Dec 1798 Johann Baptist Fuchs ............... 1757-1827
18 Dec 1798 - 25 Dec 1799 Gerhard Engelbert Simons
(1st Time)
25 Dec 1799 - 17 Feb 1800 Friedrich Heinrich Herstatt
(1st Time)
17 Feb 1800 - 30 Apr 1801 Gerhard Engelbert Simons
(2nd Time)
01 May 1801 - 03 Apr 1803 Johnn Peter Kramer
03 Apr - 18 Aug 1803 Friedrich Heinrich Herstatt
(2nd Time)
+ Johann Bernhard Boisserée
18 Aug 1803 - 11 May 1815 Johann Jakob von Wittgenstein
(2nd Time)
Oberbürgermeister
11 May 1815 - 31 Aug 1819 Karl Josef von Mylius .............. 1778-1838
01 Sep 1819 - 08 Nov 1823 Franz Rudolf von Monschaw
+ Hermann Kaspar Langen
08 Nov 1823 - 08 Nov 1848 Adolf Steinberger .................. 1777-1866
18 Nov 1848 - 28 Feb 1851 Friedrich Wilhelm Graeff ........... 1803-1885
27 May 1851 - 27 May 1863 Hermann Josef Stupp ................ 1793-1870
27 May 1863 - 29 May 1875 Alexader Bachen .................... 1806-1878
05 Jun 1875 - 09 Dec 1885 Hermann Heinrich Becker ............ 1820-1885
01 Jan 1886 - 14 Sep 1907 Wilhelm Becker ..................... 1835-1924
01 Oct 1907 - 08 Aug 1917 Maximilian Wallraf ................. 1859-1941
18 Oct 1917 - 13 Mar 1933 Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer ...... 1876-1967
13 Mar 1933 - 08 Dec 1936 Günther Riesen ..................... 1892-1951 NSADP
20 Jan 1937 - 26 Nov 1940 Karl Georg Schmidt ................. 1904-1940 NSDAP
01 Jan 1941 - 20 Jun 1944 Peter Winkelnkemper ................ 1902-1944 NSDAP
20 Jun 1944 - 06 Mar 1945 Robert Brandes ..................... 1899-1987 NSDAP
16 Mar - 04 May 1945 Wilhelm Suth ....................... 1881-1956 CDU
04 May - 06 Oct 1945 Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer ...... 1876-1967 CDU
06 Oct 1945 - 31 May 1948 Hermann Josef Pünder ............... 1888-1976 CDU
01 Jun - 15 Nov 1948 Ernst Ferdinand Schwering .......... 1886-1962 CDU
(1st Time)
15 Nov 1948 - 09 Dec 1949 Robert Johann Görlinger ............ 1888-1954 SPD
(1st Time)
09 Dec 1949 - 23 Nov 1950 Ernst Ferdinand Schwering
(2nd Time)
23 Nov 1950 - 08 Nov 1951 Robert Johann Görlinger
(2nd Time)
08 Nov 1951 - 09 Nov 1956 Ernst Ferdinand Schwering
(3rd Time)
09 Nov 1956 - 17 Dec 1973 Theo Burauen ....................... 1906-1987 SPD
20 Dec 1973 - 28 Oct 1980 John van Nes Ziegler ............... 1921-2006 SPD
28 Oct 1980 - 30 Sep 1999 Norbert Burger ..................... 1932-2012 SPD
01 Oct 1999 - 17 Mar 2000 Heinrich Blum ...................... 1944-2000 CDU
(acting)
17 Mar 2000 - 21 Oct 2009 Friedrich Schramma ................. 1947- SPD
21 Oct 2009 – 20 Oct 2015 Jürgen Roters ...................... 1949- SPD
20 Oct - 20 Nov 2015 Elfi Scho-Antwerpes ................ 1952- SPD
(acting)
20 Nov 2015 - Henriette Reker .................... 1956-
Leipzig
Oberbürgermeister
01 Apr 1831 – 23 Dec 1839 Christian Adolf Deutrich ........... 1783-1839
02 Mar 1840 – 15 Apr 1848 Johann Carl Groß ................... 1778-1866
