List of mayors of Volkach
Inscription from 1579 by the mayor Valentin Geickner and Christoph Helt at the lower gate in Volkach
The list of mayors of Volkach gathers the first mayors of the city of Volkach in the Kitzingen district in Lower Franconia . For the first time, the names of the city councilors were recorded in 1403, although a mayor must have existed as early as 1395.
Middle Ages (1403 to 1500)
The phrase “mayor and council” first appeared in Volkach in 1395. Previously, only the mayors and the entire city citizenship were mentioned in the sources. The first mention was followed in 1402 by the "Burgmistri et Consulatus oppidi Volkkach" (lat. Mayor and Council of the City of Volkach ). From 1403 the mayors of the city were also recorded by name. The offices were divided between a Lord Mayor and a Sub-Mayor.
In the Middle Ages, a one-year term of office of the city council had become natural. However, several terms of office of the same people were the rule, so that, for example, Hans Dichter held the office of mayor five times. The mayors were mainly recruited from the wealthy arable citizens of the city and feudal people from the surrounding territories. Disused city schools can also be found here, so that the term “city school, mayor, council and citizen of the city and suburbs of Volkach” was established up to the 15th century.
| Term of office | Surname | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1403 | Götz Seybrecht | together with Mayor Hans Schubert |
| 1454 | Hans Huefner | together with Mayor Hans Pfaff |
| 1457 | Hans Geickner | |
| 1467 | Konrad Hoffmann | |
| 1471 | Barthelmes Ausundein | |
| 1474 | Konrad Hilpurghausen | First term of office, together with Mayor Hans Schmid |
| 1476 | Karl Ross | |
| 1477 | Veit Poppenlauer | |
| 1478 | Hans poet | First term |
| 1479 | Konrad Hilpurghausen | Second term |
| 1480 | Hans Schmid | 1474 Sub-Mayor, together with Sub-Mayor Klaus Beck |
| 1481 | Konrad Hilpurghausen | Third term |
| 1482 | Klaus Beck | 1480 sub-mayor |
| 1483 | Hans poet | Second term |
| 1484 | Georg Danckes | together with Mayor Georg Geickner |
| 1485 | Hermann Decker | |
| 1486 | Georg Geickner | First term of office, 1484 sub-mayor |
| 1487 | Hans poet | Third term |
| 1491 | Johann Büttner | First term |
| 1492 | Hans poet | Fourth term |
| 1493 | Johann Büttner | Second term of office, together with Mayor Georg Geickner |
| 1497 | Johann Büttner | Third term of office, together with Mayor Georg Geickner |
| 1498 | Hans Jeth | together with Mayor Klaus Haym |
| 1500 | Hans Roleder |
Early modern period (1504 to 1725)
The mayors from 1504 to 1677
The early modern times were heralded in Volkach with the publication of the so-called Volkacher Salbuch by Niklas Brobst von Effelt in 1504. It also records the city regulations of 1484, which outlines the circumstances of the mayoral election in more detail. Furthermore, the election was planned every year, a mayor should come from the inner city council of twelve, while the other should come from the outer city council. They had to take an oath of mayor before their predecessors and were rewarded with four guilders a year in addition to natural produce.
