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Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

since 1778. Since 1877, their title is ''Oberbürgermeister'', rather than ''Bürgermeister''. *1778–1801: Carl Wilhelm Müller *1794–1813?: Christian Gottfried Hermann *1814–1830: Ludwig Ferdinand Weber *1831: Johann Carl Groß *1831: Dr. Carl Friedrich Schaarschmidt *1831–1839: Dr. Christian Adolph Deutrich *1840–1849: Dr. Johann Karl Groß *1848–1849: Hermann Adolph Klinger *1849–1876: Dr. Carl Wilhelm Otto Koch *1876–1899: Dr. jur. Dr. med. h.c. Otto Robert Georgi, since 1877 ''Oberbürgermeister'' *1899–1908: Dr. jur. et. phil. Carl Bruno Troendlin *1908–1917: Dr. Rudolf Bernhard August Dittrich *1918–1930: Dr. Karl Wilhelm August Rothe *1930–1937: Dr.

Carl Friedrich Goerdeler Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (; 31 July 1884 – 2 February 1945) was a monarchist conservative German politician, executive, economist, civil servant and opponent of the Nazi regime. He opposed some anti-Jewish policies while he held office and was ...

*1937: Rudolf Haake *1937–1938: *1939–1945: Bruno Erich

Alfred Freyberg Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlu ...

*1945:

Wilhelm Johannes Vierling Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Mount ...

*1945–1949: Richard Moritz Erich Zeigner *1949–1951: Max Ernst Opitz *1951–1959: Hans Erich Uhlich *1959–1970:

Walter Kresse Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...

*1970–1986:

Karl-Heinz Müller Karl-Heinz Müller (born 27 August 1948) is an Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social ...

*1986–1989:

Bernd Seidel Bernd is a Low German short form of the given name Bernhard (English Bernard). List of persons with given name Bernd The following people share the name Bernd. *Bernd Brückler (born 1981), Austrian hockey player * Bernd Eichinger (1949–2011), ...

*1989–1990:

Günter Hädrich Gunter or Günter may refer to: * Gunter rig, a type of rig used in sailing, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States People Surname * Chris Gunter ( ...

*1990–1998: Dr.

Hinrich Lehmann-Grube Hinrich Lehmann-Grube (21 December 1932 – 6 August 2017) was a German politician. He served as Mayor of Leipzig from 1990 through 1998. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was born in Königsberg (present day Kalin ...

*1998–2005:

Wolfgang Tiefensee Wolfgang Tiefensee (born 4 January 1955) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development in the grand coalition cabinet led by Angela Merkel between 2005 and ...

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SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been t ...

) *2005–2006: Andreas Müller (interim) (SPD) *2006–:

Burkhard Jung Burkhard Jung (born 7 March 1958 in Siegen) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been the 21st lord mayor (''Oberbürgermeister'') of Leipzig (Saxony) since March 29, 2006. In addition, he has been president of th ...

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