List of Mayors of Ratingen 1320–1806

This is the list of the mayors of Ratingen for the years 1320–1806.

Along with Lennep , Düsseldorf and Wipperfürth, Ratingen was one of the so-called “capitals” in the former Duchy of Berg . These four cities were entitled to send two members each to the Bergisches Landtag in Düsseldorf. These eight people formed the city curia (in addition to the curia of the knighthood ) of the Bergisches Landtag, which held important rights until the end of the Ancien Régime around 1806, e. B. that of the tax permit could claim. A veto by the city curia could block any state parliament resolution. The respective mayor was almost always one of the two city deputies. He came consistently from one of the few councilor families of the four Bergish capitals that had been leading for generations and formed the economically and - alongside the nobility - politically leading class in the Duchy of Berg in the 15th and 16th centuries.

The Mayor of Ratingen was re-elected for one year every year on the Thursday after Whitsun. He was chairman of the city council, which originally comprised 8 council members in addition to him, but was expanded to 24 councilors, the magistrates and 4 "journeymen" in 1567/70. Mayors and journeymen formed the executive council. The mayor of Ratingen was also chairman of the "mayor's court", which only had arbitration powers. He could be re-elected at the end of his one-year term.

Because of the poor sources, the list for the 14th, 15th and early 16th centuries is still very sketchy.

list

• 1320-1321 Rodolphus de Pote
• 1380–1381 Heinrich Malderbroit
• 1395 Plonis Henkins
• 1396 Adolf Rocgen
• 1399-1400 leve Dechen
• 1401 Adolf Rocgen
• 1404 NN Hoemburg
• 1405 Adolf Rocgen
• 1406 NN Hoemburg

Seal of Kerstien Yserenhoit, 1407–1451 aldermen of Ratingen

• 1407 Christian Iserenhoefft
• 1410–1411 Christian Iserenhoefft
• 1423–1424 Christian Iserenhoefft
• 1427–1428 Christian Iserenhoefft
• 1428-1429 Lewe Dechen
• 1432–1433 Christian Iserenhoefft
• 1433-1434 Clayß Cluiskin
• 1434–1435 Christian Iserenhoefft
• 1435-1436 Gobel Reynkin

Seal of Ailf Dechen, 1425–1459 aldermen in Ratingen

• 1436–1437 Ailf Dechen
• 1438-1439 Ailf Dechen
• 1439-1440 Johann Coelkes

Seal of the Conrad Offercamp, 1425–1478 aldermen in Ratingen

• 1441 Conrad Offercamp
• 1443-1444 Conrad Offercamp
• 1444-1445 Ailf Dechen
• 1449-1450 Conrad Offercamp
• 1450-1451 Ailf Dechen
• 1451–1452 Johann in der Haene
• 1453-1455 Conrad Offercamp
• 1455-1457 Wilhelm Wynter
• 1458-1459 Conrad Offercamp
• 1459-1460 Ailf Dechen
• 1460-1461 Conrad Offercamp
• 1461–1463 Wilhelm Wynter
• 1464–1466 Albrecht Offercamp
• 1466–1467 Ailf Kaeffken
• 1467–1469 Rutger Dechen
• 1469-1470 Johann Goitzwin
• 1470–1471 Hermann Becker
• 1471–1472 Johann Dechen
• 1472 Rutger Dechen
• 1473–1474 Rutger Dechen
• 1474–1476 Johann von Monbheim

Seal of Rutger Dechen, 1460–1479 aldermen of Ratingen

• 1477–1479 Rutger Dechen
• 1479–1480 Johann Dechen
• 1480–1481 Johann von Monheim
• 1482–1483 Johann von Monheim

Seal of Bruyn Goltsmyt, 1483–1493 aldermen of Ratingen

• 1483–1484 Bruno Goltsmyt
• 1484–1487 Johann von Monheim
• 1490-1491 Johann Haene
• 1493-1495 Bruno Goltsmyt
• 1495 Ditzmann Dreiß
• 1495–1497 Heinrich Kopersleger
• 1497–1498 Heinrich von Winkelhausen
• 1498–1499 Heinrich Kopersleger

Seal of Peter Koefgen, 1493–1527 aldermen of Ratingen

• 1499 Peter Koeffgen
• 1499–1500 Heinrich von Winkelhausen
• 1500–1501 Peter Koeffken
• 1505–1506 Wilhelm Dechen
• 1506–1507 Heinrich von Winkelhausen
• 1508-1509 Jocob Goltsmyt
• 1509–1510 Heinrich Kopersleger
• 1511-1512 Johann Straitman
• 1512–1513 Johann Grüter
• 1517–1518 Wilhelm Schweder
• 1526–1527 Jacob Steinhuyß
• 1530–1531 Wilhelm Harve