| Term of office | Surname | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1504 | Georg Geickner | Second term |
| 1505 | Heinrich Schwan | First term of office, together with Mayor Jobst Beringer |
| 1506 | Heinrich Schwan | Second term, together with Mayor Hans? |
| 1509 | Klaus Weigant | |
| 1510 | Georg Danckes | together with Mayor Gabriel Kerner |
| 1511 | Hans poet | Fifth term |
| 1517 | Heinrich Schwan | Third term |
| 1520 | Hans Geickner | |
| 1521 | Jakob Betschwaner | together with Mayor Peter Schmachtenberger |
| 1529 | Kunz Ulrich | First term of office, together with Mayor Philipp Gans |
| 1531 | Georg Schwan | First term of office, together with Mayor Hans Pilling |
| 1538 | Hans Otten | together with Mayor Kaspar Reffler |
| 1545 | Kunz Ulrich | Second term of office, together with Mayor Hans Zirkel |
| 1557 | Hans Klüglein | together with Mayor Hans Poppenlauer |
| 1559 | Georg Schwan | Second term of office, together with Mayor Kaspar Geickner |
| 1560 | Kaspar Reffler | 1538 Sub-Mayor, together with Sub-Mayor Georg Schwan |
| 1562 | Valentin Geickner | First term of office, together with Mayor Georg Schwan |
| 1566 | Lienhard Kriger | together with Mayor Kaspar Kriger |
| 1567 | Hans Koberstein | together with Mayor Klaus Schmachtenberger |
| 1568 | Georg Schwan | Third term |
| 1570 | Klaus Jeger | |
| 1577 | Georg Schwan | Fourth term, together with Mayor Christoph Helt |
| 1579 | Valentin Geickner | Second term of office, together with Mayor Christoph Helt |
| 1580 | Klaus Gans | |
| 1588 | Konrad Bertold | together with Mayor Hans Lienhard |
| 1590-1591 | Peter Eck | First term of office, together with Mayor Klaus Schmachtenberger |
| 1592 | Hans Koberstein | Second term of office, together with Mayor Georg Wagner |
| 1593 | Lienhard Ott | First term of office, together with Mayor Klaus Schmachtenberger |
| 1594 | Hans Knoring | together with Mayor Michael Henfling |
| 1595 | Edmund Berthold | together with Mayor Georg Schwan |
| 1596 | Valentin Roenert | together with Mayor Georg Wagner |
| 1598 | Peter Eck | Second term of office, together with Mayor Klaus Weckenfelder |
| 1599 | Konrad Berthold | together with Mayor Lorenz Kötzner |
| 1600 | Lienhard Ott | Second term, together with Mayor Michael Glock |
| 1601 | Hans Koberstein | First term of office, together with Mayor Hans Buckel |
| 1602 | Michael Glock | First term of office, 1600 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Endres Hofmann |
| 1603 | Klaus Weschenfelder | together with Mayor Georg Behm |
| 1604 | Klaus Schmachtenberger | First term of office, sub-mayor in 1567 and 1593, together with sub-mayor Lorenz Kötzner |
| 1605 | Hans Koberstein | Second term of office, together with Mayor Hans Schwan |
| 1606 | Hans Knöringer | together with Mayor Georg Krönlein |
| 1608 | Klaus Weckenfelder | together with Mayor Georg Behm |
| 1609 | Klaus Schmachtenberger | Second term of office, together with Mayor Klaus Hofmann |
| 1610 | Michael Glock | Second term of office, together with Mayor Georg Behm |
| 1611 | Hans Koberstein | Third term, together with Mayor Hans Eck |
| 1613 | Johann Arnold | together with Mayor Klaus Hofmann |
| 1614 | Hans Koberstein | Third term, together with Jackob Ott |
| 1620 | Valentin Egerer | |
| 1623 | Johann Behm | |
| 1624 | Sebastian Schmachtenberger | together with Mayor Balthasar Müller |
| 1631-1632 | Lorenz Brauser | |
| 1633 | Max Striegler | together with Mayor Johann Pfriem |
| 1635 | Max Striegler | |
| 1636 | Sebastian Hartmann | together with Mayor Wolfgang Erbich |
| 1637 | Michael Goose | First term, together with Mayor Endres Wucher |
| 1643-1644 | Christian Queller | First term of office, together with Mayor Johann Schwan |
| 1645 | Johann Engerer | First term of office, together with Mayor Georg Schwan |
| 1647 | Johann Pfriem | 1633 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Johann Brandt |
| 1648 | Michael Goose | Second term of office, together with Mayor Kaspar Passing |
| 1649 | Christian Queller | Second term of office, together with Mayor Johann Pfister |
| 1650 | Johann Knorr | First term |
| 1652 | Johann Engerer | Second term of office, together with Mayor Jakob Pfriem |
| 1654 | Johann Knorr | Second term |
| 1665 | Johann Brandt | 1647 sub-mayor |
| 1666 | Johann Rönert | together with Mayor Georg Roth |
| 1669 | Jakob Pfriem | First term, 1652 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Jakob Degen |
| 1671 | Johann Balbus | together with Mayor Johann Schimel |
| 1673-1674 | Jakob Pfriem | Second term of office, together with Mayor Franz Rath |
| 1675 | Adam Sebastian Degen | First term of office, together with Mayor Johann Erbig |
The mayors 1677 to 1725
From 1677 onwards, a longer term of office prevailed in the mayoral election, but it usually only lasted two years. At the same time, more and more members of the wealthy wine merchant families took over the post of mayor.
