List of mayors of Hamburg
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City-state
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in Germany
Germany
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. The mayor
Mayor
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s are the head of the city-state
City-state
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, part of the government of Hamburg
Government of Hamburg
The government of Hamburg is divided into executive, legislative and judicial branches. Due to the characteristic that Hamburg is a city-state and a municipality in Germany, the governance deals several details of state politics and community politics. It takes place in two ranks; a city-wide and...
. Since 1861 according to the constitution of 28 September 1860
Constitution of Hamburg
The Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg is the basic governing document of the German city-state of Hamburg. It was approved on 6 June 1952...
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
World War I
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the two mayors were elected for one-year-terms. Until 1997 the First Mayor was primus inter pares
Primus inter pares
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among his colleagues in the Senate, by whom he was elected. Since then, he has been elected by the Hamburg Parliament
Hamburg Parliament
The Hamburg Parliament is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg according to the constitution of Hamburg. As of 2011 there were 121 members in the parliament, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies...
(German: Hamburgische Bürgerschaft) and been able to appoint and dismiss other Senators.
1293–1860
The function of burgomasterBurgomaster
Burgomaster is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration...
(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. On 6 August 1806 Hamburg gained sovereignty
Sovereignty
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as an independent country. From 1811 to 1814 Hamburg was part of France
France
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in the Bouches-de-l'Elbe
Bouches-de-l'Elbe
Bouches-de-l'Elbe is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Germany that survived three years. It is named after the mouth of the river Elbe...
.
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 Hein Hoyer Hein Hoyer was a German statesman and mayor of Hamburg.His family belonged to the local upper class and Hoyer was elected as a member of the Rat , where he defended the interests of the bourgeois opposition against the older families, in 1413... |
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 Simon of Utrecht Simon of Utrecht was a warship captain of the Hanseatic League during the Middle Ages. He was probably born in Flanders, but emigrated to Hamburg, Germany, where he received citizenship in 1400... |
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 | ||
| Johann Spreckelsen | 1512 | ||
| Nicolaus Thode | 1517 | ||
| Thidericus Hohusen | 1517 | ||
| unoccupied | 1519–1520 | Second Mayor was Dietrich [Thidericus?] Hohusen (1517–1546) | |
| Erhard vom Holte | 1520–1529 | Also Gerhard vom Holte | |
| Hinrich Salsborg | 1523 | ||
| Johann Hülpe | 1524 | ||
| Johann Wetken | 1529–1533 | ||
| Paul Grote | 1531 | ||
| Albert Westede | 1533–1538 | ||
| Johann Rodenborg | 1536 | ||
| Peter von Spreckelsen | 1538– 1553 | ||
| Jürgen Plate | 1546 | ||
| Matthias Rheder | 1547 | ||
| Dithmar Kohl (Koel) | 1548 | ||
| Albert Hackmann | 1553–1580 | ||
| unoccupied | 1580–1581 | Second Mayor was Paul Grote (1580–1584) | |
| Lorenz Niebur | 1557 | ||
| Hermann Wetken | 1564 | ||