19 Apr 1848 – 18 May 1849 Hermann Adolph Klinger ............. 1806-1874
30 Jun 1848 – 14 Apr 1876 Carl Wilhelm Otto Koch ............. 1810-1876
28 Apr 1876 – 30 Sep 1899 Otto Robert Georgi ................. 1831-1918
01 Oct 1899 – 27 May 1908 Carl Bruno Tröndlin ................ 1835-1908
14 Jul 1908 – 31 Dec 1917 Rudolf Bernhard August Dittrich .... 1855-1929
02 Jan 1918 – 04 Apr 1930 Karl Wilhelm August Rothe .......... 1865-1953 DVP
23 May 1930 – 31 Mar 1937 Carl Friedrich Goerdeler ........... 1884-1965
01 Apr - 11 Oct 1937 Hans Rudolf Haake (1st Time) ....... 1903-1945 NSDAP
12 Oct 1937 – 11 Oct 1938 Kurt Walter Dönicke ................ 1899-1945 NSDAP
11 Oct 1938 – 20 Aug 1939 Hans Rudolf Haake (2nd Time)
21 Aug 1939 – 18 Apr 1945 Bruno Erich Alfred Freyberg ........ 1892-1945 NSDAP
23 Apr - 16 Jul 1945 Wilhelm Johannes Vierling .......... 1889-1956
16 Jul 1945 – 05 Apr 1949 Erich Richard Moritz Zeigner ....... 1886-1949 SED
18 May 1949 – 05 Jun 1951 Max Ernst Opitz .................... 1890-1982 SED
10 Oct 1951 – 05 Dec 1959 Hans Erich Uhlich .................. 1915-2007 SED
05 Dec 1959 – 15 Apr 1970 Walter Kresse ...................... 1910-2001 SED
16 Apr 1970 – 20 Jan 1986 Karl-Heinz Müller .................. 1918-1987 SED
20 Jan 1986 – 03 Nov 1989 Bernd Seidel ....................... 1949- SED
04 Nov 1989 – 04 Jun 1990 Günter Hädrich ..................... 1941- SED
06 Jun 1990 - 30 Jun 1998 Heinrich Lehmann-Grube ............. 1932- SPD
30 Jun 1998 - 22 Nov 2005 Wolfgang Erwin Bernhard Tiefensee .. 1955- SPD
22 Nov 2005 - 29 Mar 2006 Andreas Müller ..................... 1955- SPD
29 Mar 2006 - Burkhard Jung ...................... 1958- SPD
Lübeck
01 Apr 1937 End of Free City status, incorporated into Prussia
Oberbürgermeister
01 Apr 1937 - 05 May 1945 Otto Heinrich Drechsler ............ 1895-1945 NSDAP
05 May - 30 May 1945 Gerhard Schneider .................. 1904-1988
(interim)
30 May - 28 Sep 1945 Friedrich Julius Reeh .............. 1890-1965
(interim)
1945 – 1950 Emil Helms ......................... 1884-1965 SPD
(acting to 1946)
1950 – 1956 Otto Passarge ...................... 1891-1976 SPD
1956 – 30 Jan 1959 Walther Böttcher ................... 1901-1983 CDU
30 Jan 1959 – 1970 Max Wartermann ..................... 1905-1993
1970 – 1976 Werner Kock ........................ 1921-1997 SPD
1976 – 1988 Gustav-Robert Knüppel .............. 1931- CDU
1988 – 2000 Michael Bouteiller ................. 1943- SPD
2000 - Hans-Bernhard Saxe ................. 1954- SPD
Magdeburg
Oberbürgermeister
23 May 1817 – 06 Mar 1848 August Wilhelm Francke ............. 1785-1851
1851 - 1881 Karl Gustav Friedrich Hasselbach ... 1809-1882
1882 - 1895 Friedrich Bötticher ................ 1826-1895
1895 – 31 Jul 1906 Gustav Schneider ................... 1847-1913
31 Jul 1906 - 1910 August Lentze ...................... 1860-1945