| Term of office | Surname | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1677-1678 | Adam shelf | First term of office, together with Mayor Endres Gerner |
| 1679-1680 | Adam Sebastian Degen | Second term of office, together with Mayor Johann Georg Egerer |
| 1681-1682 | Adam shelf | Second term, together with Mayor Johann Valentin Weidenbusch |
| 1683-1684 | Adam Sebastian Degen | Third term, together with Mayor Johann Michael Balbus |
| 1685-1688 | Franz Rath | until 1687 together with mayor Jacob Otheimer, from 1688 together with Georg Hartmann |
| 1689-1690 | Johann Valentin Weidenbusch | First term of office, 1681–1682 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Jacob Otheimer |
| 1691-1696 | Johann Albert Weber | First term of office, until 1694 together with Mayor Johann Michael Balbus, from 1695 together with Johann Jakob Otheimer |
| 1697-1698 | Johann Jakob Otheimer | 1689–1690 and 1695–1696 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Johann Schweitzer |
| 1699-1700 | Johann Valentin Weidenbusch | Second term of office, together with Mayor Hermann Postmeister |
| 1701-1708 | Johann Albert Weber | Second term of office, until 1702 together with Mayor Johann Georg Apfelbacher, from 1703 together with Johann Schneider, from 1707 together with Albert Pfister |
| 1709-1712 | Hermann Postmaster | 1699–1700 Sub-Mayor, together with Sub-Mayor Joseph Ortwein Schelf |
| 1713-1718 | Johann Georg Apfelbacher | 1701–1702 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Franz Pfister |
| 1719-1725 | Johann Christoph Balbus | First term of office, until 1720 together with Mayor Sebastian Marold, from 1721 together with Johann Michael Österreicher, from 1723 together with Johann Groß, until 1725 together with Georg Adam Schelf |
Modern times (1725 until today)
The mayors 1725 to 1816
The gradual transition to modern times did not change much in Volkach's traditional rules of mayoral elections. Two chiefs still represented the city, with the mayor responsible for the city's properties, the safekeeping of the city seal and city key and administration. The sub-mayor was also Volkach's master builder.