| Eberhard Moller | 1571 | ||
| Paul Grote | 1580 | ||
| Johann Niebur | 1557 | (1581–1590) | |
| Nicolaus Vögeler | 1581 | ||
| Joachim vom Kape | 1588 | ||
| Diedrich von Eitzen | 1589 | ||
| unoccupied | 1590–1591 | Second Mayor: Joachim von Kape (1588–1594) | |
| Erich von der Fechte | 1591–1613 | ||
| 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) | |
| Sebastian von Bergen | 1614–1623 | ||
| Johann Wetken: | 1614 | ||
| Bartholomäus Beckmann | 1617 | ||
| Joachim Claen | 1622 | ||
| Albert von Eitzen | 1623 | ||
| unoccupied | 1623–1624 | ||
| Ulrich Winkel | 1624–1649 | ||
| Johannes Brand | 1633 | ||
| Bartholomäus Moller | 1643 | ||
| unoccupied | 1649–1650 | Second Mayor: Bartholomäus Moller (1643–1667) | |
| Nicolaus Jarre | 1650–1678 | ||
| 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) | |
| Diedrich Moller | 1680 | ||
| Johann Schlüter | 1684–1688 | ||
| Joachim Lemmermann | 1684 | ||
| Heinrich Meurer | 1686 | (1688–1690) Second term | |
| Peter Lütkens | 1687 | ||
| Johannes Schafshausen | 1690–1697 | ||
| Hieronimus Harticus Moller | 1697 | ||
| Peter von Lengerke (or Lengerks) | 1697–1709 | ||
| Julius Surland | 1702 | ||
| Gerhard Schröder | 1703 | ||
| Paul Paulsen | 1704 | ||
| Lucas von Borstel | 1709–1716 | ||
| Ludwig Becceler | 1712 | ||
| Manfred Matfeld | 1716–1720 | ||
| Garlieb Sillem | 1717 | ||
| Hinrich Diedrich Wiese | 1720–1928 | (or Heinrich Dietrich Wiese) | |
| Hans Jacob Faber | 1722 | ||
| Johann Anderson | 1723 | ||
| Rütger Rulant | 1728–1742 | ||
| Daniel Stockfleth | 1729 | ||
| Martin Lucas Schele | 1733 | ||
| Johann H. Luis | 1739 | ||
| Cornelius Poppe | 1741 | ||
| Conrad Widow | 1742 | (1743–1754) | |
| Nicolaus Stempeel | 1743 | ||
| Clemens Samuel Lipstrop | 1749 | ||
| Lucas von Spreckelsen | 1750 | ||
| Martin H. Schele | 1751 | ||
| Lucas Corthum | 1751 | ||
| Nicolaus Schuback Nicolaus Schuback Nicolaus Schuback was a lawyer from Germany. In the time from October 29, 1754 till August 28, 1782 he was mayor of Hamburg. Upon his death his family minted a special coin which was given to the people who attended the funeral.- Sources :... |
1759 | (1754–1783) | |
| 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) | |
| Johann Luis | 1784 | ||
| Johann Adolph Poppe | 1786 | ||
| Martin Dorner | 1788 | ||
| Franz Anton Wagener | 1790–1801 | ||
| Daniel Lienau | 1798 | ||
| Peter Hinrich Widow | 1800 | ||
| Friedrich von Graffen | 1801–1810 | First term | |
| Wilhelm Amsinck | 1802 | ||
| Johann Arnold Heise | 1807 | ||
| Amandus Augustus Abendroth Amandus Augustus Abendroth Amandus Augustus Abendroth was a German jurist and mayor of Hamburg.He was the son of Abraham Augustus Abendroth, a lower court procuraton from Eisenberg, Saxony. Beginning in 1787, he studied law in Erlangen and Göttingen, where he was awarded a doctorate on 30 March 1790. He married in Venice... |
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1811–1813 | Not included in the Meister's book. |
| Friedrich von Graffen | 1815–1820 | Second term | |
| 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: |
After the constitutional changes of 1860–1919
Since 1860 Hamburg had a constitutionConstitution of Hamburg
The Constitution of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg is the basic governing document of the German city-state of Hamburg. It was approved on 6 June 1952...
. Members of the Hamburg senate were elected by the Hamburg Parliament
Hamburg Parliament
The Hamburg Parliament is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg according to the constitution of Hamburg. As of 2011 there were 121 members in the parliament, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies...