1910 - 1919 Hermann Reimarus ................... 1857-1920
24 Apr 1919 – 29 Apr 1931 Hermann Beims ...................... 1863-1931
29 Apr 1931 – 22 Mar 1933 Ernst Reuter ....................... 1889-1953
22 Mar 1933 - Apr 1945 Fritz-August Wilhelm Markmann ...... 1899-1949 NSDAP
19 Apr 1945 – 20 Oct 1946 Otto Baer .......................... 1881-1966
20 Oct 1946 – 21 Feb 1950 Rudolf Eberhard .................... 1891-1965
21 Feb 1950 - 1961 Philipp Daub ....................... 1896-1976
1961 – 25 Oct 1965 Friedrich Sonnemann ................ 1922-2014
26 Oct 1965 – 08 Nov 1989 Werner Herzig ...................... 1928-
Dec 1989 – 06 May 1990 Werner Nothe ....................... 1938-
06 May 1990 – 30 Jun 2001 Willi Polte ........................ 1938-
01 Jul 2001 - 08 May 2022 Lutz Trümper ....................... 1955-
08 May 2022 - Simone Borris ...................... 1962-
Mainz
Oberbürgermeister
25 Nov 1800 – 18 May 1814 Franz Konrad Macke (1st Time) ...... 1756-1844
18 May 1814 – 1831 Franz Edmund Johann Nepomuk
Freiherr von Jungenfeld ........... 1778-1840
1831 – 31 Mar 1834 Franz Konrad Macke (2nd Time)
01 Apr 1834 – 31 Dec 1836 Stephen Metz (1st Time) ............ 1789-1850
01 Jan 1837 – 05 May 1838 Johann Baptist Heinrich ............ 1774-1838
05 May 1838 – 1841 Stephen Metz (2nd Time)
01 Apr 1842 – 05 May 1860 Nikolaus Nack ...................... 1786-1860
05 Jan 1862 – 1864 Karl Schmitz ....................... 1807-1882
Jan 1865 - Jan 1871 Franz Philipp Schott ............... 1811-1874
23 May 1871 – 27 Mar 1872 Karl Racké ......................... 1825-1898
07 Jun 1872 – 01 Mar 1877 Friedrich Carl Wallau .............. 1823-1877
26 Sep 1877 – 23 Jun 1885 Alexis Dumont ...................... 1819-1885
25 Aug 1885 – 01 Nov 1894 Johann Georg Oechsner .............. 1822-1895
01 Nov 1894 – 09 Sep 1905 Dr. Heinrich Gassner ............... 1847-1905
07 Oct 1905 – 11 Feb 1919 Karl Emil Göttelmann ............... 1858-1928
11 Feb 1919 - Jun 1930 Karl Külb .......................... 1870-1943
04 May 1931 – 26 Mar 1933 Wilhelm Ehrhard .................... 1884-1936
26 Mar - 20 Sep 1933 Philipp Wilhelm Jung ............... 1884-1965 NSDAP
20 Sep 1933 – 15 May 1942 Robert Barth ....................... 1900-1942 NSDAP
31 Aug 1942 – 17 Mar 1945 Heinrich Ritter .................... 1891-1966 NSDAP
18 Mar - 22 Mar 1945 .... Wolf
(acting)
22 Mar - 23 Mar 1945 Hans-Georg Kuhn
(acting)
23 Mar - 25 Mar 1945 Heinrich Schunk
25 Mar - 16 Aug 1945 Rudolph Walther .................... 1891-1973
17 Aug 1945 – 21 Feb 1949 Emil Kraus ......................... 1893-1972
11 Mar 1949 – 21 Jan 1965 Franz Stein ........................ 1900-1967 SPD
May 1965 – 03 May 1987 Jakob Fuchs ........................ 1919-2002 SPD
04 May 1987 – 03 May 1997 Herman-Hartmut Weyel ............... 1933- SPD
04 May 1997 – 31 Dec 2011 Jens Beutel ........................ 1946- SPD
