List of mayors of Leipzig

Summary

This is a list of mayors of Leipzig, until 1877, their title is Bürgermeister.

The list since 1778:

  • 1778–1802: Carl Wilhelm Müller
  • 1794–1813?: Christian Gottfried Hermann
  • 1814–1830: Ludwig Ferdinand Weber
  • 1831: Johann Carl Groß
  • 1831: Dr. Carl Friedrich Schaarschmidt
  • 1831–1839: Dr. Christian Adolph Deutrich
  • 1840–1849: Dr. Johann Karl Groß
  • 1848–1849: Hermann Adolph Klinger
  • 1849–1876: Dr. Carl Wilhelm Otto Koch
  • 1876–1899: Dr. jur. Dr. med. h.c. Otto Robert Georgi, since 1877 Oberbürgermeister
  • 1899–1908: Dr. jur. et. phil. Carl Bruno Troendlin
  • 1908–1917: Dr. Rudolf Bernhard August Dittrich
  • 1918–1930: Dr. Karl Wilhelm August Rothe
  • 1930–1937: Dr. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
  • 1937: Rudolf Haake (Acting)
  • 1937–1938: Kurt Walter Dönicke [de]
  • 1938–1939: Rudolf Haake (Acting)
  • 1939–1945: Alfred Freyberg
  • 1945: Wilhelm Johannes Vierling
  • 1945–1949: Richard Moritz Erich Zeigner
  • 1949–1951: Max Ernst Opitz
  • 1951–1959: Hans Erich Uhlich
  • 1959–1970: Walter Kresse
  • 1970–1986: Karl-Heinz Müller
  • 1986–1989: Bernd Seidel
  • 1989–1990: Günter Hädrich
  • 1990–1998: Dr. Hinrich Lehmann-Grube
  • 1998–2005: Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD)
  • 2005–2006: Andreas Müller (interim) (SPD)
  • 2006–: Burkhard Jung (SPD)[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ Engelhart, Katie (2 September 2014). "'New Berlin' or Not, Leipzig Has New Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ Andrews, Jonathan (2 November 2020). "My Life, My City: Burkhard Jung, Mayor of Leipzig". Cities Today. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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