Community organ
Municipality organs in the Federal Republic of Germany is the generic term for the organs of a city , a municipality or a district defined in a municipal code of a federal state .
The names and meanings of these communal organs vary significantly in the individual federal states . There are also differences depending on whether it is (only) a municipality or a city.
A representative body is understood to be the “ parliament ” of a municipality, which is elected by the citizens , although constitutionally correct it is not a real parliament, but only part of the (self) administration of the municipality. It is therefore to be assigned to the executive and not to the legislative branch .
Legal disputes between different municipal bodies are decided in the municipal constitutional dispute .
Body
| state | local community | city | district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | Municipal council | Municipal council | District council |
| Bavaria | Local council or market council (for market communities ) |
City council | District council |
| Berlin | not applicable | (= House of Representatives) | not applicable |
| Brandenburg | Community representation | City Council | District council |
| Bremen | not applicable | City citizenship (in Bremen ) or city council (in Bremerhaven ) | not applicable |
| Hamburg | not applicable | (= Citizenship) | not applicable |
| Hesse | Community representation | City Council | District council |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Community representation | City council | District council |
| Lower Saxony | Council of the community | City Council | District council |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Council of the community | City Council | District council |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | Municipal council | City council | District council |
| Saarland | Municipal council | City council | District council |
| Saxony | Municipal council | City council | District council |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Municipal council | City council | District council |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Community representation | City Council | District council |
| Thuringia | Municipal council | City council | District council |
Members
The members of the representative bodies have different names in the individual federal states.
| state | local community | city | district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | Municipal council | City council | District Council |
| Bavaria | Councilor | City Councilor | District Council |
| Berlin | not applicable | MP | not applicable |
| Brandenburg | Community representatives | City Councilor | Member of the district council |
| Bremen | not applicable | Deputy (in Bremen ) or city councilor (in Bremerhaven ) | not applicable |
| Hamburg | not applicable | Member of Parliament | not applicable |
| Hesse | Community representatives | City Councilor | District MP |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Community representatives | City representative | District council member |
| Lower Saxony | Councilor | Councilor | Member of the district council |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Councilor | Councilor | District council member |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | Councilor | Councilor | District council member |
| Saarland | Member of the municipal council | Member of the City Council | Member of the district council |
| Saxony | |||
| Saxony-Anhalt | |||
| Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Thuringia | Councilor | City Councilor | District council member |
Chair
In some federal states, the representative body elects one or more chairpersons in the constituent meeting. The chairman of the body has different names in the individual federal states. In other federal states, the mayor or lord mayor elected by the citizens as head of administration is also the born chairman of the representative body. So there is no special chairman, but a member of the representative body is usually elected as the general deputy of the mayor or lord mayor.
| state | local community | city | district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | mayor | Mayor or Lord Mayor (only in urban districts and large district towns ) |
District Administrator |
| Bavaria | First Mayor | First Mayor or Lord Mayor (only in urban and large district towns ) |
District Administrator |
| Berlin | not applicable | President of the House of Representatives | not applicable |
| Brandenburg | Chairman of the municipal council | Chairman of the city council | Chairman of the district council |
| Bremen | not applicable | President of the city citizenship (in Bremen ) or head of the city council (in Bremerhaven ) | not applicable |
| Hamburg | not applicable | President of the Citizenship | not applicable |
| Hesse | Chairman of the municipal council | City Councilor | District Council Chairman |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Chairman of the municipal council (in voluntarily administered municipalities, this is the mayor) |
City representative chief | District President |
| Lower Saxony | Council President | Council President | Chairman of the district council |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | mayor | Mayor or Lord Mayor (only in independent cities ) | District Administrator |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | mayor | Mayor or Lord Mayor (only in independent cities and cities belonging to large districts ) | District Administrator |
| Saarland | mayor | mayor | District Administrator |
| Saxony | |||
| Saxony-Anhalt | |||
| Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Thuringia |
Administrative body
The administration is usually not run directly by the “parliament”, but in some federal states the mayor, as the head of administration, is also the chairman of the representative body. However, there are different models for managing an administration according to the municipal regulations of the federal states. The names differ accordingly.