01 Jan - 25 Mar 2012 Günter Beck ........................ 1956- G
(acting)
25 Mar 2012 - Michael Ebling ..................... 1967- SPD
München (Munich)
Oberbürgermeister
May 1818 – 06 Jul 1836 Franz Paul Joseph Mittermayr ....... 1766-1836
07 Jul 1836 – 07 Dec 1837 Josef von Teng ..................... 1786-1837
22 Jan 1838 – 04 Aug 1854 Jakob von Bauer .................... 1787-1854
25 Oct 1854 - May 1870 Kaspar von Steinsdorf .............. 1797-1879
04 Jun 1870 – 27 Dec 1887 Alois von Erhardt .................. 1831-1888
16 Feb 1888 – 30 Apr 1893 Johannes von Widenmayer ............ 1838-1893
01 May 1893 – 15 Jun 1919 Wilhelm Georg,
Ritter von Borscht ................ 1857-1943
26 Jun 1919 – 31 Dec 1924 Eduard Schmid ...................... 1861-1933 SPD
01 Jan 1925 – 31 Mar 1933 Karl Scharnagl (1st Time) .......... 1881-1963
01 Apr 1933 – 30 Apr 1945 Karl Fiehler ....................... 1895-1969 NSDAP
04 May 1945 - 30 Jun 1948 Karl Scharnagl (2nd Time) .......... s.a CSU
01 Jul 1948 - 30 Jun 1960 Thomas Wimmer ...................... 1887-1964 SPD
01 Jul 1960 - 30 Jun 1972 Hans-Jochen Vogel .................. 1926- SPD
01 Jul 1972 - 30 Apr 1978 Georg Kronawitter .................. 1928- SPD
(1st Time)
01 May 1978 - 30 Apr 1984 Erich Kiesl ........................ 1930-2013 CSU
01 May 1984 - 30 Jun 1993 Georg Kronawitter
(2nd Time)
01 Jul 1993 - 30 Apr 2014 Christian Ude ...................... 1947- SPD
01 May 2014 - Dieter Reiter ...................... 1958- SPD
Münster
Oberbürgermeister
1824 – 1842 Joseph von Münstermann
1842 – 1848 Johann Hermann Hüffer .............. 1784-1855
1851 – 22 Dec 1855 Johann Heinrich Olfers ............. 1791-1855
1856 – 03 Mar 1879 Kaspar Offenbach ................... 1809-1879
1879 – 1886 Theodor Scheffer-Boichorst ......... 1819-1898
1887 – 1897 Karl Windthorst .................... 1836-1900
1898 – 1916 Mathias Maximilian Franziskus
Jungeblodt
1916 – 1920 Franz Wilhelm Bernhard Dieckmann ... 1875-1944
1920 – 27 Apr 1932 Georg Sperlich ..................... 1877-1941
27 Apr 1932 – 19 May 1933 Joseph Ludwig Karl Magnus Zuhorn ... 1887-1967 CDU
(1st Time)
19 May 1933 – 02 Apr 1945 Albert Anton Hillebrand
15 Apr - 15 Jun 1945 Fritz-Carl Peus .................... 1871-1950
15 Jun 1945 – 24 Apr 1946 Joseph Ludwig Karl Magnus Zuhorn
(2nd Time)
24 Apr - 23 Aug 1946 Wilhelm Reiner Siehoff ............. 1881-1953
23 Aug 1946 – 18 Nov 1948 Franz Rediger ...................... 1883-1949 CDU
18 Nov 1948 – 29 Oct 1951 Gerhard Boyer ...................... 1887-1963 CDU
29 Oct 1951 – 09 Nov 1952 Wilhelm Reiner Siehoff (2nd Time)
09 Nov 1952 – 1964 Busso Peus ......................... 1908-1979 CDU
1964 – 1972 Albrecht Beckel .................... 1925-1993 CDU
1972 – 1984 Werner Pierchalla .................. 1922- CDU
1984 – 1994 Jörg Twenhöven ..................... 1941- CDU
Nov 1994 – 12 Sep 1999 Marion Tüns ........................ 1946- SPD
