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City, Population, (State)
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Mayor
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Previous jobs
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Annual basic salary
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Aachen
249,000
(North-Rhine Westphalia)
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Ms Sibylle Keupen
Born 1963
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2025
Party: Independent, supported by Greens |
Studied pedagogy; Deputy chairperson of German association of art colleges for young people |
€140,500 |
Augsburg
296,000
(Bavaria)
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Ms Eva Weber
Born 1977
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2026
Party: CSU |
Studied law; Worked for the Bavarian association of savings banks; Head of business & economics at the City of Augsburg; In 2014 elected to the city council. |
€135,000 |
Berlin
3,677,000
(Federal capital, city-state) |
Ms Franziska Giffey
Born 1978
Mayor since 2021; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Federal minister for families, women and young people from 2018 to 2021 |
€207,000 |
Bielefeld
344,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Mr Pit Clausen
Born 1962
Mayor since 2009; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Studied law; Judge, specialising in work and employment matters |
€160,000 |
Bochum
363,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Mr Thomas Eiskirch
Born 1970
Mayor since 2015; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Degree in economics from the University of Dortmund; Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament from 2005 until 2015 |
€165,200 |
Bonn
331,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Ms Katja Dörner
Born 1976
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2025
Party: The Greens |
Studied politics in Bonn, York and Edinburgh; From 2009 to 2020 member of the German federal parliament (Bundestag) |
€165,200 |
Braunschweig
249,000
(Lower Saxony) |
Mr Thorsten Kornblum
Born 1983
Mayor since 2021; Term ends 2029
Party: SPD |
From 2009 to 2014, member of the Council of the City of Münster; From 2014 to 2020, department head at the Lower Saxony interior ministry |
€140,500 |
Bremen
563,000
(Free and Hanseatic city, city-state) |
Mr Andreas Bovenschulte
Born 1965
Mayor since 2019; Term ends 2023
Party: SPD |
Studied law in Bremen; From 2007 to 2019 first deputy then mayor of Weyhe, near Bremen |
€156,000 |
Chemnitz
243,000
(Saxony) |
Mr Sven Schulze
Born 1971; Mayor since 2020
Party: SPD |
Studied business at Chemnitz University; Following military service, he joined regional utility company and worked in corporate communication; Between 2015 and 2020 member of Chemnitz city council |
€140,000 |
Darmstadt
160,000
(Hesse) |
Mr Jochen Partsch
Born 1962
Mayor since 2011; Term ends 2023
Party: The Greens |
Formerly worked in marketing, social services and for Darmstadt University as a lecturer |
€142,000 |
Dortmund
587,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Mr Thomas Westphal
Born 1967
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
In 1993 elected leader of Germany's Young Socialists (Jusos); As a mature student studied economics in Hamburg; Co-publisher of Spw, a journal for socialist politics and business; Appointed head of Dortmund's economic development department in 2014; Promoted the establishment of knowledge-based start-ups |
€171,636 |
Dresden
555,000
(State capital of Saxony) |
Mr Dirk Hilbert
Born 1971
Mayor since 2015; Term ends 2029
Party: FDP |
Deputy Mayor and Acting Mayor of Dresden between 2008 - 2015; Qualified in engineering and worked in aviation sector in 1990s; Subsequently; worked as Assistant Secretary Economic Affairs City of Dresden; |
€144,300 |
Duisburg
419,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Mr Sören Link
Born 1976
Mayor since 2012; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Member of state parliament 2005-2012; Working in education, media and home affairs committees |
€165,000 |
Düsseldorf
601,000
(State capital of North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Mr Stephan Keller
Born 1970
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2025
Party CDU |
