List of the Lord Mayors of the City of Cologne
The list of Lord Mayors of the City of Cologne lists the heads of the city administration from 1796 until today. With the introduction of an upper town director from 1946 to 1999, there was a second town council in addition to the mayor .
For the 12th century until 1795 see the list of Cologne mayors .
Lord Mayor
Mayor (Maire) in French times
Mayor of Cologne during the French period (1796–1814)
Term of office | image | Mayor / life data | Remarks |
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May 28, 1796 - March 21, 1797 |
Johann Jakob von Wittgenstein (1754–1823) |
President of the municipality | |
March 21, 1797 - June 23, 1797 | Johann Jakob von Wittgenstein (1754–1823) |
mayor | |
Heinrich Josef von Groote (1762–1823) |
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June 24, 1797 - September 7, 1797 |
Franz Jakob von Hilgers (1745–1821) |
mayor | |
June 24, 1797 - July 23, 1797 | Johann Arnold Theodor von Stadtlohn († July 23, 1797) |
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July 23, 1797 - September 7, 1797 | Goswin von Heinsberg | ||
September 7, 1797 - September 16, 1797 |
Maximilian von Kempis (1757–1823) |
President of the Magistrate | |
September 16, 1797 - April 8, 1798 | Peter Josef Zurhoven | President of the Magistrate | |
April 9, 1798 - December 18, 1798 | Peter Josef Fuchs | President of the municipality | |
December 18, 1798 - December 25, 1800 | Gerhard Engelbert Simons | President of the municipality | |
December 25, 1800 - April 29, 1801 | Friedrich Heinrich Herstatt | ||
April 30, 1801 - April 3, 1803 | Johann Peter Kramer | ||
April 4, 1803 - August 18, 1803 | Friedrich Heinrich Herstatt | ||
August 18, 1803 - January 15, 1814 |
Johann Jakob von Wittgenstein (1754–1823) |
Lord Mayor in Prussian times
Mayor of Cologne in Prussian times (1814–1933)
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Lord Mayor at the time of National Socialism
Mayor of Cologne at the time of National Socialism (1933–1945)
Term of office | image | Mayor / life data | Political party | Remarks |
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March 13, 1933 - December 8, 1936 |
Günter Riesen (1892–1951) |
NSDAP | Acting until November 9, 1933 | |
January 20, 1937 - November 26, 1940 |
Karl Georg Schmidt (1904–1940) |
NSDAP | ||
January 3, 1941 - June 20, 1944 |
Peter Winkelnkemper (1902–1944) |
NSDAP | ||
June 20, 1944 - March 6, 1945 |
Robert Brandes (1899–1987) |
NSDAP | provisional, on the right bank of the Rhine until April 1945 |
Lord Mayor since 1945
Mayor of Cologne since 1945
Term of office | image | Mayor / life data | Political party | Remarks |
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March 16, 1945 - May 4, 1945 |
Willi Suth (1881–1956) |
CDU | Head of City Administration | |
May 4, 1945 - October 6, 1945 |
Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967) |
CDU | ||
October 6, 1945 - November 20, 1945 |
Willi Suth (1881–1956) |
CDU | provisional | |
November 20, 1945 - May 31, 1948 |
Hermann Pünder (1888–1976) |
CDU | Introduction of the Cologne city constitution on March 7, 1946 | |
June 1, 1948 - November 15, 1948 |
Ernst Schwering (1886–1962) |
CDU | ||
November 15, 1948 - December 9, 1949 |
Robert Görlinger (1888–1954) |
SPD | Drawing of lots after stalemate in the city council election | |
December 9, 1949 - November 23, 1950 | Ernst Schwering (1886–1962) |
CDU | ||
November 23, 1950 - November 8, 1951 | Robert Görlinger (1888–1954) |
SPD | ||
November 8, 1951 - November 9, 1956 | Ernst Schwering (1886–1962) |
CDU | ||
November 9, 1956 - December 17, 1973 |
Theo Burauen (1906–1987) |
SPD | ||
December 20, 1973 - October 28, 1980 |
John van Nes Ziegler (1921-2006) |
SPD | ||
October 28, 1980 - September 30, 1999 |
Norbert Burger (1932–2012) |
SPD | ||
October 1, 1999 - March 17, 2000 |
Harry Blum (1944-2000) |
CDU | first directly elected Lord Mayor | |
September 20, 2000 - October 20, 2009 |
Fritz Schramma (* 1947) |
CDU | 2003 in black-green coalition | |
October 21, 2009 - October 20, 2015 |
Jürgen Roters (* 1949) |
SPD | ||
October 22, 2015 - acting |
Henriette Reker (* 1956) |
independent | first female mayor of Cologne |
Born in 1842, the Lord Mayors of Cologne have been members of the board of the Central Cathedral Building Association of Cologne from 1842 .
City directors 1946–1999
1946–1953: | Willi Suth |
1953-1965: | Max Adenauer (CDU) |
1965–1977: | Heinz Mohnen |
1977-1989: | Kurt Rossa |
1989–1990: | Heinz Ludger Uhlenküken (CDU) (acting as City Director) |
1990-1998: | Lothar Ruschmeier (SPD) |
1998–1999: | Klaus Heugel (SPD) |
See also
Web links
Commons : Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cologne City History, Part 1 , Historical Archive of the City of Cologne , Cologne
- ↑ Von Groote was a son of Franz de Groote. As a member of the Fassbindergaffel he belonged to the council in 1792/93 and 1795/96 and became mayor the following year.
- ↑ Werner Schäfke, Kölnischer Bildersaal: The paintings in the holdings of the Cologne City Museum including the Porz Collection and the Cologne High School and Foundation Fund , p. 115
- ^ Graeff, Friedrich Wilhelm in the catalog of the German National Library
- ↑ Later membership, the DNVP was only founded in 1918.
- ↑ Inge Schürmann: Lord Mayor Henriette Reker has accepted office. City of Cologne - Office for Press and Public Relations, October 22, 2015, accessed on October 22, 2015 .
- ↑ The board of directors. ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The ZDV organization.