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List of mayors of Hamburg

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| post = First Mayor

| body = Hamburg

| native_name = {{native name|de|Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg}}

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| incumbent = Peter Tschentscher

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| type = Lord Mayor
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| member_of = Senate of Hamburg

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{{Politics of Hamburg}}

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 minister-presidents 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.{{Cite book |last1=Verg |first1=Erik |last2=Verg |first2=Martin |title=Das Abenteuer, das Hamburg heißt |year=2007 |page=264 |location=Hamburg |publisher=Ellert&Richter |edition=4th |isbn=978-3-8319-0137-1 |language=de}} 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.

If another reference is not noted, all mayors are taken from: Domizlaff. Das Hamburger Rathaus.

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! Image

! In office

! Note

Hartwicus de Erteneborch1293
Werner de Metzendorp1293
Johann Miles1300
Henricus Longus1300
Johann, filius Oseri1300
Johann de Monte1325
Henricus de Hetfield1325
Nicolaus Fransoisser1341
Nicolaus de Monte1341
Hellingbernus Hetvelt1341
Johann Horborch1343
Thidericus uppen Perde1343
Johann Militis1347
Hinrich Hoop1350
Thidericus uppen Perde1350
Henricus de Monte1356
Henricus Hoyeri1361Also known as Hein Hoyer
Bertrammus Horborch1366
Werner de Wighersen1367
Ludolfus de Holdenstedte1375
Christian Militis1378Also known as Kersten Miles
Henricus (Heino) Ybing1381
Johannes Hoyeri1389
Marquard Schreye1319
Meinard Buxtehude1397
Hilmar Lopow1401
Johann Lüneborg1411
Henricus de Monte1413
Henricus Hoyeri1417
Johannes Wighe (Wye)1420
Bernhard Borstelt1422
Vicco de Hove1431
Simon van Utrecht1433
Hinrich Köting1493
Thidericus Lüneborg1443
Detlev Bremer1447
Henricus Lopow1451
Thidericus Gerlefstorp1492
Henricus Lesemann1458
Erich de Tzevena1464
Albert Schilling1464
Hinrich Murmester1466
Johann Meiger1472
Johann Huge1478
Nicolaus de Schworen1480
Hermann LangenbeckFile:Herm.Langenbeck.jpg1481
Henning Büring1486
Christian Berchampe1492
Erich von Tzeven1499
Detlev Bremer1499
Bartholomäus vom Rhyne1505
Marquard vam Lo1507–1519{{Cite web |title=Erste Bürgermeister Hamburgs 1507–2008 |url=http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/1714146/data/liste-der-buergermeister-seit-1507.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301132551/http://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/1714146/data/liste-der-buergermeister-seit-1507.pdf |archive-date=1 March 2011 |access-date=2009-09-22 |website=Senat der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Senatskanzlei |publisher= |language=de}}
Johann Spreckelsen1512
Nicolaus Thode1517
Thidericus Hohusen1517
unoccupied1519–1520Second Mayor was Dietrich [Thidericus?] Hohusen (1517–1546)
Erhard vom Holte1520–1529Also Gerhard vom Holte
Hinrich Salsborg1523
Johann Hülpe1524
Johann Wetken1529–1533
Paul Grote1531
Albert Westede1533–1538
Johann Rodenborg1536
Peter von Spreckelsen1538–1553
Jürgen Plate1546
Matthias Rheder1547
Ditmar Koel1548
Albert Hackmann1553–1580
unoccupied1580–1581Second Mayor was Paul Grote (1580–1584)
Lorenz Niebur1557
Hermann Wetken1564
Eberhard Moller1571
Paul Grote1580
Johann Niebur1557(1581–1590)
Nicolaus Vögeler1581
Joachim vom Kape1588
Diedrich von Eitzen1589
unoccupied1590–1591Second Mayor: Joachim von Kape (1588–1594)
Erich von der Fechte1591–1613
Joachim Bekendorp1593
Diederich vom Holte1595
Vincent Moller1599
Eberhard Twestreng1606
Hieronimus Vögeler1609
unoccupied1613–1614Second Mayor: Hieronymus Vögeler (1609–1642)
Sebastian von BergenFile:PPN660191245 Sebast. A. Bergen (1599).jpg1614–1623
