List of mayors of Göttingen

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This is a list of the mayors of the city of Göttingen . It is based on information from the Göttingen City Archives. The title was 1809-13 "Maire", 1835-44 "Magistratsdirektor"; 1845–51, 1885–93 and from 1902 “Lord Mayor”. From 1927 to 1944 a second mayor was subordinate to the Lord Mayor.

16th Century

Surname time
Hans von Dransfeld 1535-38
Ludolf Ruscheplatten 1535-47
Hans von Schehn 1539-1541
Herman Witzhusen 1541-1543
Antonius Wischemann 1547-55
Hermann Witzhusen 1548-50
Gyseler Schwaneflogel 1550-60
Hans Kogeln 1557
Antonius Wischemann 1557-65
Marcus Stockeleff 1560-66
Hildebrandt Eluecken 1565-77
Gyseler swan bird 1565-66
Jost Heren alias Schaper 1567-68
Paul Richelm 1567
Hans Ludolffes 1568-70
Hanns Ludolffes 1572-73
Lodewich Helmoldes 1574-90
Thomas Stramborch 1576-77
Thomas Boden 1577-83
Tilemann Fresen 1584-91
Ulrich Giseler 1591-1601
Lodewich Helmondes 1592-97
Johann Rumann 1598-1604

17th century

Surname time
Ludolf Richelm 1601-05
Conradus Hardegen 1604-08
Johann Lunde 1605-07
Ludolf Boden 1608
No information for 1609–1610.
Ulrich Giseler 1611-24
Jost Meier (Jobst Meyer) 1611-13
Henrich Rumann 1614-17
Ludolf Boden 1618-26
Justus von Dransfeld 1626-27
Gabriel von Schnehen 1626-27
Gabriel Heise 1627-37
Joachim Molthan 1627-42
Johann Ravens 1637-42
Hans Ludwig Helmoldt 1642-64
Cyriacus Bertholdes (also Barthold) 1653-59
Johann Fetzing 1659-80
Otto Riepenhausen 1666-90
Christoph Bachmann 1685-90
Philipp Pollmann 1691-1725

18th century

Surname time
Ernst August Stryckmann 1707-24
Otto Riepenhausen 1718-50
Georg Friedrich Morrien 1724-63
Georg Ferdinand Friedrich Insinger 1737-59
Johann Friedrich Unger (arithmetic) 1759-63
Georg Moritz Stock 1763-1807
Michael Lorentz Willig 1763-71
Ernst August Spangenberg 1765-84
Georg Philipp Meyenberg 1771-91
Christian Ludwig Richard 1784-99
Johann Gottlieb Justus Grabenstein 1791-1807
Konrad Julius Hieronymus Tuckermann 1799-1831

19th century

Surname time
Johann Friedrich Christoph Hesse 1807-1809
Johann Gottlieb Justus Grabenstein 1808-1809
Caspar Christian camping 1809-13
Georg Heinrich Gerhard Camping 1811-13
Johann Friedrich Christoph Hesse 1813-17
Georg Christoph Ernst Ebell 1831-51
Georg Ferdinand Friedrich Insinger 1851-52
Georg Friedrich Morrien 1851-52
Ferdinand Heinrich Ludwig Oesterley 1852-58
Adolph Eberhardt 1858-68
Heinrich Wunderlich 1868-70
Georg Merkel 1870-93
Georg Friedrich Calsow 1894-1926

Until 1945

OB = Lord Mayor

Surname time
Bruno Jung (OB), NSDAP from 1937 1926-38
Paul Warmbold 1927-33
Albert Gnade , NSDAP 1934-38
Albert Gnade (OB), NSDAP 1938-45
Franz Claassen 1939-41
Albert Otto Schwetge 1941-44

Since 1945

Surname Political party time
Erich Schmidt independent April 11, 1945 to January 2, 1946
Hermann Föge FDP January 3 to November 1, 1946
Heinrich Düker SPD November 1, 1946 to October 31, 1947
Franz Arnholdt SPD October 31, 1947 to December 12, 1948
Hermann Föge FDP December 17, 1948 to November 27, 1956
Gottfried Jungmichel FDP November 27, 1956 to October 6, 1966
Walter Lessner SPD October 7, 1966 to April 23, 1973
Artur Levi SPD April 23, 1973 to November 1, 1981
Joachim Kummer CDU November 1, 1981 to February 5, 1982
Gerd Rinck CDU February 5, 1982 to November 6, 1986
Artur Levi SPD November 7, 1986 to October 30, 1991
Rainer Kallmann SPD November 1, 1991 to February 8, 2000
Jürgen Danielowski CDU February 8, 2000 to October 31, 2006
Wolfgang Meyer SPD November 1, 2006 to October 31, 2014
Rolf-Georg Koehler SPD since November 1, 2014

See also

literature

  • Gerhard Eckhardt: Göttingen's highest office and its dignitaries. Pachnicke print 2014.

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