Body
The municipality's full-time electoral officers are provided with committees in various federal states for advice and decision-making on matters. In federal states in which there is no such body, only the full-time electoral officer heads the administration as an individual. In these cases the word “not applicable” appears in the table.
| state | local community | city | district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Bavaria | not applicable | not applicable | |
| Berlin | not applicable | senate | not applicable |
| Brandenburg | Aldermen conference | ||
| Bremen | not applicable | Senate (in Bremen ) or Magistrate (in Bremerhaven ) | not applicable |
| Hamburg | not applicable | senate | not applicable |
| Hesse | Parish council | magistrate | District Committee |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Lower Saxony | Management Committee | Management Committee | District Committee |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Administrative Board (only for full-time councilors) | Administrative Board (only for full-time councilors) | |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | not applicable | City Council (only in cities with two or more full-time councilors) | |
| Saarland | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Saxony | |||
| Saxony-Anhalt | |||
| Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Thuringia |
Members
The members of the administrative bodies have different names in the individual federal states.
| state | local community | city | district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | Alderman (only possible in municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants, but not mandatory) |
Alderman (only possible in cities with 10,000 inhabitants or more , but not compulsory.) In urban districts and large district towns, alderman with the title of mayor |
First state official (as general representative of the district administrator) |
| Bavaria | not applicable | not applicable | |
| Berlin | not applicable | senator | not applicable |
| Brandenburg | not applicable | Alderman (in independent cities also mayor, as representative of the mayor) | Alderman |
| Bremen | not applicable | Senator (in Bremen ) or member of the magistrate (in Bremerhaven ) | not applicable |
| Hamburg | not applicable | senator | not applicable |
| Hesse | Alderman | City council - in cities from 50,000 inhabitants. the first alderman is called mayor. |
Alderman - the first district councilor works full-time. |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Deputy Mayor | Deputy of the mayor or alderman (possible from 40,000 inhabitants) (the deputies may be named "City Council" or "Senator") | Alderman |
| Lower Saxony | Member of the administrative committee or deputy to the mayor | Member of the administrative committee or alderman or deputy of the mayor or lord mayor | Members of the district committee |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Alderman | Alderman | |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | not applicable | Mayor or Lord Mayor (only in independent cities and cities belonging to large districts ) and councilors | |
| Saarland | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Saxony | |||
| Saxony-Anhalt | |||
| Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Thuringia |
Chair or individual
The chairman of the administrative body accordingly bears different names in the individual federal states. In federal states in which there is no board as an administrative body, an individual is at the head of the administration. In these cases, the function of “chairing the administrative body” is not necessary.
| state | local community | city | district |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | mayor | Mayor or Lord Mayor (only in urban districts and large district towns ) | District Administrator |
| Bavaria | |||
| Berlin | |||
| Brandenburg | Mayor (voluntary, full-time from 5,000 residents) | Mayor, Lord Mayor (in independent cities) | District Administrator |
| Bremen | |||
| Hamburg | |||
| Hesse | mayor | Mayor - in cities from 50,000 inhabitants the mayor bears the title of Lord Mayor. |
District Administrator |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | District Administrator | ||
| Lower Saxony | mayor | Mayor or Lord Mayor (only in independent cities , Göttingen and Hanover) | District Administrator |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | mayor | Mayor or Lord Mayor (only in independent cities ) | |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | mayor | Mayor or Lord Mayor (only in independent cities and cities belonging to large districts ) | |
| Saarland | mayor | Mayor - in cities from 50,000 inhabitants the mayor bears the title of Lord Mayor. |
District Administrator |
| Saxony | |||
| Saxony-Anhalt | |||
| Schleswig-Holstein | |||
| Thuringia |