Wörth an der Donau () is a town in the district of Regensburg, in

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. It is situated on the left bank of the

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, 22 km east of Regensburg.

First mayors before 1945

First mention of a mayor: Ulrich Vorstl (1482) *Franz Xaver Pittinger (1803-1808) *Schottenloher *Vilsmeier *Kleebauer *Max Joseph Scheglmann (1876 to 1888) *Oetting (1888 to 1902) *Johann Henfling (1902 to 1930) *Karl Saller, last freely elected mayor (1930 to 1933) *Alfons Lehle, NSDAP (April 1933 to August 1936) *Paul Gottschall, NSDAP (August 1936 to October 1936) *Friedrich Horkheimer,

NSDAP The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that crea ...

(October 1936 to May 1945)

First mayor since 1945

* 1945 to 1946: Alois Schmelz (introduced by US-Army) * 1946 to 1965: Johann Baumann (ÜWG) * 1965 to 1973: Alfred Büchele (CSU) * 1973 to 2002: Franz Beutl (CSU) * 2002 to 2020: Anton Rothfischer (ÜWG) * since 2020: Josef Schütz (CSU) '' Official First Mayor '' Anton Rothfischer (ÜWG) was elected mayor for the first time in the 2002 election. He was reelected in 2008 and 2014. In March 2020 Josef Schütz (CSU) was elected mayor.

Sons and daughters of the town

* Otto Pittinger (1878-1926), medical councilor, politician and paramedical officer *

Johann Reichhart Johann Reichhart (29 April 1893 – 26 April 1972) was a German state-appointed judicial executioner in Bavaria from 1924 to 1946. During the Nazi period, he executed numerous people who were sentenced to death for their resistance to the Germa ...

(1893-1972), executioner *

Ludwig Franz Ludwig Franz (August 30, 1922 in Wörth an der Donau - July 2, 1990 in Rottach-Egern) was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. He was a member of the Bundestag from 1953 to 1976, representing Rosenheim (e ...

(1922-1990), politician (CSU) Member of Bundestag 1953-1976 * Franz Fuchs (born 1953), historian

References

Regensburg (district) Populated places on the Danube {{Regensburgdistrict-geo-stub