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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.

As Hamburg for much of its history was a free imperial city and later a sovereign state, the position of First Mayor historically was equivalent to that of a sovereign head of state. In the 1871–1918 German Empire, the Hamburg First Mayor was equivalent to the federal princes of the 23 German monarchies (4 of whom holding the title King and the others holding titles such as Grand Duke, Duke or Sovereign Prince). Since 1918, his position is equivalent to that of the ministers-president of the (West) German states.

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.

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 Erteneborch1293
Werner de metzendorp1293
Johann Miles1300
Henricus Longus1300
Johann, filius Oseri1300
Johann de Monte1325
Henricus de Hetfield1325
Nicolaus Fransoisser1341
Nicolaus de Monte1341
Hellingbernus Hetvelt1341
Johann Horborch1343
Thidericus uppen Perde1343
Johann Militis1347
Hinrich Hoop1350
Thidericus uppen Perde1350
Henricus de Monte1356
Henricus Hoyeri1361Also known as Hein Hoyer
Bertrammus Horborch1366
Werner de Wighersen1367
Ludolfus de Holdenstedte1375
Christian Militis1378Also known as Kersten Miles
Henricus (Heino) Ybing1381
Johannes Hoyeri1389
Marquard Schreye1319
Meinard Buxtehude1397
Hilmar Lopow1401
Johann Lüneborg1411
Henricus de Monte1413
Henricus Hoyeri1417
Johannes Wighe (Wye)1420
Bernhard Borstelt1422
Vicco de Hove1431
Simon van Utrecht1433
Hinrich Köting1493
Thidericus Lüneborg1443
Detlev Bremer1447
Henricus Lopow1451
Thidericus Gerlefstorp1492
Henricus Lesemann1458
Erich de Tzevena1464
Albert Schilling1464
Hinrich Murmester1466
Johann Meiger1472
Johann Huge1478
Nicolaus de Schworen1480
Hermann Langenbeck1481
Henning Büring1486
Christian Berchampe1492
Erich von Tzeven1499
Detlev Bremer1499
Bartholomäus vom Rhyne1505
Marquard vam Lo1507–1519[2]
Johann Spreckelsen1512
Nicolaus Thode1517
Thidericus Hohusen1517
unoccupied1519–1520Second Mayor was Dietrich [Thidericus?] Hohusen (1517–1546)[2]
Erhard vom Holte1520–1529Also Gerhard vom Holte[2]
Hinrich Salsborg1523
Johann Hülpe1524
Johann Wetken1529–1533[2]
Paul Grote1531
Albert Westede1533–1538[2]
Johann Rodenborg1536
Peter von Spreckelsen1538– 1553[2]
Jürgen Plate1546
Matthias Rheder1547
Ditmar Koel1548
Albert Hackmann1553–1580[2]
unoccupied1580–1581Second Mayor was Paul Grote (1580–1584)[2]
Lorenz Niebur1557
Hermann Wetken1564
Eberhard Moller1571
Paul Grote1580
Johann Niebur1557(1581–1590)[2]
Nicolaus Vögeler1581
Joachim vom Kape1588
Diedrich von Eitzen1589
unoccupied1590–1591Second Mayor: Joachim von Kape (1588–1594)[2]
Erich von der Fechte1591–1613[2]
Joachim Bekendorp1593
Diederich vom Holte1595
Vincent Moller1599
Eberhard Twestreng1606
Hieronimus Vögeler1609
unoccupied1613–1614Second Mayor: Hieronymus Vögeler (1609–1642)[2]
Sebastian von Bergen1614–1623[2]
Johann Wetken:1614
Bartholomäus Beckmann1617
Joachim Claen1622
Albert von Eitzen1623
unoccupied1623–1624
Ulrich Winkel1624–1649[2]
Johannes Brand1633–1652
Bartholomäus Moller1643
unoccupied1649–1650Second Mayor: Bartholomäus Moller (1643–1667)[2]
Nicolaus Jarre1650–1678[2]
Johann Schlebusch1653
Peter Lütkens1654
Wolfgang Meurer1660
Bartholomäus Twestreng1663
Johannes Schötteringk1667
Johann Schulte1668
Bruderus Pauli1670–1680
Johann Schröder1676
Heinrich Meurer1678–1684(First term)[2]
Diedrich Moller1680
Johann Schlüter1684–1688[2]
Joachim Lemmermann1684
Heinrich Meurer1686(1688–1690) Second term[2]
Peter Lütkens1687–1717
Johannes Schafshausen1690–1697[2]
Hieronimus Harticus Moller1697
Peter von Lengerke (or Lengerks)1697–1709[2]
Julius Surland1702
Gerhard Schröder1703
Paul Paulsen1704
Lucas von Borstel1709–1716[2]
Ludwig Becceler1712
Manfred Matfeld1716–1720[2]
Garlieb Sillem1717
Hinrich Diedrich Wiese1720–1728(or Heinrich Dietrich Wiese)[2]
Hans Jacob Faber1722
Johann Anderson1723
Rütger Rulant1728–1742[2]
Daniel Stockfleth1729
Martin Lucas Schele1733
Johann H. Luis1739
Cornelius Poppe1741
Conrad Widow1742–1754(1743–1754)[2]
Nicolaus Stempeel1743
Clemens Samuel Lipstrop1749
Lucas von Spreckelsen1750
Martin H. Schele1751
Lucas Corthum1751
Nicolaus Schuback1759(1754–1783)[2]
Peter Greve1759
Vincent Rumpff1765
Johann Schlüter1774
Albert Schule1778
Frans Doormann1780
Jacob Albrecht von Sienen1781
Johann Anderson1781(1783–1790)[2]
Johann Luis1784
Johann Adolph Poppe1786
Martin Dorner1788
Franz Anton Wagener1790–1801[2]
Daniel Lienau1798
Peter Hinrich Widow1800–1802
Friedrich von Graffen1801–1810First term[2]
Wilhelm Amsinck1802
Johann Arnold Heise1807