Johann Wetken1614
Bartholomäus Beckmann1617
Joachim Clan1622
Albert von Eitzen1623
unoccupied1623–1624
Ulrich Winkel1624–1649
Johannes Brand1633–1652
Bartholomäus Moller1643
unoccupied1649–1650Second Mayor: Bartholomäus Moller (1643–1667)
Nicolaus Jarre1650–1678
Johann Schlebusch1653
Peter Lütkens1654
Wolfgang Meurer1660
Bartholomäus Twestreng1663
Johannes Schötteringk1667
Johann Schulte1668
Broderus Pauli80px1670–1680
Johann Schröder1676
Heinrich Meurer1678–1684(First term)
Diedrich Moller1680
Johann SchlüterFile:SchlueterJB4618.JPG1684–1688
Joachim Lemmermann1684
Heinrich Meurer1686(1688–1690) Second term
Peter Lütkens80px1687–1717
Johannes SchafshausenFile:Johann Diedrich Schaffshausen.JPG1690–1697
Hieronimus Harticus Moller1697
Peter von Lengerke (or Lengerks)1697–1709
Julius Surland1702
Gerhard SchröderFile:PPN66395049X Bildnis von Gerhard Schröder.jpg1703
Paul Paulsen1704
Lucas von BorstelFile:PPN663946298 Lucas a Borstel Dr. (1775).jpg1709–1716
Ludwig Becceler1712
Bernhard Matfeldt1716–1720
Garlieb SillemFile:Garlieb Sillem Oil Painting.jpg1717
Hinrich Diedrich Wiese1720–1728(or Heinrich Dietrich Wiese)
Hans Jacob FaberFile:PPN663946190 Hans Jacob Faber, Senator Hamburgensis Anno 1710. Consul, 1722. Obut, 1729 (1776).jpg1722
Johann AndersonFile:Bildnis des Johann Anderson, Christian Fritzsch, lwl-c507379pad, original.jpg1723
Rütger Rulant1728–1742
Daniel StockflethFile:Arolsen Klebeband 03 085 1.jpg1729
Martin Lucas Schele1733
Johann H. Luis1739
Cornelius Poppe1741
Conrad WidowFile:PPN663949505 Conrad Widow J. U. L. und Burgermeister der Kayserl. freyen Reichs=Stadt Hamburg.jpg1742–1754(1743–1754)
Nicolaus Stempeel1743
Clemens Samuel Lipstrop1749
Lucas von Spreckelsen1750
Martin H. Schele1751
Lucas Corthum1751
Nicolaus Schuback1759(1754–1783)
Peter Greve1759
Vincent RumpffFile:Vincent Rumpff.jpg1765
Johann Schlüter1774
Albert Schulte1778
Frans DoormannFile:Frans Doormann (1709-1784).jpg1780
Jacob Albrecht von Sienen1781
Johann Anderson1781(1783–1790)
Johann Luis1784
Johann Adolph Poppe1786
Martin Dorner1788
Franz Anton Wagener1790–1801
Daniel Lienau1798
Peter Hinrich Widow1800–1802
Friedrich von Graffen1801–1810First term
Wilhelm AmsinckFile:Wilh-Amsinck bürgermeister.jpg1802
Johann Arnold HeiseFile:PPN663944708 Johannes Arnoldus Heise J. U. L. (1819).jpg1807
Amandus Augustus AbendrothFile:Amandus Augustus Abendroth.jpg1811–1813Not included in the Meister's book.{{Cite web|url=http://mdz.bib-bvb.de/digbib/lexika%7Cadb/images/adb001/@ebt-link?target=idmatch(entityref,adb0010035) |title=Abendroth, Amandus Augustus |publisher=Historische Commission bei der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften |year=1875 |location=Leipzig |access-date=2008-09-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311133017/http://www.billboard.com/ |archive-date=11 March 2011 }} Retrieved from Elektronische Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie {{in lang|de}} (Sütterlin script)

Friedrich von Graffen1815–1820Second term
Christian Matthias SchröderFile:Christian Matthias Schroder.jpg1816
Johann Heinrich Bartels80px1820–1850
Johann Daniel KochFile:PPN663956269 Johann Daniel Koch.jpg1821
Martin Garlieb SillemFile:Schilderij Martin Garlieb Sillem.jpg1829
Amandus Augustus AbendrothFile:Amandus Augustus Abendroth.jpg1831
Martin Hieronymus Schrötteringk1832
Christian Daniel BeneckeFile:Christian Daniel Benecke 1836.jpg1835
Heinrich KellinghusenFile:Heinrich Kellinghusen.jpg1842
Johann Ludwig Dammert1843
Nicolaus BinderFile:BM Nicolaus Binder.jpg1855
unoccupied1850–1861Second Mayor: Christian Daniel Benecke (1835–1851)
Third Mayor: Heinrich Kellinghusen (1842–1880)
Fourth Mayor: Nicolaus Binder (1855–1861)
All:

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

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! 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.