Studied law in Bayreuth and Birmingham; PhD from Ruhr University in Bochum; Between 2006 and 2016 worked in various capacities for the City of Düsseldorf; From 2017 to 2020 city manager in Cologne, often deputising for Mayor Henriette Reker |
€172,000 |
Erfurt
213,000
(State capital of Thuringia) |
Mr Andreas Bausewein
Born 1973
Mayor since 2006; Term ends 2024
Party: SPD |
Politician; Former member of state parliament; |
€131,000 |
Essen
579,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Mr Thomas Kufen
Born 1973
Mayor since 2015; Term ends 2025
Party: CDU |
Kufen worked in the private sector in a sales capacity from 1994 to 2004 and was a member of state Parliament from 2012 to 2015. From 2005 to 2010 state commissioner for integration in the government; Party: CDU |
€172,000 |
Frankfurt am Main
759,000
(Hesse) |
Mr Peter Feldmann
Born 1959
Mayor since 2012; Term ends 2024;In July 2022, Frankfurt's city council approved a motion for the Mayor to resign immediately, citing allegations of corruption. In November 2022, Frankfurt electors will be asked to approve a recall of the Mayor
Party: SPD |
Feldmann is an economist and political scientist; First Jewish mayor of a major German city since WWII. One of the founders of the group Jewish Social Democrats within the Social Democratic Party; 1989 to 2012 served as City Councillor and party deputy Chairman focused on children, youths, the unemployed and elderly care issues; |
€166,000 |
Freiburg
232,000
(Baden-Wurttemberg) |
Mr Martin Horn
Born 1984
Mayor since 2018; Term ends 2026
Party: Independent, supported by SPD |
Co-ordinator for European affairs at the City of Sindelfingen; Visiting lecturer at Protestant College of Ludwigsburg; MA in European and world politics from University of Bremen |
€140,500 |
Gelsenkirchen
260.000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Ms Karin Welge
Born 1962
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Studied law and European politics; From 1992 to 1997 lecturer in public administration in Cologne; Elected Gelsenkirchen city councillor in 2011; Between 2015 and 2020 responsible for municipal finance |
€165,000 |
Hagen
189,000
(North-Rhine Westphalia) |
Mr Erik Schulz
Born 1966
Mayor since 2014; Term ends 2025
Party: Independent |
Management career. From 2000 to 2014 managed a public sector agency |
€142,000 |
Halle
238,000
(Sachsen Anhalt) |
Mr Paul Wiegand
Born 1957
Mayor since 2012
Party: Independent |
Lecturer in administrative law (1998 to 2008); Assistant mayor (Beigeordneter) at Halle (2008 to 2012) |
€130,000 |
Hamburg
1,854,000
(Free and Hanseatic city, city-state) |
Mr Peter Tschentscher
Born 1966
Mayor since 2018; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Lawyer, Doctor of Medicine; From 1994 until 2008 he practiced at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg Finance Senator from 2011 until 2018 |
€207,275 |
Hamm
180,000
(North-Rhine Westphalia) |
Mr Marc Herter
Born 1974
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Studied law at Münster University; 1994 to 2014 member of Hamm's city council; From 2010 to 2020 member of the North-Rhine Westphalia state parliament |
€142,000 |
Hannover (Hanover)
536,000
(State capital of Lower Saxony) |
Mr Belit Onau
Born 1981
Mayor since 2019; Term ends 2027
Party The Greens |
After national service, Onau studied law in Hannover and Bremen; Joined the SPD as a pupil but left the party and then attached himself to a conservative student organisation. Joined the Green Party in 2008; From 2011 to 2014 Green city councillor in Hannover; From 2013 to 2019 member of Lower Saxony state parliament |
€170,500 |
Heidelberg
159,000
(Baden-Württemberg) |
Mr Eckhardt Würzner
Born 1961
Mayor since 2006; Term ends 2022; Next elections November 2022; The incumbent Mayor will stand again
Party: Independent, supported by CDU |
Lecturer and former consultant on environmental energy; Deputy Mayor 2000-2006; Since 2006 President of EU Energy Cities Network |
€145,600, rising to 171,400 should he be re-elected in November 2022 |
Herne
157,000
(North-Rhine Westphalia) |
Mr Frank Dudda
Born 1963
Mayor since 2015; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Lawyer; Practised law between 2002 and 2015 |
€142,000 |
Ingolstadt
138,000
(Bavaria) |
Mr Christian Scharpf
Born 1971
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2026
Party: SPD |
