List of mayors of Cologne
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This is a list of mayors of Cologne. It includes the Lord Mayor
s of Cologne
(Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Köln) since 1815 as well as the city managers (Oberstadtdirektoren) from 1946 to 1999.
Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...
s of Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
(Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Köln) since 1815 as well as the city managers (Oberstadtdirektoren) from 1946 to 1999.
Mayors since 1815
- 1815–1819: Karl Joseph Freiherr von Mylius
- 1819–1823: von Monschaw
- 1823–1848: Johann Adolf Steinberger
- 1848–1851: Friedrich Wilhelm Gräff
- 1851–1863: Hermann Joseph Stupp
- 1863–1875: Alexander Bachem
- 1875–1885: Dr. Hermann Heinrich BeckerHermann Heinrich BeckerHermann Heinrich Becker was a German politician and member of the DFP. Becker was born to Dr. Hermann Becker and Theodora Helene Caroline Wilhelmine Friedrike Becker, née Krackrügge...
, Fortschrittspartei - 1886–1907: Friedrich Wilhelm Bernard von Becker
- 1907–1917: Ludwig Theodor Ferdinand Max Wallraf
- 1917–1933: Dr. Konrad AdenauerKonrad AdenauerKonrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer was a German statesman. He was the chancellor of the West Germany from 1949 to 1963. He is widely recognised as a person who led his country from the ruins of World War II to a powerful and prosperous nation that had forged close relations with old enemies France,...
, Deutsche Zentrumspartei - 1933–1936: Dr. Günter Riesen
- 1936–1940: Dr. Karl Georg Schmidt
- 1940–1944: Dr. Peter Winkelnkemper
- 1944–1945: Robert Brandes
- 1945: Dr. Konrad AdenauerKonrad AdenauerKonrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer was a German statesman. He was the chancellor of the West Germany from 1949 to 1963. He is widely recognised as a person who led his country from the ruins of World War II to a powerful and prosperous nation that had forged close relations with old enemies France,...
CDUChristian 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... - 1945: Dr. Willi Suth CDUChristian 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...
- 1945–1948: Dr. Hermann PünderHermann PünderHermann Josef Pünder was a German politician in the German Centre Party and the Christian Democratic Union. His older brother was the lawyer Werner Pünder....
CDUChristian 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... - 1948: Dr. Ernst Schwering CDUChristian 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...
- 1948–1949: Robert Görlinger SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
- 1949–1950: Dr. Ernst Schwering CDUChristian 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...
- 1950–1951: Robert Görlinger SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
- 1951–1956: Dr. Ernst Schwering CDUChristian 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...
- 1956–1973: Theo Burauen SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
- 1973–1980: John van Nes Ziegler SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
- 1980–1999: Norbert Burger SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
- 1999–2000: Harry BlumHarry BlumHarry Blum was a German politician and member of the CDU. On 1...
CDUChristian 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... - 2000–2009: Fritz SchrammaFritz SchrammaFritz Schramma is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union . He was mayor of Cologne from 2000 until 2009.-Career:...
CDUChristian 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... - Since 2009: Jürgen RotersJürgen RotersJürgen Roters is a German politician and member of the SPD. Since 21. October 2009 he is the governing mayor of Cologne. Jürgen Roters studied law from 1968 until 1974, is married and has three children.- External links :* *...
SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
City managers 1946–1999
- 1946–1953: Dr. Willi Suth
- 1953–1965: Dr. Max Adenauer
- 1965–1977: Prof. Dr. Heinz Mohnen
- 1977–1989: Kurt Rossa
- 1989–1998: Lothar Ruschmeier
- 1998–1999: Klaus Heugel