- List of mayors of Hamburg
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Hamburg greater coat of arms used by the Hamburg Senate.
The following is a chronological list of mayors of Hamburg, a city-state in Germany. The mayors are the head of the city-state, part of the government of Hamburg. Since 1861 according to the constitution of 28 September 1860 the state has been governed by the ten-member Senate, which had been called council (in the German language of that time: Rath) before that time. It is headed by the First Mayor of Hamburg (German title: Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg) as the President of the Senate. His deputy is the Second Mayor.
Prior to World War I the two mayors were elected for one-year-terms. Until 1997 the First Mayor was primus inter pares among his colleagues in the Senate, by whom he was elected. Since then, he has been elected by the Hamburg Parliament (German: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) and been able to appoint and dismiss other Senators.
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1293–1860
The function of burgomaster (mayor) was usually held simultaneously by three persons, serving as an executive college. One of the three being burgomaster in chief for a year, the second being the prior burgomaster in chief, the third being the upcoming one. Therefore sometimes up to three names are mentioned for one year, since the names of the three appear in deeds, signed with or mentioning their names. The names in the list from 1239 until 1820 were archived in a book by Johann August Meister (1820). This is an incomplete list of burgomasters and uses the spelling in Meister's book, which is preserved in the Hamburg state library. After 1820 the list were added by hand.[1] On 6 August 1806 Hamburg gained sovereignty as an independent country. From 1811 to 1814 Hamburg was part of France in the Bouches-de-l'Elbe.[2]
If another reference is not noted, all mayors are taken from: Domizlaff. Das Hamburger Rathaus.
Name Image In office Note Hartwicus de Erteneborch 1293 Werner de metzendorp 1293 Johann Miles 1300 Henricus Longus 1300 Johann, filius Oseri 1300 Johann de Monte 1325 Henricus de Hetfield 1325 Nicolaus Fransoisser 1341 Nicolaus de Monte 1341 Hellingbernus Hetvelt 1341 Johann Horborch 1343 Thidericus uppen Perde 1343 Johann Militis 1347 Hinrich Hoop 1350 Thidericus uppen Perde 1350 Henricus de Monte 1356 Henricus Hoyeri 1361 Also known as Hein Hoyer Bertrammus Horborch 1366 Werner de Wighersen 1367 Ludolfus de Holdenstedte 1375 Christian Militis 1378 Also known as Kersten Miles Henricus (Heino) Ybing 1381 Johannes Hoyeri 1389 Marquard Schreye 1319 Meinard Buxtehude 1397 Hilmar Lopow 1401 Johann Lüneborg 1411 Henricus de Monte 1413 Henricus Hoyeri 1417 Johannes Wighe (Wye) 1420 Bernhard Borstelt 1422 Vicco de Hove 1431 Simon van Utrecht 1433 Hinrich Köting 1493 Thidericus Lüneborg 1443 Detlev Bremer 1447 Henricus Lopow 1451 Thidericus Gerlefstorp 1492 Henricus Lesemann 1458 Erich de Tzevena 1464 Albert Schilling 1464 Hinrich Murmester 1466 Johann Meiger 1472 Johann Huge 1478 Nicolaus de Schworen 1480 Hermann Langenbeck 1481 Henning Büring 1486 Christian Berchampe 1492 Erich von Tzeven 1499 Detlev Bremer 1499 Bartholomäus vom Rhyne 1505 Marquard vam Lo 1507–1519 [2] Johann Spreckelsen 1512 Nicolaus Thode 1517 Thidericus Hohusen 1517 unoccupied 1519–1520 Second Mayor was Dietrich [Thidericus?] Hohusen (1517–1546)[2] Erhard vom Holte 1520–1529 Also Gerhard vom Holte[2] Hinrich Salsborg 1523 Johann Hülpe 1524 Johann Wetken 1529–1533 [2] Paul Grote 1531 Albert Westede 1533–1538 [2] Johann Rodenborg 1536 Peter von Spreckelsen 1538– 1553 [2] Jürgen Plate 1546 Matthias Rheder 1547 Dithmar Kohl (Koel) 1548 Albert Hackmann 1553–1580 [2] unoccupied 1580–1581 Second Mayor was Paul Grote (1580–1584)[2] Lorenz Niebur 1557 Hermann Wetken 1564 Eberhard Moller 1571 Paul Grote 1580 Johann Niebur 1557 (1581–1590)[2] Nicolaus Vögeler 1581 Joachim vom Kape 1588 Diedrich von Eitzen 1589 unoccupied 1590–1591 Second Mayor: Joachim von Kape (1588–1594)[2] Erich von der Fechte 1591–1613 [2] Joachim Bekendorp 1593 Diederich vom Holte 1595 Vincent Moller 1599 Eberhard Twestreng 1606 Hieronimus Vögeler 1609 unoccupied 1613–1614 Second Mayor: Hieronymus Vögeler (1609–1642)[2] Sebastian von Bergen 1614–1623 [2] Johann Wetken: 1614 Bartholomäus Beckmann 1617 Joachim Claen 1622 Albert von Eitzen 1623 unoccupied 1623–1624 Ulrich Winkel 1624–1649 [2] Johannes Brand 1633 Bartholomäus Moller 1643 unoccupied 1649–1650 Second Mayor: Bartholomäus Moller (1643–1667)[2] Nicolaus Jarre 1650–1678 [2] Johann Schlebusch 1653 Peter Lütkens 1654 Wolfgang Meurer 1660 Bartholomäus Twestreng 1663 Johannes Schötteringk 1667 Johann Schulte 1668 Bruderus Pauli 
1670 Johann Schröder 1676 Heinrich Meurer 1678–1684 (First term)[2] Diedrich Moller 1680 Johann Schlüter 1684–1688 [2] Joachim Lemmermann 1684 Heinrich Meurer 1686 (1688–1690) Second term[2] Peter Lütkens 1687 Johannes Schafshausen 1690–1697 [2] Hieronimus Harticus Moller 1697 Peter von Lengerke (or Lengerks) 1697–1709 [2] Julius Surland 1702 Gerhard Schröder 1703 Paul Paulsen 1704 Lucas von Borstel 1709–1716 [2] Ludwig Becceler 1712 Manfred Matfeld 1716–1720 [2] Garlieb Sillem 1717 Hinrich Diedrich Wiese 1720–1928 (or Heinrich Dietrich Wiese)[2] Hans Jacob Faber 1722 Johann Anderson 1723 Rütger Rulant 1728–1742 [2] Daniel Stockfleth 1729 Martin Lucas Schele 1733 Johann H. Luis 1739 Cornelius Poppe 1741 Conrad Widow 1742 (1743–1754)[2] Nicolaus Stempeel 1743 Clemens Samuel Lipstrop 1749 Lucas von Spreckelsen 1750 Martin H. Schele 1751 Lucas Corthum 1751 Nicolaus Schuback 1759 (1754–1783)[2] Peter Greve 1759 Vincent Rumpff 1765 Johann Schlüter 1774 Albert Schule 1778 Frans Doormann 1780 Jacob Albrecht von Sienen 1781 Johann Anderson 1781 (1783–1790)[2] Johann Luis 1784 Johann Adolph Poppe 1786 Martin Dorner 1788 Franz Anton Wagener 1790–1801 [2] Daniel Lienau 1798 Peter Hinrich Widow 1800 Friedrich von Graffen 1801–1810 First term[2] Wilhelm Amsinck 1802 Johann Arnold Heise 1807 Amandus Augustus Abendroth 
1811–1813[2] Not included in the Meister's book.[3] Friedrich von Graffen 1815–1820 Second term[2] Christian Matthias Schröder 
1816 Johann Heinrich Bartels 1820–1850 Johann Daniel Koch 1821 Martin Garlieb Sillem 1829 Amandus Augustus Abendroth 1831 Martin H. Schötteringk 1832 Christian Daniel Benecke 1835 Heinrich Kellinghusen 
1842 Johann Ludwig Dammert 1843 Nicolaus Binder 1855 unoccupied 1850–1861 Second Mayor: Christian Daniel Benecke (1835–1851)
Third Mayor: Heinrich Kellinghusen (1842–1880)
Forth Mayor: Nicolaus Binder (1855–1861)
All:[2]After the constitutional changes of 1860–1919
Since 1860 Hamburg had a constitution. Members of the Hamburg senate were elected by the Hamburg Parliament—not coopted by the existing senate. They were lifelong members of the senate. From the three eldest and juristic trained members the senate elected annually the First Mayor of Hamburg (German title: Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg) – the presiding head – and his deputy (Second Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, German title: Zweiter Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg).
