Under "Buergerrecht" of the City of Duisburg, for instance you can find extensive information on the rights and duties of a burgher on page 6 and 7. It also states there: "*Bürger konnte man nicht ohne weiteres werden, es sei denn, schon der Vater hatte das Bürgerrecht* *innegehabt."* *TRANSLATION:* *"One could not become a Burgher so easily, unless the father was already a Burgher (of the town). "* So we see here, that in the City of Duisburg, for instance, not two but only one parent, in this case the father, had to be a burgher in order for the progeny born there was given them a Burgher's right. Same link as sent in regard to the Bürgermeister ..... but for this Bürgerrecgt by birth go to page 6 and 7. http://du.nw.schule.de/gsm/pdfs/Duisburg_Geschichte1.pdf Bye, I am out as of now... Aida ------------------------------------ On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 5:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Burgermeister did/does mean Mayor. That position along with the > council of twelve managed the town's affairs. I am not aware that Alsace > or Lorraine handled it any differently. I had thought the post on this > question to be a tongue-in-cheek post. I'm not aware of when/if this might > have changed, given one comment posted on this thread. Not sure of what > the modern form of local government is. The numbers may have changed, but > I still see mayors and town councils in every town I research. Can't > recall ever seeing a mayor and a ceremonial mayor in any town; save > Colonial Williamsburg, VA, USA. > > Brian > > On Sat, July 2, 2011 1:45 am, [email protected] wrote: > > I might be wrong about this, but Burgemeister is just the German word for > > Mayor. My grandfather's brother's son,Heinrich Auge, or (Eye which is > > what > > Auge means in German) was Mayor/Burgemeister of the town of > > Recklinghausen, Germany from 1952 to 1972. I have found no record of a > > second or public Mayor. He was also the German equivalent of a senator. > > > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >