List of mayors of Plau am See
The following lists name the mayors of the city of Plau from the 13th century until today. The information on the early mayors is essentially based on the data that were collected in the middle of the 19th century by Senator Johann Schultetus (1786–1869). The list is expanded by research by the former city archivist Heidemarie Ruchhöft and her son Bernd Ruchhöft.
history
Since its foundation in the 1220s, a body of councilors (magistrate) has represented the fortunes of the city. In the period from around the end of the 14th century until the new city regulations were passed in 1791, there were two mayors elected from among the ranks of the councilors, who took turns in office (1st mayor / 2nd mayor). Therefore, the terms of office partially overlap in the following. Initially, the information is based on individual mentions, from 1717 the terms of office are largely documented. In addition to the mayors, up to eight council members , also called quarter men (after the districts, first named in 1574), and later two councilmen and a city secretary formed the magistrate.
For example, in a list dated December 6, 1609, quarter men are named:
- "Newen Stadtsche Viernteil": Jacob Reineke and Enoch Kussow (44 1/2 houses and 3 stalls)
- "Eldentorsche Viersteil": Claus Kostall and Pawel Dobbertin (44 houses and 2 stalls)
- "Steindorsche Viernteil": Hans Malchow and Hans Plagemann (44 houses and 26 stalls)
- "Borchstrasse Four Part": Jurgen Hinzpeter and Claus Reddelin (44 1/2 houses and 12 stalls)
At that time, the city had 177 "real" houses and 43 stalls within the city walls . Assuming that an average of about 8 people lived in a house, the population can be estimated at about 1500 to 1700 people.
A citizens' committee did not exist until later. So on February 12, 1725, in addition to the quarter men from each city quarter, a further 6 citizens, a total of 24, were elected. This number was reduced to 12 by 1764, then to 8.
The right to self-government was in effect until 1756, when the mayors, as they usually also held the office of city judge, had to prove a legal exam. Your appointment and, if applicable, also dismissal, took place after the ducal confirmation by the state government. For this reason, with a few exceptions, they no longer came from the ranks of their own citizenship.
On February 14, 1833, Grand Duke Friedrich Franz I confirmed the "Regulations for the City of Plau", which remained in force until September 30, 1919. This wrote in addition to numerous other regulations: "At the head of the city administration is the magistrate, which must be composed of a mayor, two ordinary councilors and a secretary." The mayor and city secretary were appointed by the sovereign, the councilors by one elected for six years Citizens' Committee elected from 12 representatives of the citizenship. There had to be three candidates for each councilor. Of the twelve members of the citizens' committee, five were farmers, the other seven were merchants and artisans. They chose a spokesman ( citizen spokesman ) from among themselves . Since 1765 at the latest, the particularly responsible position of a combing calculator was part of the city administration. He had to leave a deposit of 1,000 thalers when he took office.
From 1919 to 1945 the mayor, two city councilors and 15 city representatives formed what is now known as the “City Council”. In 1946 there were 19 city representatives (10 CDU and 9 SED).
Magistrate in the 13th and 14th centuries
From the time the city was founded up to the 14th century, only members of the magistrate are known by name to have signed documents.
