List of mayors of Wels
List of mayors of the Upper Austrian city of Wels .
Mayor in the Austrian Empire and in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy
- 1848–1861 Ferdinand Vielguth
- 1861–1879 Franz Gross , liberal
- 1879–1883 Leopold Bauer
- 1883–1886 Franz Gross (his 2nd period)
- 1887–1914 Johann Schauer , German-liberal
- 1914–1918 Camillo Schulz
Mayor of the First Republic
- 1919–1924 Karl Richter , German People's Party
- 1924–1934 Karl Aubert Salzmann , CS
- 1934–1938 Johann Hartl , CS
Mayor during National Socialism
- 1938–1939 Leopold Sturma , NSDAP
- 1939–1945 Josef Schuller , NSDAP
Mayor of the Second Republic
- 5.5. - 8.5.1945 Karl Gusenleitner , independent
- 8.5. - 20.8.1945 Franz Breitwieser , ÖVP
- August 20, 1945 - 1946 Mathias Wagner, ÖVP
- 1946–1949 Franz Grüttner , SPÖ
- 1949–1962 Oskar Koss , SPÖ
- 1963–1982 Leopold Spitzer , SPÖ
- 1982–1999 Karl Bregartner , SPÖ
- 1999–2015 Peter Koits , SPÖ
- from 2015 Andreas Rabl , FPÖ