- Description of the method
Year First mayor Second mayor „sabbatical year“ 1 Senator A Senator B Senator C 2 Senator B Senator C Senator A 3 Senator C Senator A Senator B 4 Senator A Senator B Senator C All mayors are taken from Domizlaff: Das Hamburger Rathaus and are listed in Erste Bürgermeister Hamburgs 1507-2008, only changes in dates are marked by an added reference.
Name Image In office Note Friedrich Sieveking 1861–1862 Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller 1863–1864 Friedrich Sieveking 1865 Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller 1866–1867 (–1868)[2] Friedrich Sieveking 1868 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 
1869 Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller 1870 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1871–1872 Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller 1873 (1872–1873)[2] Hermann Goßler 1874 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1875 Carl Friedrich Petersen 
1876–1877 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1878 Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber 1879 Carl Friedrich Petersen 1880 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1881 Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber 1882 Carl Friedrich Petersen 1883 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1884 Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber 1885 The list Erste Bürgermeister Hamburgs 1507-2008 state Carl Friedrich Petersen. Carl Friedrich Petersen 1886 List: Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1887 List: Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann 
14 March 1887 – 1888 Carl Friedrich Petersen 1889 (1888)[2] Johannes Georg A. Versmann 1889 [2]Not mentioned in Domizlaff: Das Hamburger Rathaus Johann Georg Mönckeberg 
1890 Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann 1891 Carl Friedrich Petersen 1892 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1893 Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann 1894 Johannes Christian Eugen Lehmann 1895 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1896 Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann 1897 Johannes Christian Eugen Lehmann 1898 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1899 Johannes Christian Eugen Lehmann 1 January 1900 – 15 September 1900 Gerhard Hachmann 
19 November 1900 – 1901 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1902 Johann Heinrich Burchard 
1903 Gerhard Hachmann until 11 July 1904 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 11 July 1904 – 1905 Johann Heinrich Burchard 1906 Johann Otto Stammann 
1907 Johann Georg Mönckeberg until 27 March 1908 Johann Heinrich Burchard 3 April 1908 – 1909 Max Predöhl 
1910–1911 Johann Heinrich Burchard 1912 Carl August Schröder 
3 September 1912 – 1913 Max Predöhl 1914 Werner von Melle 
1915 Carl August Schröder 1916 Max Predöhl 1917 Werner von Melle 1918–1919 List of Second Mayors from 1860–1919 Name Image In office Note Ascan Wilhelm Lutteroth 1862–1863 Friedrich Sieveking 1864 Ascan Wilhelm Lutteroth Legat 1865–1866 Friedrich Sieveking 1867 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1868 Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller 1869 Hermann Goßler 1870–1871 Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller 1872 Hermann Goßler 1873 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1874 Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller 1875 Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber 1876 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1877 Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber 1878 Carl Friedrich Petersen 1879 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1880 Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber 1881 Carl Friedrich Petersen 1882 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1883 Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber 1884 Carl Friedrich Petersen 1885 Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer 1886 Max Theodor Hayn 14 March 1887 – 31 December 1887 Carl Friedrich Petersen 1888 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1889 Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann 1890 Carl Friedrich Petersen 1891 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1892 Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann 1893 Johannes Christian Eugen Lehmann 1894 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1895 Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann 1896 Johannes Christian Eugen Lehmann 1897 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1898 Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann 1899 Johannes Christian Eugen Lehmann 5 July 1899 – 31 December 1899 Gerhard Hachmann 1 January 1900 – 19 November 1900 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 19 November 1900 – 1901 Johann Heinrich Burchard 1902 Gerhard Hachmann 1903 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1 January 1904 – 11 July 1904 Johann Heinrich Burchard 11 July 1904 – 1905 Johann Otto Stammann 1906 Johann Georg Mönckeberg 1907 Johann Heinrich Burchard 1 January 1908 – 3 April 1908 William Henry O'Swald 
3 April 1908 – 1909 Carl August Schröder 1910 Johann Heinrich Burchard 1911 Carl August Schröder 1 January 1912 – 13 September 1912 Max Predöhl 13 September 1912 – 1913 Werner von Melle 1914 Carl August Schröder 1915 Max Predöhl 1916 Werner von Melle 1917 Carl August Schröder 1918–1919 Weimar Republic 1919–1933
During the German Revolution of 1918–1919 an Arbeiter- und Soldatenrat (Council of the Workers and Soldiers) was formed. From 12 November 1918 to 1919, a chairman was the head of state and city governemt: Heinrich Lauffenberg (–1919), Carl Hense (1919).[2] This is not mentioned in Domizlaff: Das Hamburger Rathaus. The period in Germany after the First World War until the takeover of power – by the Nazi Party in 1933 – is called Weimar Republic. The Hamburg Parliament was democratically elected.