Seal of Lewe Erwin, 1527–1549 aldermen of Ratingen

• 1532–1533 Leo Erwin

Seal of Wilhelm Haenen the Elder Ä., 1495–1555 aldermen in Ratingen

• 1533–1534 Wilhelm Haenen

Seal of Ditzman Hucking, 1524–1539 aldermen in Ratingen

• 1537-1538 Ditzman Huckinck
• 1538–1540 Ditzman on the putt
• 1540–1541 Leo Erwin
• 1541-1543 Wyngin Lawn
• 1543–1544 Ditzman on the putt
• 1544–1545 Leo Erwin
• 1545–1546 Johann Mauritius
• 1546–1547 Wilhelm Kleingin
• 1547–1548 Ditzman am Put
• 1548–1549 Leo Erwin
• 1549–1551 Wilhelm Putz
• 1551–1553 Wilhelm Haen
• 1553–1556 Peter Huckinck
• 1558–1559 Jacob Panthaleon
• 1560–1561 Wilhelm Haen
• 1564–1566 Johann Müllemann
• 1566–1568 Ditzmann Drieß
• 1569–1571 Wilhelm Haen
• 1574–1575 Johann Steinhaus

Seal of Rutger Portmann, 1566–1596 aldermen of Ratingen

• 1577–1578 Rutger Portmann
• 1579–1580 Johann Koelgen
• 1580–1581 Johann Velderhoff
• 1582–1585 Johann Portmann
• 1585–1587 Reinhard Gruiter
• 1587–1588 Johann Portmann
• 1588–1589 Jacob Pempelfort
• 1590–1591 Jacob Pempelfort
• 1591–1592 Johann Portmann
• 1592–1593 Heinrich Gruitkamp
• 1593–1594 Jacob Pempelfort
• 1595–1597 Reinhard Gruiter
• 1598–1599 Rutger Portmann
• 1599–1600 NN Pempelfort
• 1600–1602 Reinhard Steinhaus
• 1603-1604 Johann Offercamp
• 1604–1605 Johann Portmann
• 1605–1606 Adolph Goldschmidt
• 1606–1607 Conrad Blaspil
• 1607–1608 Reinhard Steinhaus
• 1608–1609 Johann Portmann
• 1609–1610 Jacob Pempelfort
• 1610–1612 Johann Offencamp
• 1612–1614 Anton Kramer
• 1614–1615 Johann Offencamp
• 1615–1618 Jacoc Pempelfort
• 1618–1620 Rudolph Becker
• 1620–1622 Conrad Hammerstein
• 1622–1624 Gerhard Mohren
• 1624–1627 Jacob Pempelfort
• 1627–1628 Joachim Offencamp
• 1628–1631 Bernhard Scholtheiß
• 1631–1632 Johann Steinhaus
• 1632–1633 Rudolf Becker
• 1633–1634 Christian Mohr
• 1634–1635 Wilhelm Clout
• 1635–1636 Joachim Offercamp
• 1636–1637 Johann Steinhaus
• 1637–1638 Joachim Offercamp
• 1638–1639 Johann Hack
• 1639–1640 Johann Hanen
• 1640–1641 Johann Bartscherer
• 1641–1642 Anton Bonten
• 1642–1643 Michael Teschius
• 1643–1645 Johann Steinhaus
• 1646–1649 Johann Steinhaus
• 1649–1650 Anton Bonten
• 1650–1653 Johann Clout
• 1653–1658 Heinrich Cosmas
• 1658–1659 Johann Bartscherer
• 1659–1660 Johann Steinhaus
• 1660–1661 Adam Hanen
• 1661–1663 Peter vom Stein
• 1663-1665 Claudius Durandus
• 1665–1666 Gerhard Scholtheiß
• 1666–1667 Claudius Durandus
• 1667–1668 Gerhard Scholtheiß
• 1669–1672 Peter vom Stein
• 1672–1679 Matthias Steinhausen
• 1679–1680 Ewald Müller
• 1680–1682 Andreas Urdenbach
• 1682–1684 C. Dautzenberg
• 1684–1686 Franz Rudolf Collenbach
• 1686–1687 NN Mosch
• 1687–1690 Johann Bramert
• 1680–1693 Ewald Müller
• 1693–1694 Johann Strack
• 1694–1695 Johann Bramert
• 1695–1696 Maximilian Beesen
• 1696–1697 Johann Strack
• 1697–1709 Franz Rudolph Collenbach
• 1709–1711 Maximilian Beesen
• 1711–1712 Franz Rudolph Collenbach
• 1712–1713 Christoffel Schrodt
• 1713–1714 Max Beesen
• 1714–1715 Johann Christoffel Schrodt
• 1715-1716 Max Beesen
• 1716–1717 Johann Christoffel Schrodt
• 1717–1718 Johann Collenbach