| Surname | documentary mention |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
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1255 | “Prince Pribislav von Richenberg gives the city of Plau the freedom to buy from the villages Quetzin, Grapentin, Gardin and Gedin to meet their needs, and in this case, releases it from the horse service based on these goods, and also gives it freedom from that Dorfe (Plauer -) Hagen to buy. " |
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1259 | “Prince Nicolaus I von Werle testifies that after the city of Plau had bought the village of Slapsow from the knight Johann von Schnakenburg, he demonstrated the exemption of the bishop's tenth, which the bishop Rudolf von Schwerin claimed from this village . " |
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1288 | "Nikolaus, Prince of Werle, acquits the town of Plau for a sum of money that has been slaughtered because of all attacks on the same and confirms all her privileges." |
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1293 | “The Schwerin cathedral dean and plau archdeacon Johann testifies that after the city of Plau decided to add the villages of Grapentin and Gedin to the city field mark and the town houses, and that the parish would lose income by placing the peasants, the city under Approval of Prince Nicolaus II von Werle, the parish had compensated by ceding their land to enlarge the rectory, 5 acres of fields, a hop garden and proportional participation in pasture and fattening. " |
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1295 | "Nikolaus, Prince von Werle, confirms the patronage of the churches in Frauenmark (near Parchim) and Severin to the monastery Rühn after several privileges were lost in the fire of the monastery." |
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1299 | "Prince Nicolaus von Werle gives the town of Plau the ownership of all its lands and grants it a horse service based on the same and the delivery of a pound of pepper." |
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1307 | "The town council of Plau gives the fishermen there a guild rules." |
Mayor until 1789
| Surname | Term of office | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Hans Lorenz | (1370) / 1396 | Cousin of Johann Lorenz - together they donated the income from a farm in Barkow on September 8, 1370 in favor of the St. Georg Hospital in Plau. |
|
1442 | jointly named as Burgemeister and Rathmann |
| Nikolaus Leppin (≈1444–1541) |
1509/1541 | Leppin died at the old age of 97. |
| Joachim Kroeger | 1531/1546 | (also Achim Krüger) |
| Klaus Dowerheet (≈1505–1562) |
1550/1562 | (also Nicolaus Dauerhodt) enrolled at the University of Rostock in 1522 |
| Sebastian Gildehoff (≈1504–1556) |
(1556)? | Registered at the University of Rostock in 1519, city secretary, councilor in 1528/31, as city clerk in 1553 author of a historically valuable document book for Plau, but apparently he did not become mayor |
| Peter Schulz (Schulten) |
1558/1571 | 1546 councilor |
| Jacob Leppin († 1588) |
1563-1588 | Councilor since 1550 at the latest |
| Jochim Hingst († 1578) |
1563-1578 | from an Estonian family, church economist in Plau since 1541, mayor and councilor by 1556 at the latest, and from 1563 mayor alternating with Jacob Leppin |
| Martin Frank († 1614) |
? | 1564 councilor, term of office as mayor not documented |
| Johannes Leppin (≈1530 – ≈1595) |
until around 1580 | Registered at the University of Rostock in 1546, church economist in Plau before 1563, town bailiff in 1565, removed from office in 1579 or 1581 |
| Joachim Thurmann | 1569, 1576 | Son of Plauer Rector Christian Thurmann |
| Joachim Klinge (1535–1607) |
1574-1607 | Matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1552 |
| Matthias Franck (≈1553–1638) |
1592/1638 | Matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1569, also city treasurer and city clerk, died of the plague of 1638 |
| Christian Thurmann (≈1544–1613) |
1601-1613 | Matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1560, church economist in Plau since 1581, councilor in 1582, bailiff in Grevesmühlen from 1586–1601, then mayor in Plau |
| Albrecht Hingst († 1619) |
1613-1619 | also Albert Hengst, (before) 1596 councilor, from 1613 mayor |
| Jacob Turow (≈1570–1638) |
1613-1638 | Matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1587, councilor in Plau at the latest in 1601, mayor from 1613 |
| Samuel Kenast (≈1570–1638) |
1617/1633 | Mentioned for the first time as councilor in 1603, at the latest in 1617 temporarily also mayor, died during the plague epidemic in 1638 |
| Jacob (Andreas?) Thurmann († 1645) |
1626/1635 | named councilor from 1613, mayor in 1626 |
| Paul Kohl | around 1639 | Councilor by 1617 at the latest; on April 23, 1639, as mayor, he tried in vain to persuade the captain of the imperial troops Erasmus Warasiner to withdraw from the Plau fortress occupied by them |
| Michael (Martin) Frank | 1639, 1645-1651 | Named 1639 together with Paul Kohl |
| Friedrich Andreas († 1676) |
1650/1674 | also Andrees, church economist in Plau, first mentioned as mayor in 1650, then several times until 1674 |
| Jacob Dobbertin (≈1602 – ≈1678) |
1657-1678 | |
| Joachim Ahnsel | 1677? | Pharmacist, councilor in Plau by 1657 at the latest, naming as mayor in 1677 unclear |
| Andreas / Andrew Spalding (1590–1679) |
until 1679 | 1620 came to Plau with his father George as a trader from Scotland, 1650 councilor, later mayor |
| Johannes Schultz | 1681-20.03.1704 | after more than 10 years of absence (reason not known), Schultz resigned his office on March 20, 1704 by written declaration |
| Johann Spalding (1631 − ≈1708) |
1683/1704 | Son of Andreas Spalding, mentioned as mayor between 1683 and 1704 |
| Johann Curt († 1735) |
until 1733 | Named councilor and city secretary in 1683, resigned his mayor's office in 1733 for reasons of age |
| Christoph Gabriel Heenemeyer (≈1644–1718) |
1702-1718 | First mentioned as councilor in 1679, mayor in 1702 at the latest |
| Georg Jordan the Elder Ä. (≈1652–1734) |
? | 1679 city bailiff, 1704 city judge, unclear whether also mayor |
| Georg Jordan the Elder J. (≈1680–1751) |
1717-1734 | Matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1700, “resigned” as mayor at Easter 1734 shortly after the death of his father |
| Christoph Hinrich Hane (≈1695–1773) |
1732–1734 1736–16.03.1757 |
Pastor's son from Belitz, law degree, councilor since 1721, resigned from his mayor's office in 1757 |
| Wilhelm Spalding senior (≈1656–1736) |
May 3, 1734-1736 | Named a merchant in 1704, councilor since 1708 |
| Joachim Kölpin (≈1690–1748) |
1734-25 November 1748 | Registered at the University of Rostock in 1708 |
| Thomas Joachim Kölpin (≈1723–1764) |
1749-1764 | Son of the previous one, matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1741 |
| Heinrich Julius Hesse (≈1690–1757) |
1757 | Postmaster, councilor from 1721, mayor on June 28, 1757, died a little later |
| Paschen Heinrich Hane (1702–1791) |
06/28/1757– 05/21/1791 | Councilor since January 3, 1749, June 28, 1757 2nd mayor, shortly afterwards after Hesse's death 1st mayor, after his death there was only one incumbent mayor |
| Heinrich Daniel Schultz | __. 08.1760–31.12.1764 | Notary from Güstrow, introduced in August 1760 as the first mayor appointed by the Mecklenburg government, was "deprived of his office" at the end of 1764 due to negligence |
| Johann Ludwig Fritsch (≈1723–1789) |
01.01.1765–22.04.1789 | Matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1741, notary in Lübz before his appointment |
Mayor 1789 to 1945
| Surname | Term of office | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Adolph Friedrich Baetke (1765–1821) |
October 19, 1789– February 7, 1821 | from Güstrow, matriculated at the University of Bützow in 1784 |
| Vollrath Rothbart (1782–1846) |
June 13, 1821– February 6, 1833 | Son of a blacksmith from Parchim, matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1801, gave up his office to open a law firm in Rostock in February 1833 |
| August Wendt (1805–1848) |
April 22, 1833– March 31, 1838 | Coming from Ludwigslust, appointed to the grand ducal government in 1838, councilor in 1842 |
| August Ehlers (1795–1879) |
May 25, 1838 - June 1842 | from Bützow (born in Schwerin), matriculated at the University of Rostock in 1813, member of the Rostochia Corps. Appointed to the civil service in 1842, in 1858 chief inspector at the Bützow-Dreibergen prison |
|
Ferdinand Klitzing (1807-1883) |
July 21, 1842– April 29, 1883 |
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| Gustav Holldorff (1850–1898) |
October 2, 1883– March 30, 1891 | from Röbel, studied law in Leipzig, Berlin, Heidelberg and Rostock, 1879–1883 mayor in Ticino near Rostock, 1891 appointed to the Ministry of the Interior in Schwerin |