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! Image

! In office

! Note

Friedrich SievekingFile:Sieveking Friedrich by Carl Julius Milde (Ausschnitt).jpg1861–1862
Ferdinand HallerFile:NICOLAUS FERDINAND HALLER.png

|1863–1864

Friedrich SievekingFile:Sieveking Friedrich by Carl Julius Milde (Ausschnitt).jpg1865
Ferdinand HallerFile:NICOLAUS FERDINAND HALLER.png

|1866–1867

(−1868)
Friedrich SievekingFile:Sieveking Friedrich by Carl Julius Milde (Ausschnitt).jpg1868
Gustav Heinrich KirchenpauerFile:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg1869
Ferdinand HallerFile:NICOLAUS FERDINAND HALLER.png1870

German Reich (1871–1945)

= German Empire (1871–1918) =

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!width=30% rowspan=2|Name
(Born–Died)

!width=35% colspan=3|Term of office

!width=28% rowspan=2|Political party

Took office

!Left office

!Days

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| File:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg

| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer
{{small|(1808–1887)}}

| 1 January 1871

| 31 December 1872

| {{age in days|1871|1|1|1872|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:NICOLAUS FERDINAND HALLER.png

| Ferdinand Haller
{{small|(1805–1876)}}

| 1 January 1873

| 31 December 1873

| {{age in days|1873|1|1|1873|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Hermann Gossler.jpg

| Hermann Goßler
{{small|(1802–1877)}}

| 1 January 1874

| 31 December 1874

| {{age in days|1874|1|1|1874|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg

| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer
{{small|(1808–1887)}}

| 1 January 1875

| 31 December 1875

| {{age in days|1875|1|1|1875|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

| Carl Friedrich Petersen
{{small|(1809–1892)}}

| 1 January 1876

| 31 December 1877

| {{age in days|1876|1|1|1877|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg

| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer
{{small|(1808–1887)}}

| 1 January 1878

| 31 December 1878

| {{age in days|1878|1|1|1878|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Hermann AC Weber.jpg

| Hermann Weber
{{small|(1822–1886)}}

| 1 January 1879

| 31 December 1879

| {{age in days|1878|1|1|1879|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

| Carl Friedrich Petersen
{{small|(1809–1892)}}

| 1 January 1880

| 31 December 1880

| {{age in days|1880|1|1|1880|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg

| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer
{{small|(1808–1887)}}

| 1 January 1881

| 31 December 1881

| {{age in days|1881|1|1|1881|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Hermann AC Weber.jpg

| Hermann Weber
{{small|(1822–1886)}}

| 1 January 1882

| 31 December 1882

| {{age in days|1882|1|1|1882|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

| Carl Friedrich Petersen
{{small|(1809–1892)}}

| 1 January 1883

| 31 December 1883

| {{age in days|1883|1|1|1883|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg

| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer
{{small|(1808–1887)}}

| 1 January 1884

| 31 December 1884

| {{age in days|1884|1|1|1884|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Hermann AC Weber.jpg

| Hermann Weber
{{small|(1822–1886)}}

| 1 January 1885

| 31 December 1885

| {{age in days|1885|1|1|1885|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

| Carl Friedrich Petersen
{{small|(1809–1892)}}

| 1 January 1886

| 31 December 1886

| {{age in days|1886|1|1|1886|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg

| Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer
{{small|(1808–1887)}}

| 1 January 1887

| 3 March 1887

| {{age in days|1887|1|1|1887|3|3}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johannes Versmann.jpg

| Johannes Versmann
{{small|(1820–1899)}}

| 14 March 1887

| 31 December 1888

| {{age in days|1887|3|14|1888|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

| Carl Friedrich Petersen
{{small|(1809–1892)}}

| 1 January 1889

| 31 December 1889

| {{age in days|1889|1|1|1889|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg

| Johann Georg Mönckeberg
{{small|(1839–1908)}}

| 1 January 1890

| 31 December 1890

| {{age in days|1890|1|1|1890|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johannes Versmann.jpg

