Jürgen Zieger

Jürgen Zieger (* 1955 in Herzogenrath ) is a German politician ( SPD ). He is Lord Mayor of the city of Esslingen am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg . Zieger is married and has three children.

Professional background

Zieger studied architecture from 1973 to 1977 at the FH Aachen and from 1977 and 1980 urban and regional planning at the University of Oldenburg , where he worked on his dissertation project from 1982 to 1986 and obtained a doctorate in economics and social sciences.

From 1981 to 1984 Zieger worked as an urban planner in an office for municipal development planning and as a freelancer and partner in a planning association in the field of residential and urban development. From 1984 to 1985 Zieger was an urban planner in the municipal building department of Singen am Hohentwiel. From 1985 to 1988 he headed the municipal building department of the city of Oberkochen as a city architect . From 1988 to 1997 he was 1st Mayor of Neckarsulm . During the same period he was Technical Assistant in Neckarsulm and was unanimously re-elected as Technical Assistant in 1996 for the second term of office.

In 1993 Zieger joined the SPD . He has been Lord Mayor of Esslingen am Neckar since 1998.

Functions and memberships

• Member of the German Association of Cities - Committee of Medium-sized Cities
• Member of the SPD parliamentary group in the regional assembly
• Supervisory Board -President
  • Esslingen Live - Culture and Congress GmbH
  • Esslinger Stadtmarketing & Tourismus GmbH
  • Esslinger Wohnungsbau GmbH
  • Stadtwerke Esslingen am Neckar GmbH & Co. KG
• Chairman
  • Neckar electricity association
  • Württemberg State Theater Esslingen
  • Forum City - Network of Historic Cities eV
  • Shareholders' meeting END GmbH
• Board
  • Advisory Board for EnBW Regional AG and Neckar Netze GmbH & Co. KG
• Association chairman
  • Regional water supply association

• Deputy chairman of the association
  • Zweckverband Bodensee water supply
  • Zweckverband Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Region Stuttgart

(As of July 6, 2017)

Web links

• Jürgen Zieger - SPD Region Stuttgart
• Jürgen Zieger - Forum Stadt - Network of historic cities e. V. ( Memento from February 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive )