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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 previously been called the council (in the German language of that time: Rath). It is headed by the First Mayor of Hamburg (German title: Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg) as the President of the Senate. The deputy is the Second Mayor.
For much of its history, Hamburg 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 held the title of King and the others holding titles such as Grand Duke, Duke or Sovereign Prince). Since 1918, the 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, and was elected by, the members of the Senate. Since then, the Hamburg Parliament (German: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) has elected the First Mayor; the First Mayor is 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 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 | ||
| Ditmar 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 | 1633–1652 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Broderus Pauli |  |
1670–1680 | |
| 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 |  |
1687–1717 | |
| 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 | ||
| Bernhard Matfeld | 1716–1720 | [2] | |
| Garlieb Sillem |  |
1717 | |
| Hinrich Diedrich Wiese | 1720–1728 | (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 |  |
1742–1754 | (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 Schulte | 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 | 1800–1802 | ||
| 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) Fourth Mayor: Nicolaus Binder (1855–1861) All:[2] |
Hamburg (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
1861–1862 | ||
| Ferdinand Haller | 
|
1863–1864 | |
|
1865 | ||
| Ferdinand Haller |
|
1866–1867 | (−1868)[2] |
|
1868 | ||
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer |  |
1869 | |
| Ferdinand Haller | |
1870 | |
| Hamburg became a part of German Empire in 1871 | |||
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer |
|
1871–1872 | |
| Ferdinand Haller |
|
1873 | (1872–1873)[2] |
| Hermann Goßler | 1874 | ||
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer |
|
1875 | |
| Carl Petersen |  |
1876–1877 | |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer |
|
1878 | |
 |
1879 | ||
| Carl Petersen | |
1880 | |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer |
|
1881 | |
|
1882 | ||
| Carl Petersen | |
1883 | |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer |
|
1884 | |
|
1885 | The list Erste Bürgermeister Hamburgs 1507–2008 state Carl Friedrich Petersen. | |
| Carl Petersen | |
1886 | List: Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer |
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer | |
1887 | List: Johannes Georg Andreas Versmann |
| Johannes Versmann |  |
14 March 1887 – 1888 | |
| Carl Petersen | |
1889 | (1888)[2] |
| Johannes Versmann | |
1889 | [2] Not mentioned in Domizlaff: Das Hamburger Rathaus |
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg |  |
1890 | |
| Johannes Versmann | |
1891 | |
| Carl Petersen | |
1892 | |
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | |
1893 | |
| Johannes Versmann | |
1894 | |
| 1895 | |||
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | |
1896 | |
| Johannes Versmann | |
1897 | |
| 1898 | |||
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | |
1899 | |
| 1 January 1900 – 15 September 1900 | |||
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19 November 1900 – 1901 | ||
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | |
1902 | |
| Johann Heinrich Burchard |  |
1903 | |
|
until 5 July 1904 | ||
| Johann Georg Mönckeberg | |
5 July 1904 – 1905 | |
| Johann Heinrich Burchard | |
1906 | |
 |
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 | |
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: (−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 | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Werner von Melle[2] |
|
31 March 1919 | 31 December 1919 | |
| Friedrich Sthamer | 
|
1 January 1920 | 1 February 1920 | |
| Arnold Diestel[2] | 
|
DDP | 2 February 1920 | 31 December 1923 |
| Carl Wilhelm Petersen | DDP | 1 January 1924 | 31 December 1929 | |
| Rudolf Ross |  |
|
SPD | 1 January 1930 | 31 December 1931 |
| Carl Wilhelm Petersen | DDP | 1 January 1932 | 7 March 1933 |
- Second Mayor of Hamburg
| Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPD | 31 March 1919 | 1925 | |
| 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 |
Nazi Germany (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 | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Vincent Krogmann[2] | NSDAP | 8 March 1933 | 3 May 1945 |
- Second Mayor
| Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Amsinck Burchard-Motz | DVP | 8 March 1933 | 18 May 1933 |
Colonel Robert Gordon Kitchen VI, Governor of Hamburg during the control of the British Army 1945–1946.
Under British occupation (1945–1949)[]
After the Second World War until 1949, Hamburg was in the British occupation zone. The mayor was appointed by the British military.
| Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Hieronymus Petersen | CDU | 15 May 1945 | 22 November 1946 |
| Max Brauer | SPD | 22 November 1946 | 23 May 1949 |
- Second Mayor
| Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolph Schönfelder | SPD | 6 June 1945 | 15 November 1946 |
| FDP | 19 November 1946 | 23 May 1949 |
Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)[]
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg[]
Mayors during the federal parliamentary republic of Germany.
- First Mayor of Hamburg
| Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Days | |||||
| Hamburg (1949–present) | |||||||
| City-state of the Federal Republic of Germany | |||||||
| 1 | 
|
Max Brauer First term (1887–1973) |
23 May 1949 | 2 December 1953 | 1654 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 2 | 
|
Kurt Sieveking (1897–1986) |
2 December 1953 | 4 December 1957 | 1463 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 3 (1) |
|
Max Brauer Second term (1887–1973) |
4 December 1957 | 31 December 1960 (resigned) |
1123 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 4 | 
|
Paul Nevermann (1902–1979) |
1 January 1961 | 9 June 1965 (resigned) |
1620 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 5 | 
|
Herbert Weichmann (1896-1983) |
9 June 1965 | 9 June 1971 (resigned) |
2191 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 6 | 
|
Peter Schulz (1930–2013) |
9 June 1971 | 4 November 1974 (resigned) |
1244 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 7 | 
|
Hans-Ulrich Klose[5] (born 1937) |
12 November 1974 | 22 May 1981 (resigned) |
2383 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 8 | 
|
Klaus von Dohnanyi (born 1928) |
24 June 1981 | 8 June 1988 | 2541 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 9 | 
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Henning Voscherau[6][7] (1941–2016) |
8 June 1988 | 8 October 1997 (resigned) |
3409 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 10 | 
|
Ortwin Runde[8] (born 1944) |
12 November 1997 | 31 October 2001 | 1449 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 11 | 
|
Ole von Beust (born 1955) |
31 October 2001 | 25 August 2010 (resigned) |
3220 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 12 | 
|
Christoph Ahlhaus (born 1969) |
25 August 2010 | 7 March 2011 | 194 | Christian Democratic Union | |
| 13 | 
|
Olaf Scholz (born 1958) |
7 March 2011 | 13 March 2018 (resigned) |
2563 | Social Democratic Party | |
| 14 | 
|
Peter Tschentscher (born 1966) |
28 March 2018 | Incumbent | 1395 | Social Democratic Party | |
- Second Mayor of Hamburg
Notes and references[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 "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. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ "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)
- ^ Verg, pp. 161–163
- ^ Last mayor in Domizlaff as no. 182
- ^ "Henning Voscherau: Langjähriger Bürgermeister Hamburgs" (in German). NDR online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek" (in German). German National Library. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ a b "Schroeder's Party Appears to Lose Pivotal Vote". Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
- ^ Martin Christensen. "German Parties". Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
- ^ "Hamburg's conservative government collapses after another farce". City Mayors Archive. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Senatorin Schnieber-Jastram zieht sich zurück" (in German). Welt online. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ 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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