| Johannes Versmann
{{small|(1820–1899)}}

| 1 January 1891

| 31 December 1891

| {{age in days|1891|1|1|1891|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

| Carl Friedrich Petersen
{{small|(1809–1892)}}

| 1 January 1892

| 31 December 1892

| {{age in days|1892|1|1|1892|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg

| Johann Georg Mönckeberg
{{small|(1839–1908)}}

| 1 January 1893

| 31 December 1893

| {{age in days|1893|1|1|1893|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johannes Versmann.jpg

| Johannes Versmann
{{small|(1820–1899)}}

| 1 January 1894

| 31 December 1894

| {{age in days|1894|1|1|1894|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

|

| Johannes Lehmann
{{small|(1826–1901)}}

| 1 January 1895

| 31 December 1895

| {{age in days|1895|1|1|1895|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg

| Johann Georg Mönckeberg
{{small|(1839–1908)}}

| 1 January 1896

| 31 December 1896

| {{age in days|1896|1|1|1896|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johannes Versmann.jpg

| Johannes Versmann
{{small|(1820–1899)}}

| 1 January 1897

| 31 December 1897

| {{age in days|1897|1|1|1897|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

|

| Johannes Lehmann
{{small|(1826–1901)}}

| 1 January 1898

| 31 December 1898

| {{age in days|1898|1|1|1898|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg

| Johann Georg Mönckeberg
{{small|(1839–1908)}}

| 1 January 1899

| 31 December 1899

| {{age in days|1899|1|1|1899|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

|

| Johannes Lehmann
{{small|(1826–1901)}}

| 1 January 1900

| 15 September 1900

| {{age in days|1990|1|1|1990|9|15}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Gerhard Hachmann 1904.jpg

| Gerhard Hachmann
{{small|(1838–1904)}}

| 19 November 1900

| 31 December 1901

| {{age in days|1900|11|19|1901|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg

| Johann Georg Mönckeberg
{{small|(1839–1908)}}

| 1 January 1902

| 31 December 1902

| {{age in days|1902|1|1|1902|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Heinrich Burchard 1905.jpg

| Johann Heinrich Burchard
{{small|(1852–1912)}}

| 1 January 1903

| 31 December 1903

| {{age in days|1903|1|1|1903|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Gerhard Hachmann 1904.jpg

| Gerhard Hachmann
{{small|(1838–1904)}}

| 1 January 1904

| 5 July 1904

| {{age in days|1904|1|1|1904|7|5}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg

| Johann Georg Mönckeberg
{{small|(1839–1908)}}

| 5 July 1904

| 31 December 1905

| {{age in days|1904|7|5|1905|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Heinrich Burchard 1905.jpg

| Johann Heinrich Burchard
{{small|(1852–1912)}}

| 1 January 1906

| 31 December 1906

| {{age in days|1906|1|1|1906|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Stammann 1905.jpg

| Johann Otto Stammann
{{small|(1835–1909)}}

| 1 January 1907

| 31 December 1907

| {{age in days|1907|1|1|1907|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg

| Johann Georg Mönckeberg
{{small|(1839–1908)}}

| 1 January 1908

| 27 March 1908

| {{age in days|1908|1|1|1908|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Heinrich Burchard 1905.jpg

| Johann Heinrich Burchard
{{small|(1852–1912)}}

| 3 April 1908

| 31 December 1909

| {{age in days|1908|4|3|1909|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Max Predöhl 1905.jpg

| Max Predöhl
{{small|(1854–1923)}}

| 1 January 1910

| 31 December 1911

| {{age in days|1910|1|1|1911|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Johann Heinrich Burchard 1905.jpg

| Johann Heinrich Burchard
{{small|1852–1912)}}

| 1 January 1912

| 6 September 1912

| {{age in days|1912|1|1|1912|9|6}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:August Schröder 1905.jpg

| Carl August Schröder
{{small|(1855–1945)}}

| 3 September 1912

| 31 December 1913

| {{age in days|1912|9|3|1913|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Max Predöhl 1905.jpg

| Max Predöhl
{{small|(1854–1923)}}

| 1 January 1914

| 31 December 1914

| {{age in days|1914|1|1|1914|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Werner von Melle 1905.jpg

| Werner von Melle
{{small|(1853–1937)}}

| 1 January 1915

| 31 December 1915

| {{age in days|1915|1|1|1915|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:August Schröder 1905.jpg