- First Mayor of Hamburg
Image Party In office Note Werner von Melle 31 March 1919 – 31 December 1919 (–1920)[2] Gustav Friedrich Carl Johann Sthamer 
1 January 1920 – 1 February 1920 Arnold Diestel 
German Democratic Party (DDP) 2 February 1920 – 31 December 1923 (–1924)[2] Carl Wilhelm Petersen DDP 1 January 1924 – 31 December 1929 Rudolf Adolf Wilhelm Roß Social Democratic Party (SPD) 1 January 1930 – 31 December 1931 Carl Wilhelm Petersen DDP 1 January 1932 – 7 March 1933 - Second Mayor
Image Party In office Note Otto Stolten SPD 31 March 1919 – 1925 Max Schramm SPD 1925 – 4 April 1928 Rudolf Ross SPD 5 April 1928 – 31 December 1929 Carl Wilhelm Petersen DDP 1 January 1930 – 31 December 1931 Rudolf Ross SPD 1 January 1932 – 3 March 1933 Third Reich 1933–1945
In Nazi Germany the Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches (Law concerning the reconstruction of the Reich) (30 January 1934) abandoned the concept of a federal republic. The political institutions of the Länder were practically abolished altogether, passing all powers to the central government. The Hamburg Parliament had been dissolved. The First Mayor was appointed by the Reich Interior Minister, though Hitler himself reserved the right to appoint him (as was also the case with Berlin and Vienna). The real head of the Hamburg executive was the Reichsstatthalter (Regional governor or imperial governor) Karl Kaufmann: 1933–1945[4]
Party In office Note Carl Vincent Krogmann NSDAP 8 March 1933 – 3 May 1945 (–1936)[2] - Second Mayor
Party In office Note Wilhelm Amsinck Burchard-Motz DVP 8 March – 18 May 1933 Appointed by the British occupation forces 1945–1946
After the Second World War until 1949, Hamburg was in the British occupation zone.
Party In office Note Rudolf Hieronymus Petersen Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 15 May 1945 – 22 November 1946 - Second Mayor
Party In office Note Adolph Schönfelder SPD 6 June 1945 – 15 November 1946 Since 1946
See also: Hamburg state election, 2001, Hamburg state election, 2004, Hamburg state election, 2008, and Hamburg state election, 2011Mayors during the federal parliamentary republic of Germany.
