The Deutscher Städtetag ('Association of German Cities') is an organization that represents interests of
cities
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in
Germany
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. The plans to establish the organization took place in Dresden in 1903.
Its first meeting was held on November 27, 1905, in Berlin.
It was dissolved in 1933, then re-formed in 1945.
As of 2024 some 200 cities comprise its direct membership. The association's mission centers on sustaining the guarantee of
local
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Geography and transportation
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* Local, Missouri, a community in the United States
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Local'' (comics), a limited series comic book by Bria ...
self-governance
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specified in the ''
Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland'' (German constitution), Article 28, paragraph 2.
Member cities
Initially, each city with a population larger than 25,000 was eligible for membership in the organization.
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
* 1949–1953:
Ernst Reuter
* 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.
Lif ...
* 1958–1963:
Willy Brandt
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* 1963–1965:
Arnulf Klett
* 1965–1967:
Alfred Dregger
Alfred Dregger (10 December 1920 – 29 June 2002) was a German politician and a leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Dregger was born in Münster. After graduating from a school in Werl, he entered the German Wehrmacht in 19 ...
* 1967–1970:
Willi Brundert
* 1970–1971:
Hans-Jochen Vogel
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* 1971–1977:
Hans Koschnick
* 1977–1979, 1980, 1981-1983, 1989–1993:
Manfred Rommel
* 1979–1980:
* 1983–1985:
* 1985–1986:
Walter Wallmann
* 1986, 1987–1989:
* 1993–1995:
* 1995–1997:
* 1997–1999, 2002–2005, 2009–2011:
Petra Roth
* 1999–2002:
* 2005–2009, 2011–2013:
Christian Ude
* 2013–2015:
Ulrich Maly
* 2015–2017:
Eva Lohse
* 2018–2019:
* 2019–2021:
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 2006.
Political career
In addition to his role as mayor ...
* 2021–present:
References
Further reading
* , issued by the association
External links
*
Political organisations based in Germany
1905 establishments in Germany
Cities in Germany
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