| Carl August Schröder
{{small|(1855–1945)}}

| 1 January 1916

| 31 December 1916

| {{age in days|1916|1|1|1916|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Max Predöhl 1905.jpg

| Max Predöhl
{{small|(1854–1923)}}

| 1 January 1917

| 31 December 1917

| {{age in days|1917|1|1|1917|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Werner von Melle 1905.jpg

| Werner von Melle
{{small|(1853–1937)}}

| 1 January 1918

| 12 November 1918

| {{age in days|1918|1|1|1918|11|12}}

|

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|+List of Second Mayors from 1860 to 1919

width="275"|Name

! Image

! In office

! width="150"|Note

Ascan Wilhelm LutterothFile:Lutteroth,AscanWilhelm MayorHamburg.JPG1862–1863
Friedrich SievekingFile:Sieveking Friedrich by Carl Julius Milde (Ausschnitt).jpg1864
Ascan Wilhelm Lutteroth LegatFile:Lutteroth,AscanWilhelm MayorHamburg.JPG1865–1866
Friedrich SievekingFile:Sieveking Friedrich by Carl Julius Milde (Ausschnitt).jpg1867
Gustav Heinrich KirchenpauerFile:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg1868
Ferdinand HallerFile:NICOLAUS FERDINAND HALLER.png

|1869

Hermann GoßlerFile:Hermann Gossler.jpg1870–1871
Ferdinand HallerFile:NICOLAUS FERDINAND HALLER.png

|1872

Hermann GoßlerFile:Hermann Gossler.jpg1873
Gustav Heinrich KirchenpauerFile:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg1874
Ferdinand HallerFile:NICOLAUS FERDINAND HALLER.png

|1875

Hermann WeberFile:Hermann AC Weber.jpg1876
Gustav Heinrich KirchenpauerFile:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg1877
Hermann WeberFile:Hermann AC Weber.jpg1878
Carl Friedrich PetersenFile:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

|1879

Gustav Heinrich KirchenpauerFile:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg1880
Hermann WeberFile:Hermann AC Weber.jpg1881
Carl Friedrich PetersenFile:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

|1882

Gustav Heinrich KirchenpauerFile:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg1883
Hermann WeberFile:Hermann AC Weber.jpg1884
Carl Friedrich PetersenFile:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

|1885

Gustav Heinrich KirchenpauerFile:Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer.jpg1886
Johannes VersmannFile:Johannes Versmann.jpg1 January 1887 – 14 March 1887
Max Theodor Hayn14 March 1887 – 31 December 1887
Carl Friedrich PetersenFile:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

|1888

Johann Georg MönckebergFile:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg1889
Johannes VersmannFile:Johannes Versmann.jpg1890
Carl Friedrich PetersenFile:Carl Friedrich Petersen.jpg

|1891

Johann Georg MönckebergFile:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg1892
Johannes VersmannFile:Johannes Versmann.jpg1893
Johannes Lehmann1894
Johann Georg MönckebergFile:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg1895
Johannes VersmannFile:Johannes Versmann.jpg1896
Johannes Lehmann1897
Johann Georg MönckebergFile:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg1898
Johannes VersmannFile:Johannes Versmann.jpg1899
Johannes Lehmann5 July 1899 – 31 December 1899
Gerhard HachmannFile:Gerhard Hachmann 1904.jpg1 January 1900 – 19 November 1900
Johann Georg MönckebergFile:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg19 November 1900 – 1901
Johann Heinrich BurchardFile:Johann Heinrich Burchard 1905.jpg1902
Gerhard HachmannFile:Gerhard Hachmann 1904.jpg1903
Johann Georg MönckebergFile:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg1 January 1904 – 11 July 1904
Johann Heinrich BurchardFile:Johann Heinrich Burchard 1905.jpg11 July 1904 – 1905
Johann Otto StammannFile:Johann Stammann 1905.jpg1906
Johann Georg MönckebergFile:Johann Georg Moenckeberg.jpg1907
Johann Heinrich BurchardFile:Johann Heinrich Burchard 1905.jpg1 January 1908 – 3 April 1908
William Henry O'SwaldFile:William O'Swald 1905.jpg3 April 1908 – 1909
Carl August SchröderFile:August Schröder 1905.jpg1910
Johann Heinrich BurchardFile:Johann Heinrich Burchard 1905.jpg1911
Carl August SchröderFile:August Schröder 1905.jpg1 January 1912 – 13 September 1912
Max PredöhlFile:Max Predöhl 1905.jpg13 September 1912 – 1913
Werner von MelleFile:Werner von Melle 1905.jpg1914
Carl August SchröderFile:August Schröder 1905.jpg1915
Max PredöhlFile:Max Predöhl 1905.jpg1916
Werner von MelleFile:Werner von Melle 1905.jpg1917
Carl August SchröderFile:August Schröder 1905.jpg1918–1919

