List of the Mayors of Herford
This article describes the story of the city leaders of the East Westphalian city of Herford .
After Herford had fought for its town charter until 1170, a " magister civium " was mentioned in 1191 and a "Burmester" was mentioned in 1220, each a kind of forerunner of the mayor's office. The city had had a mayor since 1256. In the following period, both the old town and the new town had a mayor, but the highest authority in the city as a whole was the mayor of the old town.
After the Second World War until 1974, Herford had a full-time senior city director as head of administration (election officer) and an honorary mayor who was chairman of the city council . Due to the loss of the district freedom and the reintegration of the city into the Herford district , both were only allowed to use their name until the end of the term of office of the city director in 1974. After that there was a mayor and a city manager in Herford . Since 1999 (as everywhere in North Rhine-Westphalia) a full-time mayor has been directly elected by the population. The office of city director has not existed since then.
Lord Mayor and Mayor
| Term of office | mayor | Political party | comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1747-1763 | Johann Friedrich Ernst Haevermann | First Mayor | |
| 1763-1772 | Ernst Philipp Rischmüller | First Mayor | |
| 1774-1785 | Carl Culemeyer | First Mayor | |
| 1785-1791 | Henrich Christian Diederichs | First Mayor | |
| 1792-1827 | Carl Anton von Diederichs | First Mayor | |
| 1828-1855 | August Viktor Wilhelm Rose | mayor | |
| 1855-1867 | Karl Albert Strosser | mayor | |
| 1867-1875 | Karl Sack | mayor | |
| 1875-1908 | Ludwig Quentin | NLP | Mayor and Lord Mayor |
| 1908-1921 | Wilhelm Busse | NLP | Lord Mayor, murdered in office |
| 1922-1928 | Dietrich Osmer | SPD | Lord Mayor |
| 1928-1933 | Ernst Althaus | NSDAP | Lord Mayor |
| 1933 to April 2, 1945 | Fritz Kleim | NSDAP | Lord Mayor |
| April 5 - June 9, 1945 | Heinrich Tiemann | Acting Lord Mayor (appointed by the British Military Government ) |
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| June 10, 1945–1946 | Friedrich Holzapfel | CDU | Lord Mayor |
| 1946-1961 | Heinrich Höcker | SPD | Lord Mayor |
| 1961-1984 | Kurt Schober | CDU | Lord Mayor; Mayor since 1975 |
| 1984-1999 | Gerhard Klippstein | SPD | full-time mayor since 1994 |
| 1999-2004 | Thomas Gabriel | CDU | full-time mayor |
| 2004-2014 | Bruno Wollbrink | SPD | full-time mayor |
| since 2014 | Tim Kähler | SPD | full-time mayor |
City directors and city directors
| Surname | Period | comment |
|---|---|---|
| Fritz Meister | 1947-1961 | City Director |
| Walter Abel | 1962-1974 | City Director |
| Gerd Oberscheven | 1974-1986 | City Director |
| Ernst Otto Althaus | 1986-1994 | City Director |