| Adolf Frick (1848–1916) |
April 1, 1891– November 8, 1916 | from Rostock, studied law in Leipzig, Munich and Rostock, doctorate in law, 1881–1891 mayor of Neubukow, since 1907 member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, 1916 Hofrat |
| vacancy | November 9, 1916– September 30, 1919 | |
| Friedrich Arendt (1880–1938) |
October 1, 1919– September 30, 1930 | from Elberfeld, studied law in Berlin, Munich and Rostock |
| Wilhelm Müller (1902–1956) |
November 15, 1930– February 28, 1933 | from Parchim, studied law in Rostock, Berlin and Munich, moved to Ludwigslust as mayor in 1933 |
| Harald King | March 1, 1933-04 April 1937 | from Hamburg, first NSDAP mayor in Plau, transferred to Grevesmühlen in 1937 |
| Cletus Schöffler (1894–1957) |
April 5th, 1937-08th April 1939 | Since 1931 chairman of the NSDAP local group Plau, 1933 city council, strict Nazi agitator, April 5, 1937 provisional mayor, elected June 30, inauguration on August 13, May 25, 1939 elected mayor in Brüel, but then as unsuitable not introduced into office, instead moved to Dombrau (Silesia) until 1945 |
| Helmut Sieker | June 23, 1939– May 3, 1945 | NSDAP, 1933 city councilor, no later than early 1940 as a war volunteer, official representation by Adolf Schüner |
Mayor since 1945
| Surname | Term of office | Political party | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Haase (1884–1977) |
May 3, 1945– May 11, 1945 | independent | City Secretary Haase was removed from office after a few days by the Soviet headquarters due to earlier membership in the NSDAP . |
| Willy Günther (1901–1957) |
May 12, 1945 to September 26, 1946 | KPD / SED | Fischer Günther had to give up his position due to the lack of a majority in his party in the magistrate. He was re-elected in 1947. |
| Hugo Köppen (1880–1954) |
(09/27/1946) | CDU | Finance secretary The election of Köppen as mayor was not recognized, as it was not on the agenda of the magistrate's meeting. Köppen was also criticized for his ties to China with ties to Chiang Kai-shek . When the members of the CDU local group refused to recognize the leading role of the SED, Köppen was arrested as well. He died after physical and mental abuse in the Leipzig prison hospital. |
| Walter Rentzow (1896–1968) |
November 12, 1946– December 31, 1946 | CDU | Mill owner Rentzow was put up for election by the CDU one day after the failed election of Hugo Köppen. Politically inexperienced, he was not up to the office and was suspended on January 1, 1947. He resigned on January 17, 1947. |
| Willy Günther | April 12, 1947– August 3, 1948 | SED | Fischer After his brief tenure in 1946 (see above), he was acting mayor from January 1947. The election took place on February 7th, the inauguration on April 12th. |
| Carl Lepsow (1901–1990) |
September 1, 1948– December 18, 1950 | SED | Lepsov's sawmill was elected on August 12, 1948, and his inauguration on September 1. |
| Erwin Meißler (* 1926) |
January 2, 1951– December 31, 1953 | NDPD | Surveying technician Meißler was the youngest of all Plau mayors at almost 25 years of age. His election for the FDJ took place on December 19, 1950. After three years, Meißler was dismissed; he was ultimately not up to the office in a politically turbulent period. |
| Ernst Schwanbeck (1896–1988) |
January 8, 1954 to April 30, 1959 | NDPD | Mill builder |
| Jonni Bünger (1910–1963) |
May 29, 1959– January 2, 1963 | NDPD | Typesetter Bunger died during his tenure on January 2 1,963th |
| Fritz Graap (1912-2006) |
April 2, 1963– November 30, 1977 | NDPD | Gärtner Graap was the first mayor elected after 1945 who remained in office until retirement age. |
| Erhard Scheel (1932–1979) |
01/01/1978–05/03/1979 | NDPD | Landscape gardener Scheel died after just over a year in office. |
| Klaus Bendel (* 1941) |
June 20, 1979– November 17, 1983 | NDPD | Civil engineer Bendel worked for the former ZBO (Inter-Cooperative Building Organization ) in Retzow . After four years he moved to the council of the Lübz district . From 2002 to 2014 Bendel was mayor of the city of Plau am See. |
| Manfred Kruse (* 1948) |
01/01/1984–06/05/1990 | NDPD |