= Weimar Republic (1919–1933) =

{{see also|Hamburg state elections in the Weimar Republic}}

During the German Revolution of 1918–1919 an Arbeiter- und Soldatenrat (workers' and soldiers' council) was formed. From 12 November 1918 to 1919, a chairman was the head of state and city government: Heinrich Lauffenberg (−1919), Carl Hense (1919). 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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait

!width=30% rowspan=2|Name
(Born–Died)

!width=35% colspan=3|Term of office

!width=28% rowspan=2|Political party

Took office

!Left office

!Days

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Werner von Melle 1905.jpg

| Werner von Melle
{{small|(1853–1937)}}

| 31 March 1919

| 31 December 1919

| {{age in days|1919|3|31|1919|12|31}}

|

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:Gustav Friedrich Sthamer 1905.jpg

| Friedrich Sthamer
{{small|(1856–1931)}}

| 1 January 1920

| 1 February 1920

| {{age in days|1920|1|1|1920|2|1}}

|

style="background:{{party color|German Democratic Party}}; color:black;" |

| File:Arnold Diestel 1905.jpg

| Arnold Diestel
{{small|(1857–1924)}}

| 2 February 1920

| 31 December 1923

| {{age in days|1920|2|2|1923|12|31}}

| German Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|German Democratic Party}}; color:black;" |

| File:PetersenCarlWilhelm.jpg

| Carl Wilhelm Petersen
{{small|(1868–1933)}}

| 1 January 1924

| 31 December 1929

| {{age in days|1924|1|1|1929|12|31}}

| German Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" |

| File:WP Rudolf Roß.jpg

| Rudolf Ross
{{small|(1872–1951)}}

| 1 January 1930

| 31 December 1931

| {{age in days|1930|1|1|1931|12|31}}

| Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black;" |

| File:PetersenCarlWilhelm.jpg

| Carl Wilhelm Petersen
{{small|(1868–1933)}}

| 1 January 1932

| 30 January 1933

| {{age in days|1932|1|1|1934|1|30}}

| German Democratic Party

;Second Mayor of Hamburg

id class="sort wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width="275"|

! width="150"|Party

! Took office

! Left office

Otto Stolten

| SPD

| 31 March 1919

| 1925

Max Schramm

| 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

| 30 January 1933

= Nazi Germany (1933–1945) =

In Nazi Germany the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches) of 30 January 1934 abandoned the concept of a federal republic. The political institutions of the Länder were abolished altogether, passing all powers to the central government. The Hamburg Parliament was 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 actual head of the Hamburg executive was the Reichsstatthalter (Regional Governor) Karl Kaufmann (1933–1945).Verg, pp. 161–163

id class="sort wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width="275"| Name

! Took office

! Left office

! width="150"|Party

Carl Wilhelm Petersen

| 30 January 1933

| 7 March 1933

| German People’s Party

Carl Vincent Krogmann

| 8 March 1933

| 3 May 1945

| NSDAP

;Second Mayor

id class="sort wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width="275"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! width="150"|Party

Rudolf Ross

| 30 January 1933

| 3 March 1933

| Social Democratic Party

Wilhelm Burchard-Motz

| 8 March 1933

| 18 May 1933

| German People's Party

Colonel Robert Gordon Kitchen VI, Governor of Hamburg during the control of the British Army 1945–1946.

Hamburg (1945–present)

{{see also|2001 Hamburg state election|2004 Hamburg state election|2008 Hamburg state election|2011 Hamburg state election|2015 Hamburg state election|2020 Hamburg state election}}

Mayors during the federal parliamentary republic of Germany.

