List of mayors and lords of Hildesheim
The following list shows the mayors and mayors of Hildesheim since the unification of the old and new towns in 1803.
The mayors of the old town before this point in time are in the list of mayors of the old town of Hildesheim , those of the new town are in the list of mayors of the new town of Hildesheim and the heads of administration before the abolition of the dual leadership are in the list of city directors and senior city directors of Hildesheim .
Mayor or Lord Mayor of the unified city of Hildesheim 1803–1945
- 1803–1843: Georg Otto Ferdinand Lohde
- 1843–1848: Carl Christoph Lüntzel
- 1848: State commissioners
- Councilor of Justice Oberg
- Government Councilor Strong
- District Assessor Wynecken
- 1848–1852: Official Assessor Domeier as State Commissioner
- 1853–1875: Paul Johann Friedrich Boysen (independent), from 1871 mayor
- 1876–1909: Gustav Struckmann ( NLP ), mayor from 1885; 1895–1896: represented by Hans Ukert
- 1909–1938: Ernst Ehrlicher (independent)
- 1938–1945: Werner Krause ( NSDAP ) (on leave from 1943 and represented by Mayor Georg Schrader (NSDAP))
Mayor appointed by the military government
- April 8 to July 31, 1945 Dr. Ernst Ehrlicher (independent) (appointed by the military government)
- August 1 to December 1, 1945 Franz Eger ( SPD ) (appointed by the military government, then senior city director)
- then Erich Bruschke (SPD) (elected on November 17, 1945 by the council set up by the military government)
Lord Mayor (city representative) 1946 to 2006
- 1946–1952: Albin Hunger ( CDU )
- 1952–1953: Friedrich Lekve (SPD)
- 1954–1958: Albin Hunger (2nd term) (CDU)
- 1958–1960: Paul Lienke (SPD)
- 1960–1964: Martin Boyken (CDU)
- 1964–1968: Friedrich Nämsch (SPD)
- 1968–1972: Martin Boyken (2nd term) (CDU)
- 1972–1975: Friedrich Nämsch (2nd term) (SPD)
- 1975–1981: Heiko Klinge (CDU)
- 1981–1991: Gerold Klemke (CDU)
- 1991–2002: Kurt Machens ( CDU ; left party in 2005)
- 2002–2006: Ulrich Kumme ( CDU ; term of office until January 31, 2006)
Lord Mayor (city representatives and heads of administration) from 2006
- 2006–2014: Kurt Machens ( non-party for alliance! )
- since February 1, 2014: Ingo Meyer ( non-party for CDU, SPD and Greens )