Apprenticeship in banking; He later studied commercial and European law; Practised law between 2002 and 2004; Between 2004 and 2020 employed by the Bavarian capital city of Munich first in the legal department, later in the lord mayor's office; |
€131,300 |
Karlsruhe
307,000
(Baden-Württemberg) |
Mr Frank Mentrup
Born 1964
Mayor since 2013; Term ends 2028
Party SPD |
Trained as paramedic and doctor; 1993-2011 practised psychiatrist for children and young people; 2006-2013 member of state parliament working on youth and education issues |
€165,300 |
Kassel
201,000
(Hesse) |
Mr Christian Geselle
Born 1976
Mayor since 2017; Term ends 2023
Party: SPD |
Previous occupations include police officer in Frankfurt for 10 years and lawyer; Member of the Kassel City Council for 10 years including City Treasurer 2015 - 2017 |
€140,500 |
Kiel
246,000
(Schleswig-Holstein) |
Mr Ulf Kämpfer
Born 1972
Mayor since 2014; Term ends 2024
Party SPD |
Studied law in Göttingen and Galway (Ireland) as well as research at Columbia Uni, NYC; Lawyer, former judge and member of the state government |
€137,000 |
Köln (Cologne)
1,073,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Ms Henriette Reker
Born 1956
Mayor since 2015; Term ends 2025
Party: Independent |
Lawyer. Survived assassination attempt on eve of polling day in 2015; The assault was prompted by her pro-migration policies; Deputy Mayor of Koln/Cologne 2010-2015 responsible for integration, social affairs and environment, Deputy Mayor in City of Gelsenkirchen 2000 - 2010. First female mayor of Koln/Cologne. Awarded Mayor of Distinction by World Mayor 2018 |
€171,600 |
Krefeld
227,000
(North-Rhine Westphalia) |
Mr Frank Meyer
Born 1974
Mayor since 2014; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Politician; MA in political management; Deputy Mayor 2009-2014; City Council member 1999-2009 |
€142,000 |
Leipzig
602.000
(Saxony) |
Mr Burkhard Jung
Born 1958
Mayor since 2006; Term ends 2027
Party: SPD |
Teacher, later school principal; Involved in 2012 Leipzig Olympic Games bid and 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany; Board member of EUROCITIES and German Association of Towns and Cities |
€144,300 |
Leverkusen
164,000
(North-Rhine Westphalia) |
Mr Uwe Richrath
Born 1961
Mayor since 2015; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Textile retailer; City councillor from 2009 to 2015 |
€142,000 |
Lübeck
216,000
(Schleswig-Holstein) |
Mr Jan Lindenau
Born 1979
Mayor since 2017; Term ends 2024
Party SPD |
Lübeck city councillor from 2011 to 2018; Worked previously in the financial sector |
€140,000 |
Ludwigshafen
172,000
(Rhineland-Palatinate) |
Ms Jutta Steinruck
Born 1962
Mayor since 2018; Term ends 2025
Party SPD |
From 2009 until end of 2017, Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2017 |
€140,500 |
Magdeburg
236,000
(Saxony-Anhalt) |
Ms Simone Borris
Born 1962
Mayor since 2022; Term ends 2029
Party: Independent |
Completed an apprenticeship in finance before studying economy at the technical university Reichenbach; Began working for the city of Magdeburg in 1990. In October 2021, She became mayor. Borris is also a director of the local football club 1. FC Magdeburg |
€131,200 |
Mainz
218,000
(Rhineland-Palatinate) |
Mr Michael Ebling
Born 1967
Mayor since 2012; Term ends 2026
Party: SPD |
Member of City Council 1994 to 2002; From 2006 to 2012 Minister of State for education and science in state government |
€138,500 |
Mannheim
311,000
(Baden-Württemberg) |
Mr Peter Kurz
Born 1962
Mayor since 2007; Term ends 2023
Party: SPD |
City councillor since 1984, became mayor for education, culture and sports in 1999 until elected Lord mayor; Participated in Habitat 3; Mayor Kurz was awarded the 2021 World Mayor International Award |
€140,500 |
Mönchengladbach
261,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Mr Felix Heinrichs
Born 1989
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2025
Party: CDU |
Studied history and politics in Düsseldorf; Between 2013 and 2020 managing director of a private care home for elderly citizens |
€165,000 |
Mülheim / Ruhr
171,000
(North-Rhine Westphalia) |
Mr Marc Buchholz
Born 1968
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2025
Party: CDU |
Founded the employment agency and advice centre AkZent in 1998; The centre offered career and employment advice to students from the Mercator University in Duisburg; From 2005 to 2019 responsible for areas like education, youth and sport at the Town of Kevelae |