| Term of office | Surname | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1726-1729 | Johann Matthäus Weinbach | First term of office, together with Mayor Johann Michael Breunig |
| 1730-1732 | Johann Franz Pfister | until 1731 together with mayor Johann Plettner, from 1732 together with Johann Leonhard Carol |
| 1733-1734 | Johann Michael Austrian | First term of office, 1721–1722 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Johann Leonhard Carol |
| 1735-1736 | Johann Matthäus Weinbach | Second term of office, together with Mayor Johann Sebastian Schmitt |
| 1737-1738 | Johann Christoph Balbus | Second term of office, together with Mayor Johann Josef Erbig |
| 1739-1740 | Johann Michael Austrian | Second term of office, together with Mayor Johann Michael Breunig |
| 1741-1742 | Johann Georg Adam Schelf | together with Mayor Johann Adam Reinhard |
| 1743 | Johann Christoph Balbus | Third term of office, together with Mayor Johann Sebastian Schmitt |
| 1744 | Johann Michael Austrian | Third term of office, together with Mayor Johann Sebastian Schmitt |
| 1745-1746 | Johann Michael Breunig | 1726–1729 and 1739–1740 sub-mayor, Johann Jakob Pörtlein |
| 1747-1748 | Johann Michael Austrian | Fourth term, together with Mayor Johann Michael Sorg |
| 1749-1750 | Johann Sebastian Schmitt | 1743 Sub-Mayor, together with Sub-Mayor Georg Ludwig Wolfrum |
| 1751-1752 | Johann Josef Erbig | 1737–1738 Sub-Mayor, together with Sub-Mayor Joseph Ortwein Breunig |
| 1753-1756 | Georg Ludwig Wolfrum | First term of office, 1749–1750 sub-mayor, until 1754 together with sub-mayor Josef Melchior Meisner, from 1755 together with Michael Krämer |
| 1757-1758 | Joseph Ortwein Breunig | 1751–1752 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Johann Adam Breunig |
| 1759-1760 | Josef Melchior Meisner | 1753–1754 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Johann Michael Meisner |
| 1761-1762 | Georg Ludwig Wolfrum | Second term, together with Mayor Melchior Joseph Winterstein |
| 1763-1764 | Johann Adam Breunig | First term of office, 1757–1758 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Johann Baptist Biringer |
| 1765-1766 | Johann Melchior Meisner | First term of office, 1759–1760 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Johann Sebastian Demling |
| 1767-1768 | Georg Ludwig Wolfrum | Third term of office, together with Mayor Johann Sebastian Demling |
| 1769-1772 | Johann Adam Breunig | Second term, until 1770 together with Mayor Eugen Alexander Carol, from 1771 together with Georg Michael Degen |
| 1773-1776 | Johann Melchior Meisner | Second term of office until 1774 together with Mayor Georg Adam Schneider, from 1775 together with Johann Michael Krämer |
| 1777-1778 | Georg Ludwig Wolfrum | Fourth term of office, together with Mayor Lorenz Martin Erbig |
| 1779-1782 | Georg Michael Degen | 1771–1772 sub-mayor, until 1780 together with sub-mayor Franz Nikolaus Löhlein, from 1781 together with Nikolaus Joseph Meisner |
| 1783-1785 | Johann Adam Breunig | Third term, together with Mayor Joseph Ortwein Schmit |
| 1786-1787 | Georg Adam Schneider | 1773–1774 Sub-Mayor, together with Sub-Mayor Johann Michael Lermann |
| 1788-1791 | Nikolaus Joseph Meisner | First term of office, 1781–1782 sub-mayor, until 1789 together with sub-mayor Johann Philipp Jäcklein, from 1790 together with Johann Michael Jeßberger |
| 1792-1793 | Franz Nikolaus Löhlein | First term of office, 1779–1780 Sub-Mayor, together with Sub-Mayor Ludwig Meisner |
| 1794 | Johann Michael Lermann | 1786–1787 sub-mayor, together with sub-mayor Andreas Thaddäus Friderich |
| 1795-1797 | Joseph Ortwein Schmitt | 1783–1785 Sub-Mayor, until 1795 together with Sub-Mayor Andreas Thaddäus Friderich, from 1796 together with Martin Joseph Schwenk |
| 1798-1799 | Philipp Jacklein | together with Mayor Johann Heilmann |
| 1800-1801 | Franz Nikolaus Löhlein | Second term, together with Mayor Nikolaus Ullrich |
| 1802-1803 | Nikolaus Joseph Meisner | Second term of office, together with Mayor Andreas Schmitt |
| 1804-1805 | Ludwig Meisner | together with Mayor Martin Joseph Schwenk |
| 1806-1811 | Martin Joseph Schwenk | until 1806 together with sub-mayor Johann Wendelin Vogt, from 1807 together with Heinrich Treppner, from 1811 together with Norbert Sauer |
| 1812-1815 | Johann Heilmann | 1798–1799 mayor, together with Norbert Sauer |
The mayor from 1816 to the present day
With the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria, the division of office into mayors and mayors was abolished. From then on, the terms of office of the mayors became longer. In addition, the exact terms of office were usually handed down. From the post-war period onwards, the party leadership became more important. In Volkach, the mayors were mostly recruited from the Free Voters Community of Bavaria (FWG).
