In reply to this discussion about the Bürgermeister and his "second in command" who was the "Rentmeister" there is some mention made in this text: *"Neben die Bürgermeister traten im Laufe des späten Mittelalters noch weitere städtische Beamte,* *ein Rentmeister, der die Finanzgeschäfte regelte, zwei Marktmeister zur Markt- und Preiskontrolle* *sowie ein Stadtsekretär. Verschiedene Stadtdiener und Wächter wurden von der Stadt besoldet."* Translation: "Besides the Mayor we see that other administrators were hired during the later years of the Middle ages, a "Rentmeister" (Bookkeeper, Accountant, CPA) who took care of the accounting, two Marktmeisters (I would translate this as "marketing controllers") wo regulated the markets and prices, as well as a City Secretary and various servants and watchmen, who were all paid from City funds." (Source below) There is far more to read there, as well as the Rights of Burghers if you can read German. Go to this link where an example is given of the City of Duisburg: http://du.nw.schule.de/gsm/pdfs/Duisburg_Geschichte1.pdf Enjoy while I will be on vacation in Canada. 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 >