Citizens' Alliance | align=left| Wolfgang Hölzer | 16,325 | 17.9 | 3.5 | 7 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | align=left| Peter Krause | 15,972 | 17.5 | 6.1 | 7 | 3 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| The Left (Die Linke) | align=left| Jana Körber | 14,812 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 7 | 1 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | align=left| Thomas Hartung | 12,050 | 13.2 | 4.9 | 6 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alternative for Germany (AfD) | align=left| Heike Gnatowski | 10,074 | 11.0 | New | 5 | New |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Free Democratic Party (FDP) | align=left| Hagen Hultzsch | 3,322 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 1 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Pirate Party Germany (Piraten) | align=left| Oliver Kröning | 1,797 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1 | ±0 |- ! colspan=3| Valid votes ! 30,686 ! 96.4 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=3| Invalid votes ! 1,155 ! 3.6 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=3| Total ! 31,841 ! 100.0 ! ! 42 ! ±0 |- ! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout ! 51,736 ! 61.5 ! 11.9 ! ! |- | colspan=8| Source: Wahlen in Thüringen |} Lord Mayor List of mayors and lord mayors (since 1793) The years behind the names indicate the years of office, whereby the year of office did not correspond to the calendar year. Since 1838, the city has had a lord mayor. 1793–1797: Johann Heinrich Siegmund Rentsch 1798–1811: 1811–1813: Daniel Wilhelm Brunnquell 1813: 1814–1820: Bernhard Friedrich Rudolph Kuhn 1820–1838: 1838–1850: Carl Georg Hase 1851–1866: 1867–1873: Otto Schäffer 1873–1875: (conservative) 1875–1910: Karl Pabst (liberal) 1910–1920: (non-party) 1920–1937: (non-party) 1937–1945: (NSDAP) 15–30 April 1945: (non-party) 1 April–5 November 1945: (SPD) 1945–1946: (SPD/SED) 1946–1948: Gerhard Hempel (LDP) 1948–1953: (CDU) 1953–1959: (CDU) 1960–1969: Luitpold Steidle (CDU) 1969–1970: (CDU) 1970–1982: (CDU) 1982–1989: (CDU) 1989–1990: (acting) (SED) 6–2 June. July 1990: Wolfgang Hentzschel (CDU) 27 July 1990 – 1994: Klaus Büttner (CDU) 1994–2006: Volkhardt Germer (non-party) 2006–2018: (SPD) since 1 July 2018: Peter Kleine (independent, for CDU and Weimarwerk Civic Alliance) Twin towns – sister cities Weimar is twinned with: Blois, France Hämeenlinna, Finland Siena, Italy Trier, Germany Zamość, Poland Friendly cities Weimar also has friendly relations with: Fulda, Germany Kamakura, Japan Shiraz, Iran Notable people Notelist References Further reading External links Historic tour in