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. I found the information about him on Wikipedia. He was married and had 3 children. Ellie -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Waechter Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 7:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [A-L] Married Burgers? Interesting; thanks. Sharon A Waechter ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 1, 2011 1:28:42 PM Subject: Re: [A-L] Married Burgers? I can't speak for Alsace during this time period but when I was in Germany in the 1960s cities/towns had TWO mayors: one was the "mayor" and the other the Burgemeister." One was for social and public appearances (to represent the town) and the other did the day to day work of the mayor's office. Joan In a message dated 7/1/2011 3:53:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Sharon, The way I understand it, the Burgermeister was both a citizen and the mayor. I am sure that Etienne will correct me if I am mistaken!! :) Linda in Costa Rica -- 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 -- 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

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.