This is a list of mayors of Leipzig 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 1937: Rudolf Haake 1937–1938: 1939–1945: Bruno Erich Alfred Freyberg 1945: Wilhelm Johannes Vierling 1945–1949: Richard Moritz Erich Zeigner 1949–1951: Max Ernst Opitz 1951–1959: Hans Erich Uhlich 1959–1970: Walter Kresse 1970–1986: Karl-Heinz Müller 1986–1989: Bernd Seidel 1989–1990: Günter Hädrich 1990–1998: Dr. Hinrich Lehmann-Grube 1998–2005: Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) 2005–2006: Andreas Müller (interim) (SPD) 2006–: Burkhard Jung (SPD) See also Timeline of Leipzig Leipzig Saxony-related lists