€142,000 |
München (Munich)
1,488,000
(State capital, Bavaria) |
Mr Dieter Reiter
Born 1958
Mayor since 2014; Term ends 2026
Party: SPD |
Studied public administration, 1981-2009 worked for the city administration of Munich; became city councillor in 2009 |
€172,000 |
Münster
318,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Mr Markus Lewe
Born 1965
Mayor since 2009; Term ends 2025
Party: CDU |
Studied public administration; Elected district mayor in 1999; Chairman of the supervisory board of Münster/ Osnabrück airport |
€165,000 |
Nürnberg (Nuremberg)
511,000
(Bavaria) |
Mr Marcus König
Born 1980
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2026
Party CSU |
After finishing college education, he completed a training programme in banking with the Dresdner Bank; After the merger of Dresdner Bank with Commerzbank, he managed a number of branches of the newly merged bank from 2011 to 2017 |
€158,000 |
Oberhausen
209,000
(North- Rhine Westphalia) |
Mr Daniel Schranz
Born 1974
Mayor since 2015; Term ends 2025
Party: CDU |
After his studies in economic history, Daniel Schranz worked for a number of educational and political institutions; From 2001 to 2015 member of Oberhausen municipal council and later leader of the CDU in the regional council of the Ruhr region |
€142,000 |
Oldenburg
170,000
(Lower Saxony) |
Mr Jürgen Krogmann
Born 1963
Mayor since 2014; Term ends 2028
Party: SPD |
After community national service, Krogmann studied history and politics in Cologne and Oldenburg; From 1989 to 1993 radio reporter; 1993 to 2006 press spokesman for the City of Oldenburg; From 2008 to 2014 member of the state parliament |
€132,500 |
Osnabrück
165,000
(Lower Saxony) |
Ms Katharina Pötter
Born 1979
Mayor since 2021; Term ends 2028
Party: CDU |
Studied public law in Oldenburg and gained law degree, enabling her to become a judge; From 2007 to 2019 employed by the state school authority; From 2019 to 2021 as member of the Osnabrück city council co-ordinated the response to the Covid pandemic |
€140,500 |
Potsdam
183,000
(State capital of Brandenburg) |
Mr Mike Schubert
Born 1973
Mayor since 2018; Term ends 2026
Party: SPD |
Apprentices in industrial electronics and retail; Military service, as reservist detached to peace keeping in Kosovo; From 2004 to 2016 occupied various management position in Brandenburg's state government; From 2016 to 2018 responsible social services at City of Potsdam |
€124,200 |
Rostock
208,000; (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) |
Post vacant
Mayoral election in November 2022 |
n/a |
€130,000 |
Saarbrücken
180,000
(State capital of Saarland) |
Mr Uwe Conradt
Born 1977
Mayor since 2019; Term ends 2027
Party: CDU |
BA in business from the Saarland University and an MA in media law from the Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz; Since 2009 member to the Saarbrücken city council. From 2012 to 2016, member of the state parliament of Saarland |
€123,600 |
Solingen
159,000
(North-Rhine Westphalia) |
Mr Tim Kurzbach
Born 1978
Mayor since 2015; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Solingen city councillor from 2004 to 2015 |
€142,000 |
Stuttgart
626,000
(State capital of Baden-Württemberg) |
Mr Frank Nopper
Born 1961
Mayor since 2021; Term ends 2029
Party: CDU |
Military service followed by apprenticeship at the Dresdner Bank; Studied law in Tübingen and Speyer; Mayor of the City of Backnang from 2002 to 2021 |
€172,000 |
Wiesbaden
279.000
(State capital of Hesse) |
Mr Gert-Uwe Mende
Born 1974
Mayor since 2019; Term ends 2025
Party: SPD |
Studied history, politics and economics at University of Göttingen; Trainee journalist; From 1991 to 1999 press spokesman for the Hesse interior minister; In 1999 appointed press spokesman and then leader of the SPD faction in the Hessian parliament |
€165,000 |
Wuppertal
355,000
(North Rhine-Westphalia) |
Mr Uwe Schneidewind
Born 1966
Mayor since 2020; Term ends 2025
Party: The Greens |
Studied business & commerce at the University of Cologne. Doctorate from St Gallen University, Switzerland, in Economics and Environment; From 1998 to 2008 professor at Oldenburg University; From 2010 to 2020 Head of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy |
€165,000 |
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