List of mayors of Fürstenwalde / Spree
List of mayors, heads of city councils and chairmen of the city council of Fürstenwalde / Spree in the Oder-Spree district in Brandenburg .
List of mayors of the city of Fürstenwalde / Spree
Mayor before the introduction of local self-government by the Prussian city code of 1809
- 1603: Thomas Lusche, Jacob Puschel, Johann Felbinder and Georg Hoffmann mentioned as mayors
- 1609: Jacob Puschel, Johann Felbinger, Georg Hoffmann and Gabriel Brunow mentioned as mayors
- around 1630: Gabriel Bruenow, Joachim Groepler, David Hoffmann and Christoph Mentzel mentioned as mayors
- around 1640: Johann Sagerwald, Heinrich Loß, Caspar Cratz and Albinus Felbinger mentioned as mayors
- 1679: Jacobus Lotichius, Martin Rehefeldt, Gottfried Rehefeldt and Caspar Boxhammer mentioned as mayors
- 1685: Jacobus Lotichius, Martin Rehefeld, Gottfried Rehefeld and Caspar Boxhammer mentioned as mayors
- 1688: Daniel Bernhardi is also mentioned as mayor
- until 1696: Gottfried Rehefeldt, Caspar Boxhammer, Daniel Bernhardi (city secretary) and Caspar Cratz (judge) mentioned as mayors
- 1699: Gottfried Rehefeldt, Caspar Boxhammer, Johann Erxleben (City Secretary) and Dr. med. Noël (judge) mentioned as mayor
- 1712: Daniel Bernhardi, Paul Sprengel and Johann Christian Fuchs mentioned as mayors
- 1723–1736: Christoph Heinrich Nicolai as "consul dirigens" (conducting mayor) or mayor of justice
- 1736–1739: Friedrich Christian Fiedler as "consul dirigens" (conducting mayor) or mayor of justice
- 1739–1743: Adam Gottfried Chun, former sergeant, as "consul dirigens" (conducting mayor) or mayor of justice
- 1743–1782: Christian Ludwig Kirchhoff as "consul dirigens" (conducting mayor) or mayor of justice
- 1782–1793: Georg Friedrich Diecmann as "consul dirigens" (conducting mayor) or mayor of justice
- 1793–1809: Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Treuer as "consul dirigens" (conducting mayor) or mayor of justice
Mayor from the introduction of local self-government through the Prussian city code of 1809
- 1809–1815: Hildebrandt, former Domainenamtsactuarius in Fürstenwalde
- 1815–1818: George Wilhelm Rochlitz, former treasurer in Fürstenwalde
- 1818–1819: Theodor Friedrich Mehls, former city and court secretary in Fürstenwalde
- 1819–1821: Friedrich Ehrenreich Flöricke, former county secretair
- 1821–1828: Carl Goltz, former riding master of the Uhlan in Fürstenwalde
- 1829–1836: Carl Heinrich Anton Mesch, former Domainenamtsactuarius in Fürstenwalde
- 1836–1848: Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Farthöfer, former mayor of Strausberg
- 1848–1853: Position vacant due to Farthöfer's resignation, managed on an interim basis by:
- 1848: Rathmann Ludwig Siebmann
- 1848–1849: Young Government Secretary
- 1849–1852: Rathmann Karl August Ferdinand Wobring
- 1852–1853: Trainee court trainee Mannkopf
Mayor according to the Prussian city code 1853 to 1918
- 1853–1878: Wilhelm Ludwig Clausius (1812–1878), former mayor of the city of Schwerin / Warthe
- 1878–1879: Carl Wobring, deputy, officiating
- 1879–1895: Leopold Köppe (1831–1895), former mayor of Rathenow
- 1895: Rudolf Wieser, alderman, officiating
- 1896–1918: Friedrich Zeidler (1858–1920), formerly paid city councilor in Frankfurt (Oder), deposed by the workers 'and soldiers' council
First mayor during the Weimar Republic 1919 to 1933
- 1918–1919: Hermann Steinbrück, Second Mayor, in office
- 1919–1922: Walter Dudek (1890–1976), SPD, former assessor in Merseburg