Amandus Augustus Abendroth1811–1813[2]Not included in the Meister's book.[3]
Friedrich von Graffen1815–1820Second term[2]
Christian Matthias Schröder1816
Johann Heinrich Bartels1820–1850
Johann Daniel Koch1821
Martin Garlieb Sillem1829
Amandus Augustus Abendroth1831
Martin H. Schötteringk1832
Christian Daniel Benecke1835
Heinrich Kellinghusen1842
Johann Ludwig Dammert1843
Nicolaus Binder1855
unoccupied1850–1861Second Mayor: Christian Daniel Benecke (1835–1851)
Third Mayor: Heinrich Kellinghusen (1842–1880)
Fourth 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 Sieveking1861–1862
Ferdinand Haller1863–1864
Friedrich Sieveking1865
Ferdinand Haller1866–1867(−1868)[2]
Friedrich Sieveking1868
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1869
Ferdinand Haller1870
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1871–1872
Ferdinand Haller1873(1872–1873)[2]
Hermann Goßler1874
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1875
Carl Petersen1876–1877
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1878
Hermann Weber1879
Carl Petersen1880
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1881
Hermann Weber1882
Carl Petersen1883
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1884
Hermann Weber1885The list Erste Bürgermeister Hamburgs 1507–2008 state Carl Friedrich Petersen.
Carl Petersen1886List: Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1887List: Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann
Johannes Versmann14 March 1887 – 1888
Carl Petersen1889(1888)[2]
Johannes Versmann1889[2] Not mentioned in Domizlaff: Das Hamburger Rathaus
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1890
Johannes Versmann1891
Carl Petersen1892
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1893
Johannes Versmann1894
Johannes Lehmann1895
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1896
Johannes Versmann1897
Johannes Lehmann1898
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1899
Johannes Lehmann1 January 1900 – 15 September 1900
Gerhard Hachmann19 November 1900 – 1901
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1902
Johann Heinrich Burchard1903
Gerhard Hachmannuntil 11 July 1904
Johann Georg Mönckeberg11 July 1904 – 1905
Johann Heinrich Burchard1906
Johann Otto Stammann1907
Johann Georg Mönckeberguntil 27 March 1908
Johann Heinrich Burchard3 April 1908 – 1909
Max Predöhl1910–1911
Johann Heinrich Burchard1912
Carl August Schröder3 September 1912 – 1913
Max Predöhl1914
Werner von Melle1915
Carl August Schröder1916
Max Predöhl1917
Werner von Melle1918–1919
List of Second Mayors from 1860–1919
Name Image In office Note
Ascan Wilhelm Lutteroth1862–1863
Friedrich Sieveking1864
Ascan Wilhelm Lutteroth Legat1865–1866
Friedrich Sieveking1867
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1868
Ferdinand Haller1869
Hermann Goßler1870–1871
Ferdinand Haller1872
Hermann Goßler1873
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1874
Ferdinand Haller1875
Hermann Weber1876
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1877
Hermann Weber1878
Carl Friedrich Petersen1879
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1880
Hermann Weber1881
Carl Friedrich Petersen1882
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1883
Hermann Weber1884
Carl Friedrich Petersen1885
Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer1886
Johannes Versmann1 January 1887 – 14 March 1887
Max Theodor Hayn14 March 1887 – 31 December 1887
Carl Friedrich Petersen1888
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1889
Johannes Versmann1890
Carl Friedrich Petersen1891
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1892
Johannes Versmann1893
Johannes Lehmann1894
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1895
Johannes Versmann1896
Johannes Lehmann1897
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1898
Johannes Versmann1899
Johannes Lehmann5 July 1899 – 31 December 1899
Gerhard Hachmann1 January 1900 – 19 November 1900
Johann Georg Mönckeberg19 November 1900 – 1901
Johann Heinrich Burchard1902
Gerhard Hachmann1903
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1 January 1904 – 11 July 1904
Johann Heinrich Burchard11 July 1904 – 1905
Johann Otto Stammann1906
Johann Georg Mönckeberg1907
Johann Heinrich Burchard1 January 1908 – 3 April 1908
William Henry O'Swald3 April 1908 – 1909
Carl August Schröder1910
Johann Heinrich Burchard1911
Carl August Schröder1 January 1912 – 13 September 1912
Max Predöhl13 September 1912 – 1913
Werner von Melle1914
Carl August Schröder1915
Max Predöhl1916
Werner von Melle1917
Carl August Schröder1918–1919

