Hamminkeln

Hamminkeln has had nine mayors since 1946:

• Willi Finke (1894–1953) was mayor and main administrative official^{[clarification needed]} for two months from 23 January 1946 to 15 March 1946.
• Gustav Schippers (1882–1961) was mayor from 24 June 1946 to 13 January 1961. In this time there were three main administrative officials: Karlheinz Kürten (born 1915) from 15 March 1946 to 30 September 1946, Dr. Otto Weyer (1897–1969) from 1 October 1946 to 31 October 1953 and Josef Leeuw (1903–1976) from 21 December 1953 to 12 November 1965.
• Albert Busch (1896–1973) from 27 March 1961 to 3 December 1970.
• Adolf Bovenkerk (1933–2016) from 3 December 1970 to 31 December 1974.
• Bernhard Hoffmann (1912–1979) was mayor until July 1979. In this time Erich Tellmann (1929–2011) was main administrative official from 1 January 1966 to 31 December 1974, and until July 1987 he was town manager.
• Heinrich Meyers (1938–2000) was the next mayor from October 1979 to December 2000. From July 1987 to September 1999 Bruno Gerwers (born 1938) was the town manager.
• Holger Schlierf (born 1954) was the first mayor without party affiliation (his predecessors having all been CDU members), from June 2001 to October 2015
• The current mayor is Bernd Romanski (born 1959), a member of the SPD.

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  Hamminkeln, church
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  Hamminkeln, church
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  Dingden, church (die Sankt Pancratius Kirche) and Gasthof
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  Brünen, reformed church
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  British paratroopers in Hamminkeln on 25 March 1945.