History of the city leaders of Bielefeld
This article describes the history of the city leaders of Bielefeld . At first the judge appointed by the sovereign was at the head of the old town of Bielefeld. But there is evidence of a council since 1243, which also formed the college of lay judges. The chairman was a specially appointed judge. A mayor is first mentioned in 1265. Later there was a seated and an "old council". A council with a mayor has been named in the Neustadt since 1317. The council had seven to nine members. After the two cities were merged in 1510, the administration was reorganized in 1520. Thereafter, the mayor was appointed and the council elected annually. From the 16th century, parts of the council were also lay judges. In 1719 the Prussian king ordered a reorganization of the magistrate's college. The magistrate then consisted of two mayors, a chamberlain, a secretary, four councilors and six chiefs. This administrative organization was only changed with the introduction of the revised town order in 1831. At the head of the city was the mayor, who later received the title of Lord Mayor .
During the time of National Socialism , the mayor was appointed by the NSDAP . After World War II , the Military Government of the British Occupation Zone appointed a new Lord Mayor, and in 1946 it introduced the British-style municipal constitution. The council initially elected the mayor from among its members as chairman and representative of the city, who was active on a voluntary basis. In addition, from 1946 the council also elected a full-time senior city director as head of the city administration.
Since 1994 there has only been a full-time Lord Mayor . This is the highest representative of the city, chairman of the council and head of the city administration . He has been elected directly by eligible voters since 1999.
mayor
- 1780–1812: Florens Consbruch
- 1812–1817: Conrad Wilhelm Delius
- 1817–1831: Ernst Friedrich Delius
- 1831–1834: Adam Junkermann (provisional, as Jakob Dietrich Kurlbaum was not recognized)
- 1835–1853: Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Körner
- 1853–1857: Friedrich Clairant Krohn
- 1857–1881: Ludwig Huber
- 1881–1910: Gerhard Bunnemann
Lord Mayor (from 1930)
- 1910–1932: Rudolf Stapenhorst
- 1932–1935: Paul Prieß
- 1935–1945: Fritz Budde , NSDAP
- 1945–1946: Josef Niestroy
- 1946–1952: Artur Ladebeck , SPD
- 1952–1954: Hermann Kohlhase , FDP
- 1954–1961: Artur Ladebeck , SPD
- 1961–1962: Rudolf Nierhoff, CDU
- 1963–1975: Herbert Hinnendahl , SPD
- 1973–1973: Hanns Winter , ( State Commissioner , also held the position of Lord Mayor)
- 1975–1989: Klaus Schwickert , SPD
- 1989–1994: Eberhard David , CDU
- 1994–1999: Angelika Dopheide , SPD
- 1999–2009: Eberhard David , CDU
- since October 21, 2009: Pit Clausen , SPD
Senior City Directors
From 1946 to 1994 there was a dual leadership in Bielefeld consisting of a full-time senior city director and an honorary, representative mayor based on the British model.
- 1946–1959: Eberhard Vincke
- 1959–1974: Heinz-Robert Kuhn
- 1974–1978: Herbert Krämer
- 1978–1983: Eberhard Munzert
- 1984–1987: Klaus Meyer
- 1987–1994: Volker Hausmann
Individual evidence
- ^ Neue Westfälische: Kragenkreis had no chance - 40 years ago a state commissioner took over the government in Bielefeld , from January 4, 2013 , accessed on August 28, 2013
Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 13.3 " N , 8 ° 31 ′ 55.8" E