Political party key:

{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|SPD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|CDU/CSU}}|CDU|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"

|+First Mayor and President of the Senate of Hamburg

width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait

!width=30% rowspan=2|Name
(Born–Died)

!width=35% colspan=3|Term of office

!width=28% rowspan=2|Political party

Took office

!Left office

!Days

colspan="7"| Hamburg (1945–1949)
bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | British occupation zone in Allied-occupied Germany
style="background-color: #E6E6AA"

| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:black;" | –

|

|Rudolf Petersen
(1878–1962)
Appointed by the British military

| 15 May 1945

| 22 November 1946

|{{age in days|1945|5|15|1946|11|22}}

|Christian Democratic Union

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 1

|File:Max Brauer 1927.jpg

|Max Brauer
First term
(1887–1973)

|22 November 1946

|23 May 1949

|{{age in days|1946|11|22|1949|5|23}}

|Social Democratic Party

colspan="7"| Hamburg (1949–present)
bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | City-state of the Federal Republic of Germany
style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | (1)

|File:Max Brauer 1927.jpg

|Max Brauer
First term
(1887–1973)

|23 May 1949

|2 December 1953

|{{age in days|1949|5|23|1953|12|2}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" | 2

|80px

|Kurt Sieveking
(1897–1986)

|2 December 1953

|4 December 1957

|{{age in days|1953|12|2|1957|12|4}}

|Christian Democratic Union

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 2
{{small|(1)}}

|File:Max Brauer 1927.jpg

|Max Brauer
Second term
(1887–1973)

|4 December 1957

|31 December 1960
{{small|(resigned)}}

|{{age in days|1957|12|4|1960|12|31}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 4

|80px

|Paul Nevermann
(1902–1979)

|1 January 1961

|9 June 1965
{{small|(resigned)}}

|{{age in days|1961|1|1|1965|6|9}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 5

|80px

|Herbert Weichmann
(1896–1983)

|9 June 1965

|9 June 1971
{{small|(resigned)}}

|{{age in days|1965|6|9|1971|6|9}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 6

|80px

|Peter Schulz
(1930–2013)

|9 June 1971

|4 November 1974
{{small|(resigned)}}

|{{age in days|1971|6|9|1974|11|4}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 7

|80px

|Hans-Ulrich KloseLast mayor in Domizlaff as no. 182
(1937–2023)

|12 November 1974

|22 May 1981
{{small|(resigned)}}

|{{age in days|1974|11|12|1981|5|22}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 8

|80px

|Klaus von Dohnanyi
(born 1928)

|24 June 1981

|8 June 1988

|{{age in days|1981|6|24|1988|6|8}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 9

|File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F079282-0019, Münster, SPD-Parteitag, Voscherau.jpg

|Henning Voscherau{{cite web|url=http://www1.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/portraet70.html |title=Henning Voscherau: Langjähriger Bürgermeister Hamburgs |publisher=NDR online |access-date=2008-10-05 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011183522/http://www1.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/portraet70.html |archive-date=11 October 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://d-nb.info/gnd/128650656 |title=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek |publisher=German National Library |access-date=2008-10-05 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219063742/http://d-nb.info/gnd/128650656 |archive-date=19 February 2009 |url-status=live }}
(1941–2016)

|8 June 1988

|8 October 1997
{{small|(resigned)}}

|{{age in days|1988|6|8|1997|10|8}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 10

|80px

|Ortwin Runde{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/09/24/germ_ed3__4.php |title=Schroeder's Party Appears to Lose Pivotal Vote |access-date=2008-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012090302/http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/09/24/germ_ed3__4.php |archive-date=12 October 2008 }}
(born 1944)

|12 November 1997

|31 October 2001

|{{age in days|1997|11|12|2001|10|31}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" | 11

|File:Ole von Beust 3289c.JPG

|Ole von Beust
(born 1955)

|31 October 2001

|25 August 2010
{{small|(resigned)}}

|{{age in days|2001|10|31|2010|8|25}}

|Christian Democratic Union

style="background:{{party color|CDU/CSU}}; color:white;" | 12

|File:Christoph Ahlhaus.jpg

|Christoph Ahlhaus
(born 1969)

|25 August 2010

|7 March 2011

|{{age in days|2010|8|25|2011|3|7}}

|Christian Democratic Union

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 13

|File:Olaf Scholz 2021 cropped.jpg

|Olaf Scholz
(born 1958)

|7 March 2011

|13 March 2018
{{small|(resigned)}}

|{{age in days|2011|3|7|2018|3|13}}

|Social Democratic Party

style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white;" | 14

|File:Peter Tschentscher (2018).jpg

|Peter Tschentscher
(born 1966)

|28 March 2018

|Incumbent

|{{age in days|2018|3|28}}

|Social Democratic Party

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"