- 1922–1933: Carl Stoll (1888–1961), SPD, former mayor of the city of Lauenburg / Elbe
Mayor during the Nazi dictatorship 1933 to 1945
- 1933–1934: Richard Schultze (1891–1954), NSDAP , former doctor in Fürstenwalde
- 1934: Conrad Eckstorff (non-party, then black-white-red battle front), second mayor, in office
- 1934: Walter Jablonski (NSDAP), officiating
- 1934–1945: Paul Gottsleben (1900–1983), NSDAP, formerly paid city councilor and alderman in Frankfurt (Oder)
Mayor after 1945 and during the GDR period from 1949 to 1989/90
- 1945: Wilhelm Zernicke (1883–1950), KPD , former KPD city councilor in Fürstenwalde
- 1945–1946: Berthold Wottke (1898–1968), before 1933 SPD, then in 1945 KPD, SED , former municipal clerk in Fürstenwalde
- 1946–1948: Paul Schmidtchen (1886–1948), SPD, SED, former municipal clerk in Fürstenwalde
- 1948–1951: Paul Papke (1896–1970), SED, former district administrator of the Lebus district
- 1951–1952: Alfred Leonhardt (1919–1992), SED, former mayor of Terpe / Spremberg district
- 1952–1960: Hans Paulini (1901–1979), SED, former mayor of Liebenwalde and Bernau
- 1960–1969: Bernhard Wichmann (1917–2005), SED, former mayor of Schöneiche
- 1969–1971: Gerhard Höfling (1924–1973), SED, former mayor of the Rüdersdorf community
- 1971–1989: Johannes Ulbricht (* 1928), SED, former deputy mayor of the city of Fürstenwalde
- 1989–1990: Reinhold Schmidt (* 1950), SED, incumbent, deputy mayor of the city of Fürstenwalde
Mayor since 1990
- 1990–2010: Manfred Reim (* 1944), NDPD , BFD, FDP , former teacher in Fürstenwalde
- 2010–2018: Hans-Ulrich Hengst (* 1955), non-party, graduate in administrative management , former first alderman and treasurer of the city of Fürstenwalde / Spree
- since 2018: Matthias Rudolph (* 1976), Bündnis Fürstenwalder Zukunft (BFZ), business graduate
List of the First Aldermen and the Deputy Mayor's
- 1994–2010: Hans-Ulrich Hengst (* 1955), non-party, graduate in administration, first alderman and thus first general deputy to the mayor
- 2010–2018: Dr. Eckhard Fehse (* 1953), SPD , former head of department of the Oder-Spree district, first alderman and thus first general deputy of the mayor
- 2018: Christfried Tschepe (* 1957), independent, head of the department for urban development, acting deputy of the mayor acc. Section 56 (3) BbgKVerf
- since 2018: Stefan Vichary (* 1979), independent, fully qualified lawyer, first alderman and thus first general deputy of the mayor
Chairwoman of the city council; City Councilor
City councilor 1848–1919
- 1848–1849: August Zacke
- 1849–1850: Carl Benjamin Fähndrich
- 1850: Carl Arnold
- 1851-1853: Carl Fiedler
- 1853–1858: Ludwig Grothe
- 1859: Hugo Wieser senior
- 1860: Wilhelm Martini
- 1861–1864: Franz Harenburg
- 1864–1869: Hugo Wieser jun.
- 1870–1873: Ernst Schildknecht
- 1874: Franz Harenburg
- 1875–1893: Gustav Sembritzki
- 1894–1908: Max Kolberg (Liberal)
- 1908–1919: Oskar Breitenbach (Liberal)
Mayor of the City Council 1919–1933
- 1919–1924: Paul Wassermann sen. (SPD)
- 1924–1928: Otto Kühne (DVP)
- 1928–1929: Georg Schweiger (DNVP)
- 1929–1933: Paul Wassermann sen. (SPD)
City Councilor 1946–1957
- 1946–1950: Paul Waldner (SED)
- 1950–1952: Arthur Lebe (SED)
- 1952–1957: Paul Kotzwich (SED)
Chairwoman of the city council since 1990
- 1990–1993: Barbara Werfel (CDU)
- 1993-2003: Günter Lahayn (SPD)
- 2003–2018: Jürgen Teichmann (CDU)
- since 2018 Uwe Koch (CDU)
Current presidium of the city council
The current presidium of the city council has consisted of the chairman and the deputy since June 2019.