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 government: 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 Melle31 March 1919 – 31 December 1919(−1920)[2]
Friedrich Sthamer1 January 1920 – 1 February 1920
Arnold DiestelGerman Democratic Party (DDP)2 February 1920 – 31 December 1923(−1924)[2]
Carl Wilhelm PetersenDDP1 January 1924 – 31 December 1929
Rudolf RossSocial Democratic Party (SPD)1 January 1930 – 31 December 1931
Carl Wilhelm PetersenDDP1 January 1932 – 7 March 1933
Second Mayor
Image Party In office Note
Otto StoltenSPD31 March 1919 – 1925
Max SchrammSPD1925 – 4 April 1928
Rudolf Adolf Wilhelm RoßSPD5 April 1928 – 31 December 1929
Carl Wilhelm PetersenDDP1 January 1930 – 31 December 1931
Rudolf RossSPD1 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]

Image Party In office Note
Carl Vincent KrogmannNSDAP8 March 1933 – 3 May 1945(−1936)[2]
Second Mayor
Image Party In office Note
Wilhelm Amsinck Burchard-MotzDVP8 March – 18 May 1933

Colonel Robert Gordon Kitchen VI Governor of Hamburg during the control of the British Army 1945 1946

Appointed by the British occupation forces 1945–1946

After the Second World War until 1949, Hamburg was in the British occupation zone.

Image Party In office Note
Rudolf Hieronymus PetersenChristian Democratic Union (CDU)15 May 1945 – 22 November 1946
Second Mayor
Image Party In office Note
Adolph SchönfelderSPD6 June 1945 – 15 November 1946

Since 1946

Mayors during the federal parliamentary republic of Germany.

