The Deutscher Städtetag ('Association of German Cities') is an organization that represents interests of cities in Germany. The plans to establish the organization took place in Dresden in 1903. Its first meeting was held on November 27, 1905, in Berlin. It was dissolved in 1933, then re-formed in 1945. As of 2024 some 200 cities comprise its direct membership. The association's mission centers on sustaining the guarantee of local self-governance specified in the Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (German constitution), Article 28, paragraph 2.
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Member cities
Initially, each city with a population larger than 25,000 was eligible for membership in the organization.
Listed below are the approximately 200 member cities and towns of the Deutsche Städtetag, also referred to as Direct members (Unmittelbare Mitglieder) by the organization. In addition there are approximately another 3,000 cities and towns that are indirect members (Mittelbare Mitglieder). This means that they are not members of the Deutsche Städtetag itself, but are members of at least one of its Member associations (Mitgliedsverbände), such as the Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen or the Städte- und Gemeindebund Sachsen-Anhalt, for instance.
Presidents
1948–1949: Louise Schroeder
1949–1953: Ernst Reuter
1954–1955, 1957–1958: Ernst Schwering
1955–1957: Otto Suhr
1958–1963: Willy Brandt
1963–1965: Arnulf Klett
1965–1967: Alfred Dregger
1967–1970: Willi Brundert
1970–1971: Hans-Jochen Vogel
1971–1977: Hans Koschnick
1977–1979, 1980, 1981-1983, 1989–1993: Manfred Rommel
1979–1980: Günther Bantzer
1983–1985: Günter Samtlebe
1985–1986: Walter Wallmann
1986, 1987–1989: Herbert Schmalstieg
1993–1995: Norbert Burger
1995–1997: Gerhard Seiler
1997–1999, 2002–2005, 2009–2011: Petra Roth
1999–2002: Hajo Hoffmann
2005–2009, 2011–2013: Christian Ude
2013–2015: Ulrich Maly
2015–2017: Eva Lohse
2018–2019: Markus Lewe
2019–2021: Burkhard Jung
2021–present: Markus Lewe