List of mayors of Zürich


The mayor of the Swiss city of Zürich presides the city council.
The office of mayor was introduced with the guild revolution of 1336, and held by Rudolf Brun until 1360. It was abolished in the Helvetic Republic.

''Bürgermeister'' (1336–1798)

After its accession to the Swiss Confederacy in 1351, Zürich was divided in its loyalties between its alliance with the Confederacy and the ties of its patriciate to the House of Habsburg. The guilds enforced a number of concessions from the pro-Habsburg patriciate in 1373, among other things the reduction of the power of the office of the mayor.
From this time, Zürich had two elected mayors, who alternately were in office for half a year.
The same conflict erupted once again in the so-called "Schöno dispute" in 1393, in which the pro-Habsburg mayor Rudolf Schön was deposed by the pro-Confederate guilds and the constitution was changed again to reduce the mayor's influence.
TermBürgermeisterBorn–died
1336–1360 Rudolf Brun
1360–1384Rüdiger Manesse
1384Johannes Vink
1384–1390Rudolf Schwend
1390–1393Rudolf Schön
1392/3Johannes Manesse
1393Heinrich Meiss
1393–1409Johannes Meyer von Knonau
1409 Johannes Herter
1414/5Pantaleon ab Inkenberg
1415–1427Jakob Glentner
1427–1429Felix Manesse
1429–1434Rudolf Stüssi
1434–1439Rudolf Meiss
1439–1441Jakob Schwarzmurer
1441–1442Johannes Schwend
1442–1445Heinrich Schwend
1445–1454Johannes Keller
1454–1469Rudolf von Cham
1469–1475Heinrich Röist
1475–1483Heinrich Göldli
1483–1489 Hans Waldmann
1489Konrad Schwend
1489–1499Felix Brennwald
1499–1502Rudolf Escher
1502–1505Matthias Wyss
1505–1510Marx Röist
1510–1524Felix Schmid
1524Heinrich Walder
1524–1542Diethelm Röist
1542–1544Johannes Haab
1544–1557Joh. Rudolf Lavater
..
1795–1798David von Wyss

From 1803–1850 the title of Bürgermeister was held by the cantonal government, while the title of the city's mayor was changed to Stadtpräsident.

''Stadtpräsident'' (1803 to present)

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