|+ Second Mayor of Hamburg

width="275"|Name

! Took office

! Left office

! width="150"|Party

Adolph Schönfelder
(1875–1966)

| 6 June 1945

| 15 November 1946

| Social Democratic Party

Christian Koch
(1878–1955)

| 19 November 1946

| 18 February 1950

| Free Democratic Party

Paul Nevermann
(1902–1979)

| 24 February 1950

| 2 December 1953

| Social Democratic Party

Edgar Engelhard
(1917–1979)

| 2 December 1953

| 27 April 1966

| Free Democratic Party

Wilhelm Drexelius
(1906–1974)

| 27 April 1966

| 2 April 1970

| Social Democratic Party

Peter Schulz
(1930–2013)

| 22 April 1970

| 9 June 1971

| Social Democratic Party

Helmuth Kern
(1926–2016)

| 9 June 1971

| 3 October 1972

| Social Democratic Party

Hans Rau
(1925–1995)

| 3 October 1972

| 30 April 1974

| Free Democratic Party

Dieter Biallas
(1936–2016)

| 30 April 1974

| 28 June 1978

| Free Democratic Party

Helga Elstner
(1924–2012)

| 28 June 1978

| 13 June 1984

| Social Democratic Party

Alfons Pawelczyk
(born 1933)

| 13 June 1984

| 2 September 1987

| Social Democratic Party

Ingo von Münch
(born 1932)

| 2 September 1987

| 26 June 1991

| Free Democratic Party

Hans-Jürgen Krupp
(1933–2024)

| 26 June 1991

| 1 December 1993

| Social Democratic Party

Erhard Rittershaus
(1931–2006)

| 15 December 1993

| 12 November 1997

| Statt party

Krista Sager{{cite web |url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/germany_parties.htm |author=Martin Christensen |title=German Parties |access-date=2008-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011201501/http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/germany_parties.htm |archive-date=11 October 2008 |url-status=live }}
(born 1953)

| 12 November 1997

| 31 October 2001

| Alliance '90/The Greens

Ronald Schill
(born 1958)

| 31 October 2001

| 19 August 2003

| Party for a Rule of Law Offensive

Mario Mettbach{{cite web |url=http://www.citymayors.com/news/hamburg_schill.html |title=Hamburg's conservative government collapses after another farce |publisher=City Mayors Archive |access-date=2008-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102115443/http://citymayors.com/news/hamburg_schill.html |archive-date=2 January 2010 |url-status=live }}
(1952–2022)

| 21 August 2003

| 17 March 2004

| Party for a Rule of Law Offensive

Birgit Schnieber-Jastram{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/hamburg/article1904024/Senatorin_Schnieber_Jastram_zieht_sich_zurueck.html |title=Senatorin Schnieber-Jastram zieht sich zurück |newspaper=Die Welt |date=15 April 2008 |publisher=Welt online |access-date=2008-10-05 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012123624/http://www.welt.de/hamburg/article1904024/Senatorin_Schnieber_Jastram_zieht_sich_zurueck.html |archive-date=12 October 2008 |url-status=live |last1=Schirg |first1=Oliver }}
(born 1946)

| 17 March 2004

| 7 May 2008

| Christian Democratic Union

Christa Goetsch{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?&type=photo&photo_id=0gY4cCaaQ82N6&pn=2&tid=0c4L1df0EYc8n |title=Christa Goetsch (Greens Party) newly elected .. |publisher=USAtoday Cruise log |access-date=2008-10-06 |first=Gene |last=Sloan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012033547/http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?&type=photo&photo_id=0gY4cCaaQ82N6&pn=2&tid=0c4L1df0EYc8n |archive-date=12 October 2008 |url-status=live }}
(born 1952)

| 7 May 2008

| 29 November 2010

| Alliance '90/The Greens

Dietrich Wersich
(born 1964)

| 30 November 2010

| 7 March 2011

| Christian Democratic Union

Dorothee Stapelfeldt
(born 1956)

| 7 March 2011

| 15 April 2015

| Social Democratic Party

Katharina Fegebank
(born 1977)

| 15 April 2015

| Incumbent

| Alliance '90/The Greens

Notes and references

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;General

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  • (1293–1977) {{Cite book |last=Domizlaff |first=Svante |title=Das Hamburger Rathaus |year=2002 |location=Hamburg |publisher=Edition Maritim |edition=first |isbn=978-3-89225-465-2 |language=de}} (Note: not included in the 2nd edition.)

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