—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 Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller was a jurist, senator and mayor of Hamburg from 1863 to 1864; 1866 to 1868; 1870; 1872 to 1873.... |
1863–1864 | ||
| Friedrich Sieveking | 1865 | ||
| Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller | 1866–1867 | (–1868) | |
| Friedrich Sieveking | 1868 | ||
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer |  |
1869 | |
| Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller | 1870 | ||
| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer | 1871–1872 | ||
| Nicolaus Ferdinand Haller | 1873 | (1872–1873) | |
| 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) | |
| Johannes Georg A. Versmann | 1889 | 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 Werner von Melle Werner von Melle was a mayor and senator of Hamburg, as well as a jurist. Von Melle, who held multiple doctorates, also served on the first board of trustees for the Hamburg Scientific Foundation.-Family:... |
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1915 | |
| Carl August Schröder | 1916 | ||
| Max Predöhl | 1917 | ||
| Werner von Melle | 1918–1919 |
| 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 William Henry O'Swald William Henry O'Swald was a Hamburg overseas merchant and Senator.William Henry O'Swald's father was Johan Carl Heinrich Wilhelm O'Swald a Prussian who in 1831 founded the company O'Swald & Co in Hamburg. In 1847 the company began trade with Zanzibar, Lagos and Palma. The main office was in... |
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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). This is not mentioned in Domizlaff: Das Hamburger Rathaus. The period in Germany after the First World WarWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
until the takeover of power
Machtergreifung
Machtergreifung is a German word meaning "seizure of power". It is normally used specifically to refer to the Nazi takeover of power in the democratic Weimar Republic on 30 January 1933, the day Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, turning it into the Nazi German dictatorship.-Term:The...
– by the Nazi Party in 1933 – is called Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
. The Hamburg Parliament
Hamburg Parliament
The Hamburg Parliament is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg according to the constitution of Hamburg. As of 2011 there were 121 members in the parliament, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies...
was democratically elected.
First Mayor of Hamburg
| Image | Party | In office | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Werner von Melle | 31 March 1919 – 31 December 1919 | (–1920) | ||
| Gustav Friedrich Carl Johann Sthamer Friedrich Sthamer Gustav Friedrich Carl Johann Sthamer was a German lawyer, First Mayor of Hamburg, and ambassador.Sthamer was born on 24 November 1856 in Groß Weeden, part of the municipality Rondeshagen. He studied law at the universities of Heidelberg, Leipzig, and Göttingen. In 1879, Sthamer became a lawyer in... |
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1 January 1920 – 1 February 1920 | ||
| Arnold Diestel Arnold Diestel Arnold Friedrich Georg Diestel was a German politician and a First Mayor of Hamburg. Diestel was born in Valparaíso, Chile and died in Hamburg. He was member of the German Democratic Party ... |
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German Democratic Party (DDP) | 2 February 1920 – 31 December 1923 | (–1924) |
| Carl Wilhelm Petersen Carl Wilhelm Petersen Carl Wilhelm Petersen was a German lawyer, politician for the German Democratic Party and First Mayor of Hamburg .-External links:... |
DDP | 1 January 1924 – 31 December 1929 | ||
| Rudolf Adolf Wilhelm Roß Rudolf Ross Rudolf Adolf Wilhelm Ross was a German teacher, politician of the Social Democratic Party , member of the Hamburg Parliament, and First Mayor of Hamburg.- Early life :... |
Social Democratic Party (SPD) Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
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 Rudolf Ross Rudolf Adolf Wilhelm Ross was a German teacher, politician of the Social Democratic Party , member of the Hamburg Parliament, and First Mayor of Hamburg.- Early life :... |
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 GermanyNazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
the Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches (Law concerning the reconstruction of the Reich) (30 January 1934) abandoned the concept of a federal republic
Gleichschaltung
Gleichschaltung , meaning "coordination", "making the same", "bringing into line", is a Nazi term for the process by which the Nazi regime successively established a system of totalitarian control and tight coordination over all aspects of society. The historian Richard J...
. The political institutions of the Länder were practically abolished altogether, passing all powers to the central government. The Hamburg Parliament
Hamburg Parliament
The Hamburg Parliament is the unicameral legislature of the German state of Hamburg according to the constitution of Hamburg. As of 2011 there were 121 members in the parliament, representing a relatively equal amount of constituencies...