Image Party In office Note Max Brauer 
SPD 22 November 1946 – 2 December 1953 Kurt Sieveking CDU 2 December 1953 – 4 December 1957 Max Brauer SPD 4 December 1957 – 31 December 1960 Paul Nevermann SPD 1 January 1961 – 9 June 1965 Herbert Weichmann SPD 9 June 1965 – 9 June 1971 Peter Schulz SPD 9 June 1971 – 4 November 1974 Hans-Ulrich Klose 
SPD 12 November 1974 – 22 May 1981 [5] Klaus von Dohnanyi 
SPD 24 June 1981 – 8 June 1988 [6] Henning Voscherau 
SPD 8 June 1988 – 8 October 1997 [7][8] Ortwin Runde 
SPD 12 November 1997 – 31 October 2001 [9] Ole von Beust 
CDU 31 October 2001 – 25 August 2010 [10] Christoph Ahlhaus 
CDU 25 August 2010 – 7 March 2011 Olaf Scholz 
SPD Since 7 March 2011 - Second Mayor
Image Party In office Note Christian Koch Free Democratic Party (FDP) 19 November 1946 – 18 February 1950 Paul Nevermann SPD 24 February 1950 – 2 December 1953 Edgar Engelhard FDP 2 December 1953 – 27 April 1966 Wilhelm Drexelius 27 April 1966 – 2 April 1970 Peter Schulz SPD 22 April 1970 – 9 June 1971 Helmuth Kern SPD 9 June 1971 – 3 October 1972 Hans Rau FDP 3 October 1972 – 30 April 1974 Dieter Biallas 
FDP 30 April 1974 – 28 June 1978 Helga Elstner SPD 28 June 1978 – 13 June 1984 Alfons Pawelczyk SPD 13 June 1984 – 2 September 1987 Ingo von Münch FDP 2 September 1987 – 26 June 1991 Hans-Jürgen Krupp SPD 26 June 1991 – 1 December 1993 Erhard Rittershaus STATT 15 December 1993 – 12 November 1997 Krista Sager GAL 12 November 1997 – 31 October 2001 [11] Ronald B. Schill Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive (PRO) 31 October 2001 – 19 August 2003 [9] Mario Mettbach PRO 21 August 2003 – 17 March 2004 [12] Birgit Schnieber-Jastram CDU 17 March 2004 – 7 May 2008 [13] Christa Goetsch 
GAL since 7 May 2008 – 29 November 2010 [14] Dietrich Wersich CDU 30 November 2010 – 7 March 2011 Dorothee Stapelfeldt SPD Since 7 March 2011 Notes and references
- ^ Verg, Erik; Verg, Martin (2007). Das Abenteuer das Hamburg heißt (4th ed.). Hamburg: Ellert&Richter. p. 264. ISBN 9783831901371. (German)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap (in German) Erste Bürgermeister Hamburgs 1507-2008. Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Senatskanzlei. http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/1714146/data/liste-der-buergermeister-seit-1507.pdf. Retrieved 2009-09-22
- ^ "Abendroth, Amandus Augustus". Leipzig: Historische Commission bei der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1875. http://mdz.bib-bvb.de/digbib/lexika. Retrieved 2008-09-30. Retrieved from Elektronische Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (German) (Sütterlin script)
- ^ Verg, pp 161–163
- ^ Last mayor in Domizlaff as no. 182
- ^ "Dr Klaus von Dohnanyi". Celebrity Speakers Ltd. http://www.speakers.co.uk/csaWeb/speaker,KLADOH. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Henning Voscherau: Langjähriger Bürgermeister Hamburgs". NDR online. http://www1.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/portraet70.html. Retrieved 2008-10-05. (German)
- ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". German National Library. http://d-nb.info/gnd/128650656. Retrieved 2008-10-05. (German)
- ^ a b "Schroeder's Party Appears to Lose Pivotal Vote". http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/09/24/germ_ed3__4.php. Retrieved 2008-10-06.[dead link]
- ^ "Mayor von Beust to govern alone after victory in Hamburg election". Deutsche Welle. 2004. http://www.citymayors.com/politics/hamburg_election.html. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ Martin Christensen. "German Parties". http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/germany_parties.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Hamburg's conservative government collapses after another farce". City Mayors Archive. http://www.citymayors.com/news/hamburg_schill.html. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ "Senatorin Schnieber-Jastram zieht sich zurück". Welt online. http://www.welt.de/hamburg/article1904024/Senatorin_Schnieber_Jastram_zieht_sich_zurueck.html. Retrieved 2008-10-05. (German)
- ^ "Christa Goetsch (Greens Party) newly elected ..". USAtoday Cruise log. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?&type=photo&photo_id=0gY4cCaaQ82N6&pn=2&tid=0c4L1df0EYc8n. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- General
- (1293 – 1977) Domizlaff, Svante (2002) (in German). Das Hamburger Rathaus (first ed.). Hamburg: Edition Maritim. ISBN 9783892254652. (Note: not included in the 2nd edition.)
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