12 Sep 1999 – 21 Oct 2009 Berthold Tillmann .................. 1950- CDU
21 Oct 2009 - Markus Wilhelm Lewe ................ 1965- CDU
Nürnberg
Oberbürgermeister
26 Sep 1818 - Dec 1821 Christian Gottfried Lorsch ......... 1773-1830
Dec 1821 - 31 Dec 1853 Jakob Friedrich Binder ............. 1787-1856
01 Jan 1854 - 31 Dec 1866 Maximillian Ritter von Wächter ..... 1811-1884
01 Jan 1867 - 11 Sep 1891 Freiherr Karl Otto Stromer
von Reichenbach ................... 1831-1891
11 Sep 1891 - 19 Jul 1913 Johann Georg Ritter von Schuh ...... 1846-1918
19 Jul 1913 - 1919 Otto Karl Geßler ................... 1875-1955
1920 - 16 Mar 1933 Wilhelm Hermann Rudolf Ernst Luppe . 1874-1945
16 Mar 1933 - 20 Apr 1945 Wilhelm Liebel ..................... 1897-1945 NSDAP
22 Apr - 26 Jul 1945 Julius Rühm ........................ 1882-1960 NSDAP
26 Jul - 04 Dec 1945 Martin Treu ........................ 1871-1952 SPD
04 Dec 1945 – 1948 Hans Ziegler ....................... 1877-1957 SPD
1948 – 1951 Otto Ziebill ....................... 1896-1978 SPD
1952 – 21 Sep 1957 Otto Bärnreuther ................... 1908-1957 SPD
21 Sep 1957 – 1987 Andreas Urschlechter ............... 1919-2011 SPD
1987 – 1996 Peter Wilhelm Schönlein ............ 1939- SPD
1996 – 2002 Ludwig Scholz ...................... 1937-2005 CSU
01 May 2002 - 30 Apr 2020 Ulrich Maly ........................ 1960- SPD
01 May 2020 - Marcus König ....................... 1980- CSU
Regensburg
10 Nov 1245 Imperial City of Regensburg
18 Jul 1486 - 01 Jun 1492 Occupied by Bavaria
20 Apr 1809 - 1810 Austrian occupation
22 May 1810 Annexed by Bavaria, within Germany from 1870
Oberbürgermeister
1811 - 1814 Franz Xaver Gruber
1814 - 1815 Kitzinger
1815 - 1818 Josef Bohonowsky
1818 - 1828 Johann Karl Martin Mauerer ......... 1783-1828
1828 - 1832 Sigmund Maria Edler von Eggelkraut
1832 - 1835 Johann Heinrich Friedrich Brügel ... 1789-1863
1836 - 14 Nov 1848 Freiherr Gottlieb von Thon-Dittmer . 1802-1853
1849 - 1856 Georg Satzinger
1856 - 1868 Friedrich Christoph Peter Schubarth 1804-1871
1868 - 24 Oct 1903 Oskar Ritter von Stobäus ........... 1830-1914
24 Oct 1903 - 1910 Hermann Greib ...................... 1872-1939
1910 Alfons Auer
1910 - 1914 Otto Karl Geßler ................... 1875-1955
1920 - 20 Mar 1933 Otto Hipp .......................... 1885-1952
20 Mar 1933 - 30 Apr 1945 Otto Schottenheim .................. 1890-1980
1945 – 1946 Gerhard Titze ...................... 1809-1957 SPD
1946 – 1948 Alfons Heiss
1948 – 1952 Georg Zitzler
1952 – 20 Aug 1959 Hans Herrmann ...................... 1889-1959 CSU
1959 – 1978 Rudolf Schlichtinger ............... 1915-1994 SPD
1978 – 1990 Friedrich Viehbacher ............... 1933-1993 CSU
1990 – 1996 Christa Meier ...................... 1941- SPD
1996 – 30 Apr 2014 Han Schaidinger .................... 1949- CSU
01 May 2014 - Joachim Wolbergs ................... 1971- SPD
