List of Rostock mayors

This list names the Rostock mayors from the 13th century until today.

Councilors until early 1289 (selection)

During this time the councilors took over the mayor's duties, as there was no mayor as such.

• 1252: Ludolf von Warnemünde
• 1258: Johann von Bukow
• 1262: Lambert of Malchin
• 1262: Rudolf von Schwastorf
• 1262: Heinrich Radele
• 1262: Bernhard von Bölkow
• 1275: Heinrich von Bützow
• 1289: Martin von Wolde

Mayor until 1800 (incomplete)

During this time there were sometimes up to six mayors at the same time, so some terms of office can overlap. Mayors and councilors ruled together during this time.

• 1289: Eberhard Nachtrabe , once incumbent mayor and first Rostock to be named "mayor"
• 1289: Heinrich Mönch
• 1289–1298: Johann Rode , twice acting mayor during this time
• ???? - 1293: Engelbert Bomgarde
• 1297–1298: Johann Witt , twice acting mayor during this time
• around 1310: Bernhard Kopman  ???
• 1314–1334: Johann Pape , acting mayor 6 times during this period
• 1318–1323: Dietrich Frese , acting mayor three times during this period
• 1323–1335: Arnold Kopmann , acting mayor five times during this period
• 1323–1348: Engelbert Bomgarde , 7 times acting mayor during this time
• 1330–1334: Hinrich Frese, the elder (second Hinrich Frese in the family)
• approx. 1334–1339: Johann Rode , acting mayor twice during this period
• 1338–1347: Ludolf von Gothland , five times acting mayor during this period
• 1339–1359: Heinrich Rode , acting mayor 10 times during this period
• 1339–1360: Johann Töllner , acting mayor 16 times during this period
• 1346: Ludwig Kruse , once acting mayor at this time
• 1350: Heinrich Quast , once acting mayor at this time
• 1351–1357: Dietrich Holloger , 4 times acting mayor during this time
• 1359–1364: Hermann Lise , acting mayor four times during this period
• 1359–1365: Hinrich Frese , once acting mayor during this time (third Hinrich Frese in the family)
• 1359–1367: Johann Bomgarde , acting mayor 8 times during this period
• 1361–1392: Arnold Kröpelin , acting mayor 16 times during this period
• 1364–1384: Johann Kyritz , acting mayor 12 times during this period
• 1368–1373: Lambert Witt , acting mayor 6 times during this period
• 1370–1374: Gerwin Wilde , acting mayor four times during this period
• 1376–1400: Johann von der Aa , acting mayor 16 times during this period
• 1378–1396: Ludwig Kruse , acting mayor 11 times during this period
• around 1380: Engelbert Katzow
• 1390–1400: Heinrich Witt , acting mayor 7 times during this period
• approx. 1393–1396: Winold Baggel , seven times incumbent mayor during this period
• 1401, 1417 Vicko von Zehna , 1410 to 1416 deposed during the uprising.
• ca. 1418-1439: Heinrich Katzow , 1419 produced the deed of foundation of the University of Rostock with at
• around 1450: Vicko von Zehna (also Vikke von Zehne)
• 1474–1499: Bartold Kerkhof (also Bertold Kerkhof), builder of the Kerkhoffhaus
• 1487-1489: Vicco von Vorden
• 1487–1492: Arndt Hasselbeck
• 1489-1499: Dietrich Boldewan
• End of the 15th century. Kord kings
• 1546–1555: Bartold Kerkhof (also Bertold K.), grandson of Bartold Kerkhof, who was mayor from 1474 to 1499
• 1530–1556: Heinrich Boldewan
• 1552–1565: Johann von Vorden
• around 1555: Hinrich Göldeniz
• 1552: Peter Brümmer
• 1566: Christoph Bützow (in other sources from 1574)
• 1568: Balthasar Gaule I (also Baltzer Gule, Guhl), took office on August 1st
• 1591: Friedrich Hein
• Early 17th century Bernd Paul (also Bernhard Pauli)
• Early 17th century Jakob Lembke
• 1600–1605: Johann Korf
• 1605 - ????: Bernhard Jüngling
• 1613: Hermann Schilling, died 1621
• 1623–1657: Johann Luttermann
• 1629: Joachim Coch
• 1632–1651: Nikolaus Scharffenberg

Nicolaus Scharffenberg

• 1652: Joachim Kleinschmidt
• 1663: Christoph Krauthof
• 1675: Peter Eggerdes
• 1691–1693: Jacob Lembke , died on February 20
• 1693: Christoph Redecker , took office on March 7th
• 1686–1702: Jacob Diesteler
• 1702: Christian Michael Stever
• 1706–1724: Johann Joachim Tielcke
• 1708: Johann Joachim Beselin
• 1726: Johann Joachim Jörcke
• 1731: Joachim Krauel
• 1732: Valentin Johann Beselin , took office on September 10th
• 1751: Joachim Heinrich Pries
• 1756–1761: Hinrich Nettelbladt (also Heinrich Nettelbladt), took office on October 18
• 1761: Johann Georg Burgmann
• 1764–1778: Jacob Heinrich Balecke
• 1794–1800: Johann Friedrich Hülsenbeck
• 1796: Christian Ludwig Johann Behm

