List of mayors of Heppenheim
The list of mayors of Heppenheim lists all mayors of the city of Heppenheim (Bergstrasse) who were in office after the Hessian municipal constitution was passed in 1821. The mayor's office has been exercised by a professional mayor since 1924.
Rainer Burelbach (CDU) has been mayor since 2011 .
| Term of office | mayor |
|---|---|
| 1821-1842 | Gottfried Piersch |
| 1843-1852 | Georg Neff |
| 1853-1863 | Gottfried Piersch |
| 1864-1869 | Georg Hamel |
| 1870-1874 | Johann Friedrich Weis |
| 1874-1887 | Lorenz Keßler |
| 1887-1910 | Wilhelm Höhn |
| 1910-1913 | Ludwig Lorenz Kohl |
| 1914-1924 | Anton Philipp Wiegand |
| 1925-1937 | Karl Schiffers (Center / NSDAP) |
| 1937-1945 | Walter Köhler (NSDAP) |
| 1945 | Gustav King |
| 1945-1946 | Jakob Fleck (SPD) |
| 1946-1948 | Karl Hagen (CDU) |
| 1948-1954 | Otto Holzamer (FDP) |
| 1954-1973 | Wilhelm Metzendorf (independent) |
| 1973-1987 | Hans Kunz (CDU) |
| 1987-2005 | Ulrich Obermayr (CDU) |
| 2005-30. August 2011 | Gerhard Herbert (SPD) |
| from September 1, 2011 | Rainer Burelbach (CDU) |
Remarks
- ↑ Mayor direct elections in Heppenheim. Hessian State Statistical Office , accessed in December 2019 .
- ↑ Schiffers joined the NSDAP in 1933, but lost his position due to difficulties with the party.
- ↑ Köhler held the office of mayor until 1941 and was then drafted into the armed forces. The official business was carried out during his absence by the alderman Franz Keil.
- ↑ a b König and Jakob Fleck were each appointed provisional mayor after the American invasion in 1945.