The list of mayors of Bassum , a town in the Diepholz district in Lower Saxony , is not yet complete. Until 1996 there was a full-time city director and an honorary mayor in Bassum, and since 1996 there has been a directly elected full-time mayor.
First mayor after merging the areas of Bassum, Loge and Freudenberg.
1901
1906
Wilhelm Schweers
1906
1908
Theodor Schrader
1908
1914
Paul Ernesti
1914
1929
Alfred Ehrig
City of Bassum (1929–1974)
Term of office
Surname
Political party
comment
November 16, 1929
1932
Alfred Ehrig
Impeachment proceedings in August 1930 due to proximity to the NSDAP .
September 1, 1932
January 26, 1934
Johann Brake
January 27, 1934
1945
Alfred Lange
July 11, 1945
September 20, 1945
Heinrich Keunecke
September 21, 1945
January 9, 1946
Otto Mallow
January 10, 1946
December 5, 1948
Wilhelm Lorenz
independently
December 6, 1948
November 28, 1952
Heinrich Rathkamp
SPD
November 29, 1952
August 8, 1958
Hermann Dierks
DP
Resigned from office
August 9, 1958
September 21, 1958
Fritz Girbig
BHE
provisional
September 22, 1958
† March 13, 1968
Hermann Schröder
DP
March 14, 1968
March 31, 1968
Heinrich Windhorst
SPD
provisional
April 1, 1968
November 26, 1972
Hermann Steinecke
CDU
November 27, 1972
1974
Reinhard Bernard
CDU
City of Bassum (since 1974)
Term of office
Surname
Political party
comment
1974
May 29, 1988
Reinhard Bernard
CDU
1988
1996
Helmut Zurmühlen
CDU
Last honorary mayor elected by the city council.
February 1, 1996
October 31, 2001
Gerd Stötzel
independent
Previously city director. First full-time mayor since 1946.
November 1, 2001
October 31, 2014
Wilhelm Bäker
independent
Previously treasurer of the city of Bassum
November 1, 2014
officiating
Christian Porsch
Citizen Block
Previously a council member.
List of city directors of Bassum (until 1996)
Term of office
Surname
Political party
comment
1946
Fritz Bielefeld
July 1, 1946
1948
Hermann Bremer
1948
1968
Wilhelm Lülker
1965
1968
Alfred Lettmann (joint municipality director)
1968
1972
Wilhelm Lülker (joint municipality director)
1972
1986
Wilhelm Krüger (joint municipality director)
1986
1992
Horst Wittern
1992
1996
Gerd Stötzel
independent
Then elected mayor.
In 1996 the office of city director in Lower Saxony expired
List of the First Councilors of Bassum
Until autumn 2007 an official of the city of Bassum was the general representative of the mayor. In 2007 the position of the First City Council was advertised for the first time.
Term of office
Surname
Political party
comment
January 1, 2008
October 31, 2014
Bernadette Nadermann
independent
Candidate in the 2014 mayoral election. Elected as First City Councilor in Rotenburg (Wümme) on November 1, 2014 .