View at the historical townhall Gladbeck possesses a mayor since it gained town privilege in July 1919. Yet, the official term was lord mayor as Gladbeck was a county borough by 1974. Since then it has a mayor and since 1994 the position as Gladbeck's mayor is a full-time function. The mayor is the chairman of the town council and employer of administration. Wasserschloss Wittringen, Maschinenhalle Zweckel, Appeltatenfest - hier geht's zu den Nachrichten aus Gladbeck, der Stadt zwischen Ruhrgebiet und Münsterland. ![]() ![]() Gladbeck already had the following mayors: • 1919-1931: Michael Jovy, non party • 1931-?: Bernhard Hackenberg, in 1933 he joined the • 1948–1952: Johann Harnischfeger, • 1946–1958: Friedrich Lange, • 1958–1963: Heinrich Kliem, SPD • 1963-1965: Hans Wuwer, SPD • 1965–1971: Günter Kalinowski, SPD • 1971–1974: Norbert Aust, SPD • 1976–1994: Wolfgang Röken, SPD • 1994–2004: Eckhard Schwerhoff, CDU • since 2004: Ulrich Roland, SPD In 1994 Eckhard Schwerhoff was elected mayor by the town council after the had governed Gladbeck for 48 years. The SPD failed the absolute majority only barely and because the mayor has one voice too it would have led to a stalemate. As a result, the and a new founded local party (BIG) made the decision to support Eckhard Schwerhoff, a CDU party member but not involved in the politics of Gladbeck until then. In 1999 Eckhard Schwerhoff was re-elected after a reform according to which mayors should be elected directly. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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