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
Executive (government)
Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...
was the Reichsstatthalter
Reichsstatthalter
The term Reichsstatthalter was used twice for different offices, in the imperial Hohenzollern dynasty's German Empire and the single-party Nazi Third Reich.- "Statthalter des Reiches" 1879-1918 in Alsace-Lorraine :...
(Regional governor or imperial governor) Karl Kaufmann
Karl Kaufmann
- External links :* in Der Deutsche Reichstag, Wahlperiode nach d. 30. Jan. 1933, Bd.: 1938, Berlin, 1938...
: 1933–1945
| Party | In office | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Vincent Krogmann Carl Vincent Krogmann Carl Vincent Krogmann was a German banker, industrialist and Nazi Party politician. He served as Mayor of Hamburg for the majority of the Nazi period of government.-Early years:... |
NSDAP National Socialist German Workers Party The National Socialist German Workers' Party , commonly known in English as the Nazi Party, was a political party in Germany between 1920 and 1945. Its predecessor, the German Workers' Party , existed from 1919 to 1920... |
8 March 1933 – 3 May 1945 | (–1936) |
Second Mayor
| Party | In office | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Amsinck Burchard-Motz | DVP German People's Party The German People's Party was a national liberal party in Weimar Germany and a successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire.-Ideology:... |
8 March – 18 May 1933 |
Appointed by the British occupation forces 1945–1946
After the Second World WarWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
until 1949, Hamburg was in the British occupation zone
Allied Occupation Zones in Germany
The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative purposes during 1945–49. In the closing weeks of fighting in Europe, US forces had pushed beyond the previously agreed boundaries for the...
.
| Party | In office | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Hieronymus Petersen Rudolf Petersen Rudolf Hieronymus Petersen was a German businessman, politician and First Mayor of Hamburg .... |
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... |
15 May 1945 – 22 November 1946 |
Second Mayor
| Party | In office | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adolph Schönfelder Adolph Schönfelder - External links :... |
SPD | 6 June 1945 – 15 November 1946 |
Since 1946
Mayors during the federalFederation
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parliamentary republic
Parliamentary republic
A parliamentary republic or parliamentary constitutional republic is a type of republic which operates under a parliamentary system of government - meaning a system with no clear-cut separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches. There are a number of variations of...
of Germany.
| Image | Party | In office | Note | |
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| Max Brauer Max Brauer Max Julius Friedrich Brauer was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party and First Mayor of Hamburg.... |
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SPD | 22 November 1946 – 2 December 1953 | |
| Kurt Sieveking Kurt Sieveking -External links:... |
CDU | 2 December 1953 – 4 December 1957 | ||
| Max Brauer | SPD | 4 December 1957 – 31 December 1960 | ||
| Paul Nevermann Paul Nevermann Paul Nevermann was a German politician, member of the Social Democratic Party and First Mayor of Hamburg .... |
SPD | 1 January 1961 – 9 June 1965 | ||
| Herbert Weichmann Herbert Weichmann Herbert Weichmann was a German lawyer and politician and First Mayor of Hamburg . In his position as mayor of Hamburg, he served as President of the Bundesrat .-Life:Weichmann was born in Landsberg, Upper Silesia, then part of the German Reich, to a Jewish family of physicians... |
SPD | 9 June 1965 – 9 June 1971 | ||
| Peter Schulz Peter Schulz Peter Schulz is a German politician, member of the Social Democratic Party and First Mayor of Hamburg .Schulz was born in Rostock... |
SPD | 9 June 1971 – 4 November 1974 | ||
| Hans-Ulrich Klose Hans-Ulrich Klose Hans-Ulrich Klose is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party and is now as of 2007 member of the German Federal Diet... |
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SPD | 12 November 1974 – 22 May 1981 | |
| Klaus von Dohnanyi Klaus von Dohnanyi Klaus von Dohnanyi is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party . Dohnanyi is the son of Hans and Christine Dohnanyi, and thus a nephew of Dietrich Bonhoeffer... |