Image Party In office Note
Max BrauerSPD22 November 1946 – 2 December 1953
Kurt SievekingCDU2 December 1953 – 4 December 1957
Max BrauerSPD4 December 1957 – 31 December 1960
Paul NevermannSPD1 January 1961 – 9 June 1965
Herbert WeichmannSPD9 June 1965 – 9 June 1971
Peter SchulzSPD9 June 1971 – 4 November 1974
Hans-Ulrich KloseSPD12 November 1974 – 22 May 1981[5]
Klaus von DohnanyiSPD24 June 1981 – 8 June 1988[6]
Henning VoscherauSPD8 June 1988 – 8 October 1997[7][8]
Ortwin RundeSPD12 November 1997 – 31 October 2001[9]
Ole von BeustCDU31 October 2001 – 25 August 2010[10]
Christoph AhlhausCDU25 August 2010 – 7 March 2011
Olaf ScholzSPD7 March 2011 – 13 March 2018
Second Mayor
Image Party In office Note
Christian KochFree Democratic Party (FDP)19 November 1946 – 18 February 1950
Paul NevermannSPD24 February 1950 – 2 December 1953
Edgar EngelhardFDP2 December 1953 – 27 April 1966
Wilhelm Drexelius27 April 1966 – 2 April 1970
Peter SchulzSPD22 April 1970 – 9 June 1971
Helmuth KernSPD9 June 1971 – 3 October 1972
Hans RauFDP3 October 1972 – 30 April 1974
Dieter BiallasFDP30 April 1974 – 28 June 1978
Helga ElstnerSPD28 June 1978 – 13 June 1984
Alfons PawelczykSPD13 June 1984 – 2 September 1987
Ingo von MünchFDP2 September 1987 – 26 June 1991
Hans-Jürgen KruppSPD26 June 1991 – 1 December 1993
Erhard RittershausSTATT15 December 1993 – 12 November 1997
Krista SagerGAL12 November 1997 – 31 October 2001[11]
Ronald B. SchillPartei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive (PRO)31 October 2001 – 19 August 2003[9]
Mario MettbachPRO21 August 2003 – 17 March 2004[12]
Birgit Schnieber-JastramCDU17 March 2004 – 7 May 2008[13]
Christa GoetschGAL7 May 2008 – 29 November 2010[14]
Dietrich WersichCDU30 November 2010 – 7 March 2011
Dorothee StapelfeldtSPD7 March 2011 – 15 April 2015
Katharina FegebankAlliance '90/The GreensSince 15 April 2015

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Verg, Erik; Verg, Martin (2007). Das Abenteuer das Hamburg heißt (in German) (4th ed.). Hamburg: Ellert&Richter. p. 264. ISBN 978-3-8319-0137-1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 "Erste Bürgermeister Hamburgs 1507–2008" (PDF). — (in German). Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Senatskanzlei. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Abendroth, Amandus Augustus". Leipzig: Historische Commission bei der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1875. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 2008-09-30. Retrieved from Elektronische Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German) (Sütterlin script)
  4. ↑ Verg, pp 161–163
  5. ↑ Last mayor in Domizlaff as no. 182
  6. ↑ "Dr Klaus von Dohnanyi". Celebrity Speakers Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  7. ↑ "Henning Voscherau: Langjähriger Bürgermeister Hamburgs" (in German). NDR online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  8. ↑ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek" (in German). German National Library. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  9. 1 2 "Schroeder's Party Appears to Lose Pivotal Vote". Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  10. ↑ "Mayor von Beust to govern alone after victory in Hamburg election". Deutsche Welle. 2004. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2008.
  11. ↑ Martin Christensen. "German Parties". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  12. ↑ "Hamburg's conservative government collapses after another farce". City Mayors Archive. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  13. ↑ "Senatorin Schnieber-Jastram zieht sich zurück" (in German). Welt online. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  14. ↑ Sloan, Gene. "Christa Goetsch (Greens Party) newly elected ." USAtoday Cruise log. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
General

  • (1293–1977) Domizlaff, Svante (2002). Das Hamburger Rathaus (in German) (first ed.). Hamburg: Edition Maritim. ISBN 978-3-89225-465-2. (Note: not included in the 2nd edition.)
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