List of the Lord Mayors of the City of Cologne

Chain of office of the Cologne mayor

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

See also : Canton of Cologne

Mayor of Cologne during the French period (1796–1814)

Term of office	image	Mayor / life data	Remarks
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)
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)
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)

Term of office image Mayor / life data Political party Remarks January 15, 1814 - May 11, 1815 Johann Jakob von Wittgenstein (1754–1823) mayor May 11, 1815 - August 31, 1819 Karl Josef von Mylius (1778–1838) provisional September 1, 1819 - November 8, 1823 Franz Rudolf von Monschaw (1760–1841) November 8, 1823 - November 8, 1848 Johann Adolph Steinberger (1777–1866) Longest serving Mayor of Cologne to this day November 18, 1848 - February 28, 1851 Friedrich Wilhelm Graeff (1803-1885) provisional May 27, 1851 - May 27, 1863 Hermann Joseph Stupp (1793–1870) was considered liberal May 29, 1863 - May 29, 1875 Alexander Bachem (1806-1878) was considered social-dem. 1847–1857 mayor of the city of Koblenz June 5, 1875 - December 9, 1885 Hermann Heinrich Becker (1820–1885) DFP 1871–1872 mayor of the city of Dortmund June 1, 1886 - September 14, 1907 Friedrich Wilhelm von Becker (1835–1924) was considered conservative 1876–1886 Lord Mayor of the City of Düsseldorf October 1, 1907 - August 8, 1917 Max Wallraf (1859-1941) DNVP October 18, 1917 - March 13, 1933 Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967) center

Legend political orientation Conservative Social democratic Liberal

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
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
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

• Results of the local elections in Cologne

Web links

Commons : Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cologne City History, Part 1 , Historical Archive of the City of Cologne , Cologne
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ 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
4. ^ Graeff, Friedrich Wilhelm in the catalog of the German National Library
5. ↑ Later membership, the DNVP was only founded in 1918.
6. ↑ 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 . 
7. ↑ 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.