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SPD | 24 June 1981 – 8 June 1988 | |
| Henning Voscherau Henning Voscherau Henning Voscherau is a German notary and Social Democratic politician. He was the First Mayor of his home city from 1988 to 1997, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1990 – 91.-Education:... |
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SPD | 8 June 1988 – 8 October 1997 | |
| Ortwin Runde Ortwin Runde Ortwin Runde is a German politician from the Social Democratic party. He was the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City Hamburg from 1997 to 2001.-Early life and education:... |
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SPD | 12 November 1997 – 31 October 2001 | |
| Ole von Beust Ole von Beust Carl-Friedrich Arp Ole Freiherr von Beust, generally called Ole von Beust, born April 13, 1955, in Hamburg, Germany, was First Mayor of the city-state of Hamburg from 31 October 2001 to 25 August 2010, serving as President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2007 on for one year... |
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CDU | 31 October 2001 – 25 August 2010 | |
| Christoph Ahlhaus | CDU | 25 August 2010 – 7 March 2011 | ||
| Olaf Scholz Olaf Scholz Olaf Scholz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and Mayor of Hamburg since 7 March 2011.From May to October 2001 he was Minister of the Interior of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and from 2002 to 2004 he was general secretary of the SPD... |
SPD | Since 7 March 2011 |
Second Mayor
| Image | Party | In office | Note | |
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| Christian Koch | Free Democratic Party (FDP) Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
19 November 1946 – 18 February 1950 | ||
| Paul Nevermann Paul Nevermann Paul Nevermann was a German politician, member of the Social Democratic Party and First Mayor of Hamburg .... |
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 Peter Schulz Peter Schulz is a German politician, member of the Social Democratic Party and First Mayor of Hamburg .Schulz was born in Rostock... |
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 Alfons Pawelczyk Alfons Pawelczyk is a German politician. As a representative of the Social Democratic Party, he was Hamburg state minister of the Interior and second mayor in Hamburg.... |
SPD | 13 June 1984 – 2 September 1987 | ||
| Ingo von Münch | FDP | 2 September 1987 – 26 June 1991 | ||
| Hans-Jürgen Krupp Hans-Jürgen Krupp Hans-Jürgen Krupp is a German politician, economist, professor and former president of the University of Frankfurt. He was a representative of the Social Democratic Party and state minister in Hamburg.... |
SPD | 26 June 1991 – 1 December 1993 | ||
| Erhard Rittershaus | STATT Statt party (Germany) The statt party is a minor political party in Germany.Founded in 1993 in Hamburg, the party won 5.6% in the Hamburg state election and formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In 1997 the party lost all seats.- External links :... |
15 December 1993 – 12 November 1997 | ||
| Krista Sager | GAL Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir... |
12 November 1997 – 31 October 2001 | ||
| Ronald B. Schill Ronald Schill Ronald Barnabas Schill is a former judge, the founder of the German political parties Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive and Pro DM/Schill... |
Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive (PRO) Law and Order Offensive Party The Law and Order Offensive Party , short form Offensive D was a minor political party in Germany. It was founded in July 2000 by Hamburg judge Ronald Schill. It wished to call itself PRO but was forbidden from doing so after a judicial complaint by the Pro Deutsche Mitte party... |
31 October 2001 – 19 August 2003 | ||
| Mario Mettbach | PRO | 21 August 2003 – 17 March 2004 | ||
| Birgit Schnieber-Jastram Birgit Schnieber-Jastram - External links :*, retrieved on 2009-07-25... |
CDU | 17 March 2004 – 7 May 2008 | ||
| Christa Goetsch Christa Goetsch Christa Goetsch is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens party, member of the Hamburg Parliament, and from 2008-2010 was a Senator and Deputy Mayor of Hamburg.-Biography:... |
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GAL | since 7 May 2008 – 29 November 2010 | |
| Dietrich Wersich | CDU | 30 November 2010 – 7 March 2011 | ||
| Dorothee Stapelfeldt Dorothee Stapelfeldt -External links:* . Retrieved on 2009-09-03... |
SPD | Since 7 March 2011 |