Stuttgart
Oberbürgermeister
1799 – 1804 Christian Heinrich von Günzler ..... 1758-1842
1805 – 1811 Gottfried Eberhard Hoffmann
1811 – 1813 Karl Eberhard von Wächter .......... 1758-1829
1813 – 1819 Carl Friedrich von Dizinger ........ 1774-1842
1820 – 1833 Ehregott August Willibald
von Feuerlein ..................... 1781-1850
Mar 1833 – 22 Oct 1861 Georg Gottlob von Gutbrod .......... 1791-1861
Apr 1862 – 12 Mar 1872 Christian Christlieb Heinrich
von Sick .......................... 1822-1881
18 Jun 1872 – 18 Nov 1892 Theophil Friedrich von Hack ........ 1843-1911
24 Sep 1893 – 24 Mar 1899 Emil von Rümelin ................... 1846-1899
19 May 1899 – 01 Apr 1911 Heinrich Hermann von Gauß .......... 1858-1921
12 May 1911 – 15 Mar 1933 Karl Lautenschlager ................ 1868-1952
16 Mar 1933 – 21 Apr 1945 Karl Emil Julius Strölin ........... 1890-1963 NSDAP
23 Apr 1945 - 14 Aug 1974 Arnulf Klett ....................... 1905-1974
14 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1996 Manfred Rommel ..................... 1928-2013 CDU
01 Jan 1997 - 07 Jan 2013 Wolfgang Schuster .................. 1949- CDU
07 Jan 2013 - 04 Feb 2021 Friedrich Kuhn ..................... 1955- G
04 Feb 2021 - Frank Nopper ....................... 1961-
Trier
Oberbürgermeister
25 Nov 1800 – 27 Oct 1817 Anton Josef Recking ................ 1743-1817
1818 – 1839 Wilhelm Georg Nikolaus von Haw ..... 1793-1862
1841 – 1848 Franz Damian Görtz ................. 1788-1865
06 Oct 1849 – 1861 Franz Xaver Boos ................... 1790-1883
1862 – 1904 Fortunatus Jakob Arnold Karl de Nys 1833-1907
1927 – 1933 Heinrich Weitz ..................... 1890-1962
20 Oct 1933 – 13 Mar 1938 Ludwig Christ ...................... 1900-1938 NSDAP
13 Mar 1938 – 09 Mar 1945 Konrad Gorges ...................... 1898-1968
10 Mar 1945 – 25 Sep 1946 Friedrich Breitbach ................ 1897-1991
1946 – 1949 Heinrich Kemper .................... 1888-1962 CDU
1949 – 1963 Heinrich Raskin .................... 1902-1990 CDU
1963 – 1976 Josef Harnisch ..................... 1914-1982 CDU
1976 – 13 Dec 1979 Carl-Ludwig Wagner ................. 1930-2012 CDU
1980 – 1989 Felix Zimmermann ................... 1933-2013 CDU
01 Apr 1989 – 31 Mar 2007 Helmut Schröer ..................... 1942- CDU
01 Apr 2007 – 31 Mar 2015 Klaus Jensen ....................... 1952- SPD
01 Apr 2015 – Wolfram Leibe ...................... 1960- SPD
CDU=Christlich Demokratische Union (Conservative)
SPD=Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (Social Democratic)
FDP=Freie Demokranische Partei (Liberal)
PDS=Die LinkePartei des Demokratischen Sozialismus (Socialist)
G=Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Environmentalist)
Former Parties
NSDAP=Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers Party, Nationalist, Xenophobic)
SED=Sozialisitsche Einheitspartei Deutschlande (Socialist Unity Party, Communist)