List of the city presidents of Zurich
Mayor 1336–1798
The dates indicate the year of appointment. As a rule, the mayors held their office until their death. In Zurich , the principle of rotation was used in the ancien régime : two mayors took turns in office every six months.
- Rudolf Brun , winter 1336
- Rüdiger Manesse , September 1360
- Johannes Vink, 1384
- Rudolf Sohwend, 1384
- Rudolf Schön, 1390, appalled June 1393
- Johannes Manesse, 1392
- Heinrich Meiss, June 1393
- Johannes Meyer von Knonau, 1393
- Johannes Herter, 1409
- Pantaleon from Inkenberg, 1414
- Jakob Glentner, 1415
- Felix Manesse, 1427
- Rudolf Stüssi , 1429
- Rudolf Meiss, 1434
- Jakob Schwarzmurer, 1439
- Johannes Schwend, 1441
- Heinrich Schwend, 1442
- Johannes Keller, 1445
- Rudolf von Cham, 1454
- Heinrich Röist, 1469
- Heinrich Göldli, 1475
- Hans Waldmann , 1483
- Konrad Schwend, May 1489
- Felix Brennwald, December 1489
- Rudolf Escher, 1499
- Matthias Wyss, 1502
- Markus (Marx) Röist, 1505
- Felix Schmid, 1510
- Heinrich Walder, 1524
- Diethelm Röist, 1524
- Johannes Haab, 1542
- Joh. Rudolf Lavater, December 1544
- Georg Müller, January 16, 1557
- Bernhard von Cham, June 15, 1560
- Johannes Bräm, December 13, 1567
- Johannes Kambli, end of April 1571
- Kaspar Thomann, May 30, 1584
- Konrad Grossmann, end of December 1590
- Johannes Keller, December 14, 1594
- Heinrich Bräm, December 12, 1601
- Hans Rudolf Rahn, December 12, 1607
- Leonhard Holzhalb, April 8, 1609
- Johann Heinrich Holzhalb, April 14, 1617
- Heinrich Bräm, December 15, 1627
- Salomon Hirzel , May 10, 1637
- Hans Rudolf Rahn, October 8, 1644
- Johann Heinrich Waser , June 28, 1652
- Johann Heinrich Rahn, November 13, 1655
- Johann Kaspar Hirzel, February 11, 1669
- Johann Konrad Grebel, September 23, 1669
- Sigmund Spondli, April 23, 1674
- Heinrich Escher , June 22, 1678
- Johann Caspar Escher vom Glas, June 4, 1691
- Andreas Meyer, January 16, 1696
- Johann Ludwig Hirzel, April 22, 1710
- David Holzhalb, May 7, 1710
- Hans Jakob Escher, April 13, 1711
- Johann Jakob Ulrich, November 20, 1719
- Johann Heinrich Hirzel, March 1, 1723
- Johannes Hofmeister, May 20, 1734
- Hans Kaspar Escher, March 17, 1740
- Johannes Fries, January 3, 1742
- Hans Jakob Leu, May 16, 1759
- Johann Kaspar Landolt, December 27, 1762
- Hans Conrad Heidegger, November 12, 1768
- Johann Heinrich von Orelli, May 4, 1778
- Johann Heinrich Landolt, August 17, 1778
- Johann Heinrich Ott, November 20, 1780
- Heinrich Kilchsperger, July 5, 1785
- David von Wyss the Elder , June 20, 1795, res. March 12, 1798
Mayor 1803–1869
The title of mayor has been used for the head of the cantonal government since 1803. The office was held collegially by two members of the government council, who took turns as mayors every year.
- Hans von Reinhard , April 21, 1803
- Johann Konrad von Escher , April 21, 1803
- Hans Konrad von Escher , June 24, 1814
- David von Wyss , December 16, 1814
- Paul Usteri , March 25, 1831 (died before taking office)
- Hans Konrad von Muralt , April 13, 1831
- Conrad Melchior Hirzel , March 20, 1832
- Johann Jakob Hess , March 20, 1832
- Hans Konrad von Muralt , 1839–1844
- Johann Heinrich Mousson , 1840–1845
- Hans Ulrich Zehnder , 1844–1850 (member of the government council until 1866)
- Jonas Furrer , 1845-1848
- Alfred Escher , 1848–1850 (member of the government council until 1855)
In 1850, the government in the canton of Zurich switched from collegial to departmental system and the dignity of mayor was abolished in favor of an annually changing presidium of the government council.
City presidents from 1803
With the constitutional amendment of 1869, the President of the Government Council became the head of the Zurich government. The city of Zurich is a municipality in the canton of Zurich since 1803 by a mayor or a city president passed.
List of city presidents of Zurich (year of election)
- Hans Konrad Escher , 1803
- Hans Rudolf Werdmüller, 1804
- Hans Heinrich Landolt , 1810
- Hans Georg Finsler , 1815
- Hans Konrad Vogel , 1821
- Georg Konrad Bürkli , 1831
- Hans Jakob Escher , 1831
- Paul Carl Eduard Ziegler , 1837
- Johann Ludwig Hess , 1840
- Johann Heinrich Mousson , 1863
- Melchior Römer , 1869
- Hans Konrad Pestalozzi , 1889
- Robert Billeter (FDP), 1909
- Hans Nägeli (Democrats), 1917
- Emil Klöti (SP), 1928
- Ernst Nobs (SP), 1942
- Adolf Lüchinger (SP), 1944
- Emil Landolt (FDP), 1949
- Sigmund Widmer (LdU) 1966
- Thomas Wagner (FDP), 1982
- Josef Estermann (SP), 1990
- Elmar Ledergerber (SP), 2002
- Corine Mauch (SP), 2009