Mayor until 1919

During this time there were three mayors at the same time, so the terms of office overlap. List of Rostock mayors 1803 to 1919

• 1803–1833: Joachim Friedrich Zoch
• 1803–1819: Johann Ludwig Schrepp
• 1805-1818: Michael Eberhard Prehn
• 1819–1830: Johann Taddel
• 1820–1825: Joachim Daniel Koch
• 1826–1833: Christian Andreas Hill
• 1830–1836: Christian Heinrich Saniter
• 1830–1844: Joachim Friedrich Karl Brandenburg
• 1834: Theodor Stever
• 1834–1839: Franz Heinrich Hülsenbeck
• 1836–1846: Detloff Karsten
• 1839: Johann Friedrich Schrepp
• 1840–1861: Johann Friedrich Bauer
• 1844–1861: Ernst Heinrich Bencard
• 1846–1861: August Ludwig Albert Petersen
• 1861–1882: Ferdinand Justus Crumbiegel
• 1863–1871: Christian Heinrich Janetzky
• 1863–1880: Hermann Zastrow (Mayor)
• 1871–1874: Eduard Joachim Friedrich Passow
• 1876–1878: Ernst Joachim Heinrich Johann Paetow
• 1879–1895: Eduard Johann Georg Burchard
• 1880–1889: Wilhelm Giese
• 1882–1907: Georg Friedrich Adolf Simonis
• 1889–1914: Magnus Maßmann
• 1896–1907: Peter Joachim Friedrich Burchard
• 1907-1919: Albert Clement
• 1907–1919: Adolf Becker
• 1914–1919: Johann Paschen

Mayor or Lord Mayor from 1919

• 1919–1930: Ernst Heydemann ( independent ), from 1925 Lord Mayor
• 1930–1935: Robert Grabow ( DNVP )
• 1935–1945: Walter Volgmann ( NSDAP )
• 1945: Christoph Seitz
• 1945–1946: Otto Kuphal ( SPD )
• 1946–1949: Albert Schulz ( SPD )
• 1949–1952: Max Burwitz ( SED )
• 1952–1953: Rudolf Heyden ( SED )
• 1953–1954: Karl Kasten ( SED )
• 1954–1955: Hans Röther , acting Lord Mayor
• 1955: Bruno Schmidt ( SED )
• 1956–1960: Wilhelm Solisch ( SED )
• 1961–1968: Rudi Fleck ( SED )
• 1968–1975: Heinz Kochs ( SED )
• 1975–1990: Henning Schleiff ( SED )
• 1990: Christoph Kleemann , acting Lord Mayor
• 1990–1993: Klaus Kilimann ( SPD )
• 1993–1995: Dieter Schröder ( SPD )
• 1995–2004: Arno Pöker ( SPD ) (resignation as of October 31, 2004)
• 2004–2005: Ida Schillen ( PDS ), incumbent Lord Mayor
• 2005–2019: Roland Methling ( UFR )
• since 2019: Claus Ruhe Madsen

President of the Citizenship

• 1990 - 1994: Christoph Kleemann (Bündnis'90 / the Greens)
• 1994 - 2004: Ralf Friedrich (SPD)
• July 21, 2004 - December 3, 2008: Liesel Eschenburg (CDU) († December 3, 2008)
• January 28, 2009 - July 15, 2009: Ingrid Bacher (SPD) (previously in office)
• July 15, 2009 - July 2, 2014: Karina Jens (CDU)
• July 2, 2014 - July 3, 2019: Wolfgang Nitzsche (Die Linke)
• since July 3, 2019: Regine Lück ( Die Linke )

Mayor elections

See also

• Results of the local elections in Rostock

Web links

Commons : Mayor of Rostock  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ s: de: ADB: Gothland, Ludolf von
2. ↑ s: de: ADB: Bomgarde, Johann
3. ↑ s: de: ADB: Kirchhoff, Lambert
4. ^ Gerd Möhlmann: families of the Hanseatic city of Rostock in the 13th - 18th centuries. Volume 25, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1975, pp. 186-187.
5. ↑ s: de: ADB: Vorteilden, Vicco von
6. ↑ s: de: ADB: Hasselbeck, Arndt
7. ↑ s: de: ADB: Gaule, Balthasar
8. ↑ ^{a b} State Returning Officer Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, results 2002
9. ↑ State Returning Officer Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, results 2005
10. ↑ State Returning Officer Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, results 2012
11. ↑ https://wahlen.sv.rostock.de/obw2019/oberbuergermeisterwahl.html
12. ^ Runoff election Mayor June 16, 2019, Hanseatic and University City of Rostock