The Deutscher Städtetag (Association of German Cities) is an organization that represents interests of
cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It began in 1905, dissolved in 1933, then re-formed in 1945.
As of 2019 some 200 cities comprise its membership. The association's mission centers on sustaining the guarantee of
local
Local may refer to:
Geography and transportation
* Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand
* Local, Missouri, a community in the United States
* Local government, a form of public administration, usually the lowest tier of administrat ...
self-governance
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Self-governance, self-government, or self-rule is the ability of a person or group to exercise all necessary functions of regulation without intervention from an external authority. It may refer to personal conduct or to any form of ...
specified in the ''
Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland'' (German constitution), Article 28, paragraph 2.
Member cities
Listed below are the approximately 200 member cities and towns of the Deutsche Städtetag, also referred to as ''Direct members'' (''Unmittelbare Mitglieder'') by the organization. In addition there are approximately another 3,000 cities and towns that are ''indirect members'' (''Mittelbare Mitglieder''). This means that they are not members of the Deutsche Städtetag itself, but are members of at least one of its ''Member associations'' (''Mitgliedsverbände''), such as the
Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen or the
Städte- und Gemeindebund Sachsen-Anhalt, for instance.
Presidents
* 1948–1949:
Louise Schroeder
Louise Dorothea Schroeder (2 April 1887 in Altona, Hamburg, Altona (Elbe) – 4 June 1957 in Berlin) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) party. She was among the 41 female members of the Weimar National Assemb ...
* 1949–1953:
Ernst Reuter
Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter (29 July 1889 – 29 September 1953) was the mayor of West Berlin from 1948 to 1953, during the time of the Cold War.
Biography
Early years
Reuter was born in Apenrade (Aabenraa), Province of Schleswig-Holstein ...
* 1954–1955, 1957–1958:
* 1955–1957:
Otto Suhr
Otto Ernst Heinrich Hermann Suhr (17 August 1894 – 30 August 1957) was a German politician as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He served as the Governing Mayor of Berlin (i.e. West Berlin) from 1955 until his death.
L ...
* 1958–1963:
Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Ge ...
* 1963–1965:
Arnulf Klett
Arnulf Klett (8 April 1905 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire - 14 August 1974 on the Bühlerhöhe/Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg) was a German lawyer and politician. He was the first Lord Mayor of Stuttgart after the Second ...
* 1965–1967:
Alfred Dregger
* 1967–1970:
Willi Brundert
Willi Brundert (12 June 1912 - 7 May 1970) was a German politician. He served in several political roles in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany from 1946 until his arrest and imprisonment in 1950. After being released from prison in 1957, Brunde ...
* 1970–1971:
Hans-Jochen Vogel
Hans-Jochen Vogel (3 February 192626 July 2020) was a German lawyer and a politician for the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Mayor of Munich from 1960 to 1972, winning the 1972 Summer Olympics for the city and Governing Mayor of We ...
* 1971–1977:
Hans Koschnick
Hans Koschnick (2 April 1929 – 21 April 2016) was a German politician (SPD) and elder statesman. He was the President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen from 1967 to 1985, the President of the Bundesrat in 1970/71 and 1981/82, and afterwards se ...
* 1977–1979, 1980, 1981-1983, 1989–1993:
Manfred Rommel
Manfred Rommel (24 December 1928 – 7 November 2013) was a German politician belonging to the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served as mayor of Stuttgart from 1974 until 1996. Rommel's policies were ...
* 1979–1980:
* 1983–1985:
* 1985–1986:
Walter Wallmann
Walter Wallmann (24 September 1932 – 21 September 2013) was a German lawyer politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as the Mayor of Frankfurt between 1977 and 1986, and as Minister-president of Hesse from 1987 to 1991. ...
* 1986, 1987–1989:
* 1993–1995:
* 1995–1997:
* 1997–1999, 2002–2005, 2009–2011:
Petra Roth
Petra Roth (born 9 May 1944 in Bremen) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the Mayor of Frankfurt from 1995 to 2012. In addition she twice served as president of the Deutscher Städtetag, resuming her previous ...
* 1999–2002:
* 2005–2009, 2011–2013:
Christian Ude
Christian Ude (born 26 October 1947) is a German politician who served as mayor of Munich from 1993 to 2014. He is a member of the German Social Democratic Party.
Career
Ude was born in Munich. From 1967 to 1969 he worked for the daily newspa ...
* 2013–2015:
Ulrich Maly
* 2015–2017:
Eva Lohse
* 2018–present:
References
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German Wikipedia
The German Wikipedia (german: Deutschsprachige Wikipedia) is the German-language edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia.
Founded on March 16, 2001, it is the second-oldest Wikipedia (after the English Wikipedia), ...
.''
Further reading
;issued by the association
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External links
Official site
Political organisations based in Germany
1905 establishments in Germany
Cities in Germany
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