This is a list of mayors of Cologne. It includes the Lord Mayors of

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

(''Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Köln'') since 1815 as well as the city managers (''Oberstadtdirektoren'') from 1946 to 1999.

Mayors since 1815

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:

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German Reich

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Lord Mayor of Cologne (1945–present)

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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

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