• 1718–1719 Johann Schrodt
• 1719–1720 Johann Collenbach
• 1720–1721 Johann Schrodt
• 1721–1723 Johann Collenbach
• 1723–1724 Peter Polheim
• 1724-1725 NN Lorent
• 1725–1729 Johann Schrodt
• 1729–1730 Peter Polheim
• 1731–1732 Peter Polheim
• 1734–1735 Stephan Schrodt
• 1735–1742 Peter Polheim
• 1742–1744 Adolf Bertram Heitgens
• 1744–1745 Christian Brinck
• 1745–1746 Adolf Bertram Heitgens
• 1746–1747 Moritz Wolff
• 1747–1749 Christian Brinck
• 1749–1750 Adolf Bertram Heitgens
• 1750–1751 Christian Brinck
• 1751–1752 Johann Daniels
• 1752–1753 Moritz Wolff
• 1753–1754 Adolf Bertram Heitgens
• 1754–1755 Moritz Wolff
• 1755–1757 Adolf Bertram Heitgens
• 1757–1758 Moritz Wolff
• 1758–1760 Caspar Strack
• 1760–1761 NN Baasel
• 1761–1762 Johann Wilhelm Wartenberg
• 1762-1763 JW Degreck
• 1763–1764 Johann Wilhelm Wartenberg
• 1764–1765 Johann Wilhelm Degreck
• 1765–1767 Johann Wilhelm Wartenberg
• 1767–1768 Johann Wilhelm Degreck
• 1768–1769 Caspar Strack
• 1769–1770 Johann Wilhelm Degreck
• 1770–1771 Johann Wilhelm Schellscheidt
• 1771–1772 Johann Gottfried Ubers
• 1772–1773 Caspar Strack
• 1773–1774 Johann Heinrich Lensch
• 1774–1775 Johann Wilhelm Schellscheidt
• 1775–1776 Michael Schönen
• 1776–1777 Johann Wilhelm Schellscheidt
• 1777–1778 Johann Gottfried Ubers
• 1778–1779 Johann Wilhelm Schellscheidt
• 1779–1780 Johann Gottfried Ubers
• 1780–1781 Caspar Strack
• 1781–1782 Michael Schönen
• 1782–1783 Johann Wilhelm Schellscheidt
• 1783–1784 JM Pannenberg
• 1784–1785 Anton Degreck
• 1785–1786 Ferdinand Wachendorff
• 1786-1787 P. Liethen
• 1787-1788 A. Meyer
• 1788–1789 Caspar Strack
• 1789–1790 Michael Schönen
• 1790–1791 JW Schellscheidt
• 1791–1792 JM Pannenberg
• 1792–1793 Johann Wilhelm Degreck
• 1793–1794 NN Wachendorff
• 1794–1795 NN Liethen
• 1795–1796 NN Wachendorff
• 1796–1797 Matthias Pannenberg
• 1797–1798 Caspar Strack
• 1798-1799 NN Degreck
• 1799-1800 NN Hellersberg
• 1800–1801 NN Wachendorff
• 1801–1802 Johann Posthausen
• 1802–1803 Caspar Strack
• 1803–1804 Johann Posthausen
• 1804–1805 NN Wachendorff
• 1805-1806 NN bitter

literature

• JH Kessel: History of the city of Ratingen with special consideration of the former Angermund office. Volume 2: Certificates. Cologne u. Neuss 1877.
• Otto R. Redlich: Sources on the legal and economic history of the Rhenish cities, Bergische Cities III: Ratingen. Publ. D. Rhine. Ges. Für Geschichtskunde XXIX. Bonn 1928.
• Otto R. Redlich: Legal and economic history of the city of Ratingen. In: Ratingen, history from the beginnings to 1815, ed. Association for local history and home care Ratingen eV, Essen 2004, pp. 129–276. There p. 244–246 the list of mayors.
• Jakob Germes: Ratinger seal, coat of arms and symbols. (Contributions to the history of Ratingen, 2nd vol.). Ratingen 1961.

See also

• List of mayors of Düsseldorf 1303–1806
• List of the mayors of Lennep 1413–1806
• List of mayors of Wipperfürth

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The names of the mayors are taken from the work of Redlich, legal and economic history, referred to in the literature.