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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.

== Mayors since 1815 ==
[[File:DEU Koeln COA.svg|thumb|100px|[[Coat of arms of Cologne]]]]
[[File:Keoln Maerz 2009 PD 20090327 028.JPG|thumb|[[Cologne City Hall]]]]
=== Lord Mayors of Cologne (1815–1945) ===
====In Prussia====
*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]]
*1863–1871: [[Alexander Bachem]]

==== German Reich ====
'''Political party:'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
!width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
!width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
!width=35% colspan=3|Term of office
!width=28% rowspan=2|Political party
|-
!Took office
!Left office
!Days
|-
! colspan="7"| [[German Empire]] (1871–1918)
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black"| 
| [[File:Alexander-Bachem-OB-Köln.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Alexander Bachem]]'''<br>{{small|(1806–1878)}}
| 18 January 1871
| 29 May 1875
| {{age in days|1871|01|18|1875|05|29}}
| Independent
|-
| style="background:{{party color|German Progress Party}}; color:black"| 
| [[File:Hermann heinrich becker painted by julius schrader (2).jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Hermann Heinrich Becker (politician)|Hermann Heinrich Becker]]'''<br>{{small|(1820–1885)}}
| 5 June 1875
| 9 December 1885
| {{age in days|1875|06|05|1885|12|09}}
| [[German Progress Party]]
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black"| 
| [[File:Hermann Pünder (1).jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Becker]]'''<br>{{small|(1835–1924)}}
| 1 June 1886
| 14 September 1907
| {{age in days|1886|06|01|1907|09|14}}
| Independent
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black"| 
| [[File:Wallraff crop.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Max Wallraf]]'''<br>{{small|(1886–1962)}}
| 1 October 1907
| 8 August 1917
| {{age in days|1907|10|01|1917|08|08}}
| Independent
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}}; color:white"| 
| [[File:1932 Konrad Adenauer Portrait.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Konrad Adenauer]]'''<br>{{small|(1876–1967)}}
| 18 October 1917
| 9 November 1918
| {{age in days|1917|10|18|1918|11|09}}
| [[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]]
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Weimar Republic]] (1918–1933)
|-

| style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}}; color:white"| 
| [[File:1932 Konrad Adenauer Portrait.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Konrad Adenauer]]'''<br>{{small|(1876–1967)}}
| 9 November 1918
| 30 January 1933
| {{age in days|1918|11|09|1933|01|30}}
| [[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]]
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945)
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Germany)}}; color:white"| 
| [[File:1932 Konrad Adenauer Portrait.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Konrad Adenauer]]'''<br>{{small|(1876–1967)}}
| 30 January 1933
| 13 March 1933
| {{age in days|1933|01|30|1933|03|13}}
| [[Centre Party (Germany)|Centre Party]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
| style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}}; color:white"| 
| [[File:Günter Riesen.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Günter Riesen]]'''<br>{{small|(1892–1951)}}<br>{{small|''Acting''}}
| 13 March 1933
| 8 December 1936
| {{age in days|1933|03|13|1936|12|08}}
| [[Nazi Party]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color| Nazi Party}}; color:white"| 
| 
| '''[[Karl Georg Schmidt]]'''<br>{{small|(1904–1940)}}
| 20 January 1937
| 26 November 1940
| {{age in days|1937|01|20|1940|11|26}}
| [[Nazi Party]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}}; color:white"| 
| 
| '''[[Peter Winkelnkemper]]'''<br>{{small|(1902–1944)}}
| 3 January 1941
| 20 June 1944
| {{age in days|1941|01|03|1944|06|20}}
| [[Nazi Party]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |

| style="background:{{party color|Nazi Party}}; color:white"| 
| 
| '''[[Robert Brandes]]'''<br>{{small|(1899–1987)}}<br>{{small|''Acting''}}
| 20 June 1944
| 6 March 1945
| {{age in days|1944|06|20|1945|03|06}}
| [[Nazi Party]]
|-
|}

=== Lord Mayor of Cologne (1945–present) ===
'''Political party:'''
{{legend2|{{party color|Christian Democratic Union (Germany)}}|[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%; border:1px #AAAAFF solid"
|-
!width=80px rowspan=2 colspan=2|Portrait
!width=30% rowspan=2|Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
!width=35% colspan=3|Term of office
!width=28% rowspan=2|Political party
|-
!Took office
!Left office
!Days
|-
! colspan="7"| [[French occupation zone in Germany|French occupation zone]] (1945–1949)
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:white"| '''1'''
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P000669, Konrad Adenauer.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Konrad Adenauer]]'''<br>{{small|(1876–1967)}}
| 4 May 1945 
| 6 October 1945
| {{age in days|1945|05|04|1945|10|06}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-style="background-color: #E6E6AA" |
| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:white"| '''–'''
| 
| '''[[Willi Suth]]'''<br>{{small|(1881–1956)}}<br>{{small|''Acting''}}
| 6 October 1945
| 20 November 1945
| {{age in days|1945|10|06|1945|11|20}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:white"| '''2'''
| [[File:Hermann Pünder (1).jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Hermann Pünder]]'''<br>{{small|(1888–1976)}}
| 20 November 1945
| 23 August 1946
| {{age in days| 1945|11|20|1946|08|23}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | On [[History of North Rhine-Westphalia|23 August 1946]], [[Cologne]] became a city of the newly founded state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:white"| '''(2)'''
| [[File:Hermann Pünder (1).jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Hermann Pünder]]'''<br>{{small|(1888–1976)}}
| 23 August 1946
| 31 May 1948
| {{age in days| 1946|08|23|1948|05|31}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:white"| '''3'''
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F002967-0011, Köln, Einweihung Gürzenich cropped Ernst Schwering.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Ernst Schwering]]'''<br>{{small|(1886–1962)}}
| 1 June 1948
| 15 November 1948
| {{age in days|1948|06|01|1948|11|15}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| '''4'''
| 
| '''[[Robert Görlinger]]'''<br>{{small|(1888–1954)}}
| 15 November 1948
| 23 May 1949
| {{age in days|1948|11|15|1949|05|23}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Federal Republic of Germany]] (1949–present)
|-
| bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=7 | [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] became a federal state of the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| '''(4)'''
| 
| '''[[Robert Görlinger]]'''<br>{{small|(1888–1954)}}
| 23 May 1949
| 9 December 1949
| {{age in days| 1949|05|23|1949|12|09}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:white"| '''5'''
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F002967-0011, Köln, Einweihung Gürzenich cropped Ernst Schwering.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Ernst Schwering]]'''<br>{{small|(1886–1962)}}
| 9 December 1949
| 23 November 1950
| {{age in days|1949|12|09|1950|11|23}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| '''6'''
|
| '''[[Robert Görlinger]]'''<br>{{small|(1888–1954)}}
| 23 November 1950
| 8 November 1951
| {{age in days|1950|11|23|1951|11|08}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:white"| '''7'''
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F002967-0011, Köln, Einweihung Gürzenich cropped Ernst Schwering.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Ernst Schwering]]'''<br>{{small|(1886–1962)}}
| 8 November 1951
| 9 November 1956
| {{age in days|1951|11|08|1956|11|09}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| '''8'''
| [[File:Theo Burauen.JPG|100px]]
| '''[[Theo Burauen]]'''<br>{{small|(1906–1987)}}
| 9 November 1956
| 17 December 1973
| {{age in days|1956|11|09|1973|12|17}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| '''9'''
| 
| '''[[John van Nes Ziegler]]'''<br>{{small|(1921–2006)}}
| 20 December 1973
| 28 October 1980
| {{age in days|1973|12|20|1980|10|28}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| '''10'''
| [[File:Norbert-burger-1987.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Norbert Burger]]'''<br>{{small|(1932–2012)}}
| 28 October 1980
| 30 September 1999
| {{age in days|1980|10|28|1999|09|30}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:white"| '''11'''
| 
| '''[[Harry Blum (politician)|Harry Blum]]'''<br>{{small|(1944–2000)}}
| 1 October 1999
| 17 March 2000
| {{age in days|1999|10|01|2000|03|17}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|CDU}}; color:white"| '''12'''
| [[File:Fritz schramma.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Fritz Schramma]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1947)}}
| 20 September 2000 
| 20 October 2009
| {{age in days|2000|09|20|2009|10|20}}
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|Christian Democratic Union]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}; color:white"| '''13'''
| [[File:Präsident des Europäischen Parlamentes im Kölner Rathaus-8676.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Jürgen Roters]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)}}
| 21 October 2009 
| 20 October 2015
| {{age in days|2009|10|21|2015|10|20}}
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]]
|-

| style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; color:black"| '''14'''
| [[File:OB Henriette Reker vor dem Empfang Liu Yandong 2016 im Kölner Rathaus -9702.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Henriette Reker]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1956)}}
| 22 October 2015
| ''Incumbent'' 
| {{age in days|2015|10|22}}
| Independent
|-
|}

== 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]]

==See also==
* [[Timeline of Cologne]]

== External links ==
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