List of mayors of Bad Oeynhausen

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The list of mayors of Bad Oeynhausen contains the mayors of the East Westphalian city ​​of Bad Oeynhausen in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

The "Royal Bad Oeynhausen" received city rights in 1860. The mayors of the city of Bad Oeynhausen initially worked as head of the city and administration in the main office. With the North German Council Constitution from March 1, 1946, the mayors were honorary chairmen of the council, while the management of the city administration was transferred to the city directors elected by the council. According to the applicable municipal code for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , there has been a full-time mayor again since 1999, who is directly elected by the population.

Mayor of the core city of Bad Oeynhausen

  • 1885–1899: Karl Thiele
  • 1899–1906: Georg Zimmer-Wallis
  • 1907–1933: Fritz Neuhäußer (DVP)
  • 1933–1934: Herbert Krupp (NSDAP)
  • 1934–1945: Rudolf Stossberg (initially provisional)
  • April 13, 1945–1. March 1946: Walter Kronheim
  • March 1, 1946-27. September 1946: Wilhelm Rottwilm (SPD)
  • September 27, 1946 - October 17, 1948: Heinrich Schlüter (CDU)
  • 1948–1950: Fritz Hopmann (CDU)
  • 1950–1952: Heinrich Schlüter (CDU)
  • 1952–1961: Albert Rusch (CDU)
  • 1961–1972: Ernst Adolf Lehmann (CDU)

Mayor of Bad Oeynhausen after the municipal reorganization in 1973

  • 1973–1984: Dieter Fürste (CDU)
  • 1984–1993: Wilhelm Spilker (SPD)
  • 1994–1999: Toni Fritz (SPD)
  • 1999-2004: Gerhard Paul (CDU)
  • 2004–2015: Klaus Mueller-Zahlmann (SPD)
  • since October 21, 2015: Achim Wilmsmeier (SPD)

The current mayor Achim Wilmsmeier (SPD) prevailed in September 2015 in a runoff election as a joint candidate of the SPD, Greens, UW, BBO and Left against Kurt Nagel (CDU).

City directors 1946–1973

From 1946 the city administration of the core city was led by city directors:

  • 1946–1950: Walter Kronheim
  • 1950–1960: Rudolf Lawin
  • 1960–1968: Heinz Reiss
  • 1968 - May 29, 1973: Werner Meyer zu Selhausen

City directors after the municipal reorganization

  • May 30, 1973 - August 31, 1973: Karl-Heinz Gaul
  • September 1, 1973–1984: Werner Meyer zu Selhausen
  • 1984–1991: Heinrich Möllenhoff
  • 1991–1999: Klaus-Walter Kröll

Individual evidence

  1. First woman in the office of mayor (source: Rico Quaschny: Women in the councils of the municipalities of the Rehme office and in the council of the city of Bad Oeynhausen . In: Oft im Schatten - seldom in Licht. Lebensbilder Bad Oeynhausen women (=  contributions to local history of the Cities of Löhne and Bad Oeynhausen . Special issue 10). Löhne 2000, ISBN 3-9805205-4-4 , p. 143-145 . )