The mayor of the Swiss city of Zürich (Stadtpräsident von Zürich) presides the city council (Stadtrat). The office of mayor (Bürgermeister) was introduced with the guild revolution of 1336, and held by Rudolf Brun until 1360. It was abolished in the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803). In 1803, the title of Bürgermeister was given to the head of the cantonal government, and the office of the city mayor was renamed to Stadtpräsident).
Bürgermeister (1336–1798) After its accession to the Swiss Confederacy in 1351, Zürich was divided in its loyalties between its alliance with the Confederacy and the ties of its patriciate to the House of Habsburg. The guilds enforced a number of concessions from the pro-Habsburg patriciate in 1373, among other things the reduction of the power of the office of the mayor. From this time, Zürich had two elected mayors, who alternately were in office for half a year. The same conflict erupted once again in the so-called "Schöno dispute" (Schöno-Handel) in 1393, in which the pro-Habsburg mayor Rudolf Schön (Schöno) was deposed by the pro-Confederate guilds and the constitution was changed again to reduce the mayor's influence.
+ Term Bürgermeister Born–died1336–1360 Rudolf Brun (d. 1360)1360–1384Rüdiger Manesse (d. 1384)1384 Johannes Vink (d. 1392)1384–1390Rudolf Schwend (d. 1390)1390–1393Rudolf Schön (d. 1412)1392/3Johannes Manesse (d. 1393)1393 Heinrich Meiss (d. 1427)1393–1409Johannes Meyer von Knonau (d. 1409)1409 Johannes Herter (d. 1409) 1414/5Pantaleon ab Inkenberg 1415–1427Jakob Glentner (d. 1430)1427–1429Felix Manesse (d. 1434)1429–1434 Rudolf Stüssi (d. 1443)1434–1439 Rudolf Meiss (d. 1439)1439–1441 Jakob Schwarzmurer 1441–1442 Johannes Schwend 1442–1445 Heinrich Schwend 1445–1454 Johannes Keller 1454–1469 Rudolf von Cham 1469–1475 Heinrich Röist 1475–1483 Heinrich Göldli 1483–1489 Hans Waldmann (1435–1489)1489 Konrad Schwend 1489–1499 Felix Brennwald 1499–1502 Rudolf Escher 1502–1505 Matthias Wyss 1505–1510 Marx Röist (1454–1524)1510–1524Felix Schmid 1524 Heinrich Walder 1524–1542 Diethelm Röist 1542–1544Johannes Haab 1544–1557 Joh. Rudolf Lavater .. 1795–1798 David von Wyss (1763–1839)
From 1803–1850 the title of Bürgermeister was held by the cantonal government, while the title of the city's mayor was changed to Stadtpräsident.
Stadtpräsident (1803 to present)
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See also List of people from Zürich Timeline of Zürich