City leaders since 1824

Peter Georg d'Orville (1783-1858), mayor from 1.08.1823 to 8.01.1826 and from 31.12.1834 to 19.03.1837

Heinrich Philipp Schwaner (1774 - 1839), mayor from 9.01.1826 to 30.12.1834

Jonas Budden (1782-1853), mayor from 1837 to 1849

Friedrich August Schäfer (1810-1880), mayor from 1849 to 1859

Johann Heinrich Dick (1802-1888), mayor from 1859 to 1867

Johann Martin Hirschmann (1803-1874), mayor from 1867 to 1874

Hermann Stölting (1835-1883), mayor from 1874 to 1882

Wilhelm Brink (1848-1912), Mayor from 1883 to 1887 and Lord Mayor from 1887 to 1907

Dr. Andreas Dullo (1862-1945), Lord Mayor from 1907 to 1919

Dr. Max Granzin (1873-1940), Lord Mayor from 1919 to 1933

Dr. Heinrich Schönhals (1901-1991), Lord Mayor from 1933 to 1934

Dr. Helmut Schranz (1897-1968), Lord Mayor from 1934 to 1945

Fritz Reinicke (1879-1967), Lord Mayor from 26.03.1945 to 21.11.1946

Johannes Rebholz (1885-1960), Lord Mayor from 17.01.1947 to 31.12.1949

Dr. jur. Hans Klüber (1902-1991), Lord Mayor from 17.04.1950 to 06.05.1957

Georg Dietrich (1909-1998), Lord Mayor from 08.05.1957 to 30.09.1974

Walter Buckpesch (1924-2018), Lord Mayor from 03.10.1974 to 02.10.1980

Dr. Walter Suermann (1939), Lord Mayor from 09.10.1980 to 03.10.1986

Wolfgang Reuter (1935), Mayor from 10.10.1986 to 20.01.1988 and Lord Mayor from 21.01.1988 to 20.01.1994

Gerhard Grandke (1954), Lord Mayor from 21.01.1994 to 20.01.2006

Horst Schneider (1952), Lord Mayor from 21.01.2006 to 20.01.2018

Dr. Felix Schwenke (1979), Lord Mayor since 21.01.2018