| Term of office | Surname | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1816-1818 | Johann Heilmann | confirmed in office |
| 1818-1832 | Georg Hähnlein | from October 1818 |
| 1832-1836 | Franz Karl Meisner | from November 1832 |
| 1836-1852 | Konrad Friderich | |
| 1853-1859 | Johann Anton Burkard Jäcklein | January 1, 1853 - March 31, 1859 |
| 1859-1869 | Johann Adam Friderich | First term, April 1, 1859 - December 31, 1869 |
| 1870-1875 | Josef Schmitt | January 1, 1870 - December 31, 1875 |
| 1876-1880 | Johann Adam Friderich | Second term, January 1, 1876 - January 14, 1880 |
| 1880-1887 | Sebastian Haupt | February 5, 1880 - December 31, 1887 |
| 1888-1899 | Franz Thaddäus Leininger | January 1, 1888 - December 31, 1899 |
| 1900-1905 | Johann Baptist Schmitt | January 1, 1900 - December 31, 1905, also a member of the Bavarian state parliament |
| 1906-1935 | Josef Guardian | January 1, 1906 - March 31, 1935, "Honorary Mayor" and honorary citizen of the city of Volkach |
| 1935-1945 | Josef Dittmann | October 2, 1935 - April 15, 1945, employed by the National Socialist government |
| 1945 | Georg Berz | First term of office, April 30, 1945 - May 28, 1945, installed by the American military government, honorary citizen of the city of Volkach |
| 1945-1948 | Josef Michael Erb | May 29, 1945 - April 25, 1948 |
| 1948-1970 | Georg Berz | Second term of office, April 25, 1948 - September 30, 1970, CSU / voter community, honorary citizen of the city of Volkach |
| 1970-1990 | Friedrich Russ | October 1, 1970 - April 30, 1990, honorary citizen of the city of Volkach, FWG Bavaria |
| 1990-2002 | Karl Andreas Schlier | May 1, 1990 - April 30, 2002, FWG Bavaria |
| 2002-2020 | Peter Kornell | May 1, 2002 - 2020, FWG Bavaria |
| since 2020 | Heiko Farmer | CSU |
See also
literature
- Gerhard Egert: The mayors of the city of Volkach 1400–1720 . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Volkach. 906-2006 . Volkach 2006.
- Gerhard Egert: The mayors of the city of Volkach 1720–1990 (2005) . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Volkach. 906-2006 . Volkach 2006.
- Gerhard Egert: The honorary citizens of the city of Volkach . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Our Main Loop. 1993-2007 . Volkach 2008.
Web links
Commons : List of Mayors of Volkach - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Egert, Gerhard: The mayors of the city of Volkach 1400–1720 . P. 119.
- ^ Egert, Gerhard: The mayors of the city of Volkach 1400–1720 . P. 120 f.
- ^ Egert, Gerhard: The mayors of the city of Volkach 1400–1720 . P. 119.
- ↑ Egert, Gerhard: The honorary citizens of the city of Volkach . P. 55.
- ^ Egert, Gerhard: The Mayors of the City of Volkach 1720–1990 (2005) . P. 122 ff.
- ↑ Local elections: Vote for the mayor of the city of Volkach , accessed on March 30, 2020.