 Elected to the city council with a high (or high) number of votes in the first democratic local elections on May 6, 1990, Kruse did not run for mayor election for personal reasons. He was initially responsible for setting up a business seminar in the Karow manor . Until 1995 he remained city representative and parliamentary group leader of the FDP parliamentary group. After taking up his post as head of office, he resigned from his mandate. |
| Axel Tohtz (* 1939) |
08/01/1990– 07/31/1994 | Independent, then CDU | Doctorate veterinarian in the fur farm Appelburg Tohtz became mayor by mandate on the electoral list of the CDU, which however lost its majority in the local elections on July 4, 1994, although Tohtz got the highest number of single votes in the election. Since he could no longer remain mayor, he did not accept the mandate for city council for personal reasons. From 2007 to 2018 Tohtz was chairman of the St. Marien e.V. V., who advocates the gradual renovation of the Plauer Marienkirche . |
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Hans-Heinrich Jarchow (1955-2020) |
August 1, 1994 to July 3, 2001 | SPD |
 Jarchow regional parliament , was proposed as a candidate for mayor by the regional SPD after the local elections on July 4, 1994 , and was elected to office by the majority of city representatives. During his term of office, the electoral term was extended to seven years. Jarchow was defeated in 2001 in the first direct mayor election in the second ballot (runoff) to his successor. He was involved in various church activities. |
| Norbert Reier (* 1953) |
since July 4th, 2001 | The left |
 Agricultural engineer, farmer |
literature
- Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : History of the city of Plau and its surroundings In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Volume 17, 1852, pp. 3–358 ( digitized version )
- Heidemarie Ruchhöft, Klaus Fischer (photographer) : Plau am See . Stadt-Bild-Verlag, Leipzig 1999, ISBN 978-3-931554-82-8 .
- Heidemarie Ruchhöft: Chronicle of the city of Plau am See . Plau am See 2010
Individual evidence
- ^ Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : History of the city of Plau and its surroundings. Schwerin 1852, chap. 11
- ^ Lisch 1852, Certificate VIII
- ^ Lisch 1852, Document IX
- ^ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch , Vol. III, deed 1957
- ↑ Lisch 1852, Certificate XVII, see also: Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch, Vol. III, Certificate 2199
- ↑ Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch, Vol. III, Document 2333
- ^ Lisch 1852, Document XXV, see also: Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch, Vol. IV, Document 2585
- ↑ Lisch 1852, document XXVI, see also: Mecklenburgisches Urkundenbuch, Vol. V, document 3164
- ↑ Matrikeleintrag "Nicolaus Dauerhodt" at the University of Rostock
- ^ Matriculation entry "Sebastianus Gildehoff" at the University of Rostock
- ^ Matriculation entry "Ioannes Leppin" at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Matrikeleintrag "Ioachimus KLYNGE" at the University of Rostock
- ^ Matriculation entry "Mattheus Francus" at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Register entry “Christianus Thurmannus” at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Matrikeleintrag "Iacobus Turouius" at the University of Rostock
- ^ Matriculation entry "Georg Iordan" at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Matrikeleintrag "Ioachim Kölpin" at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Matrikeleintrag "Thomas Ioachimus Kelpin" at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Matriculation entry “Ioa. Luov. Fritsch ”at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Register entry "Adolphus Fridericus Betke" at the University of Bützow
- ↑ Register entry "Jochim Christian Vollrath Rothbart" at the University of Rostock
- ^ Registration entry "August Ehlers" at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 184/19
- ^ Matriculation entry "Ferdinand Klitzing" at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Registration entry "Gustav Holldorff" at the University of Rostock
- ^ Matriculation entry "Adolf Frick" at the University of Rostock
- ^ Matriculation entry "Friedrich Arendt" at the University of Rostock
- ↑ Registration entry "Wilhelm Müller" at the University of Rostock
- ↑ The incumbent faces re-election. In: Schweriner Volkszeitung , February 25, 2015.
- ↑ Council selections: outsiders teach the CDU to fear. In: Ostsee-Zeitung , April 27, 2015.