List of mayors of Augsburg


This is a list of holders of the office of mayor of the German city of Augsburg.
For simplicity they are all called mayors, although the title varied over the centuries.
On the head of the city Augsburg as chairman of the town council governed since 1266 the so-called Stadtpfleger, sometimes also called mayor, so it happened that both titles were in use at the same time.
By 1548 the title was fixed as Stadtpfleger. These officiated for some years and after that they were elected for lifetime. This is why there were sometimes two or more Stadtpfleger simultaneously.
After the transfer to Bavaria in 1806 Augsburg constituted a magistracy with two mayors. It was supported by an additional council of so-called "community commissioners".
Since 1907 the mayor has been called Oberbürgermeister, because Augsburg reached a population of 100,000. The title is stated in the Bavarian Gemeindeordnung.
Until 1919 mostly mayors were members of the aristocracy. After the last German Kaiser Wilhelm II was deposed, and the implementation of democracy, the officeholder was elected. From this time on, the mayor normally was a member of a political party.

Nineteenth century

NameDoB/ DoDYears in office
Albrecht von Stetten1736–18171806
Johann Baptist Peter von Carl1761–18471806
Johann Jakob Besserer von Thalfingen1753–18341807–1813
Johann Christoph von Zabuesnig1747–18271813–1818
Johann Nepomuk von Caspar1774–18591818–1821
Anton Barth1787–18481822–1834
Richard Anton Nikolaus Carron du Val1793–18461834–1846
Georg von Forndran1807–18661847–1866
Ludwig von Fischer1832–19001866–1900

20th century

NameDoB/ DoDPartyYears in officeNotes
Georg von Wolfram1851–19231900–1919
Kaspar Deutschenbaur1864–1950BVP1919–1929
Otto Bohl1885–1969BVP1930–1933
Edmund StoeckleNSDAP1933–1934
Josef MayrNSDAP1934–1945
Wilhelm OttBVP1945provisional mayor
Ludwig Dreifuß1945–1946provisional mayor
Otto WeinkammCSU1946
Heinz HohnerCSU1946–1947
Nikolaus MüllerCSU1947–1964
Wolfgang Pepper1910–1997SPD1964–1972
Hans Breuer*1930SPD1972–1990
Peter Menacher*1939CSU1990–2002

21st century

NameDob/ DoDPartyYears in officeNotes
Paul Wengert*1952SPD2002–2008
Kurt Gribl*19642008–presentacceded for the CSU, still no member