the Fürsthof, a small street in Neumünster's historic city center. The three-story brick building was built around 1900. Zoo The Tierpark Neumünster houses about 700 animals from a total of 100 species of mammals, birds and reptiles on a wooded area of 24 hectares. Nature reserves The raised bog Dosenmoor near Einfeld northeast of Neumünster has an area of 521 hectares and is the largest and best preserved raised bog in Schleswig-Holstein. Due to the good condition of the moor, a diverse flora and fauna can be explored here. The nature reserve on the western shore of Einfelder See protects the near-natural shoreline landscape with siltation zones and the open water areas in front of them. Politics Mayor The current mayor of Neumünster is Tobias Bergmann of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The most recent mayoral election was held on 9 May 2021, with a runoff held on 30 May, and the results were as follows: ! rowspan=2 colspan=2| Candidate ! rowspan=2| Party ! colspan=2| First round ! colspan=2| Second round |- ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Olaf Taurus | align=left| Independent (CDU) | 10,315 | 40.6 | 9,857 | 49.2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Tobias Bergmann | align=left| Social Democratic Party | 6,834 | 26.9 | 10,194 | 50.8 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Sven Radestock | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens | 5,649 | 22.3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Memet Celik | align=left| Independent | 1,799 | 7.1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Mark Proch | align=left| National Democratic Party | 786 | 3.1 |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 25,383 ! 99.1 ! 20,051 ! 99.4 |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 233 ! 0.9 ! 112 ! 0.6 |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 25,616 ! 100.0 ! 20,163 ! 100.0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 64,345 ! 39.8 ! 64,344 ! 31.3 |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Neumünster (1st round, 2nd round) |} List of mayors and Lord mayors In 1870 Neumünster received the town privileges. 1870–1894: Eduard Schlichting 1894–1919: Max Röer 1919–1933: Detlef Schmidt 1933–1945: Max Stahmer (NSDAP (Nazi Party)) 1945–1946: Gustav Bärwald (Oberstadtdirektor) 1946–1948: Ludolf Behnke (CDU) 1948–1950: Hugo Voß (SPD) 1950–1970: Walther Lehmkuhl (SPD) 1970–1988: Uwe Harder (SPD) 1988–1991: Franz-Josef Pröpper (SPD) 1991–2009: Hartmut Unterlehberg (SPD) 2009–2021: Olaf Tauras (CDU) 2021–present: Tobias Bergmann (SPD) City council The Neumünster city council governs the