Editing Karlsruhe (section)

=== Mayor ===
[[File:2020 Karlsruhe mayoral election.svg|thumb|350px|The results of the 2020 mayoral election]]
The current mayor of Karlsruhe is Frank Mentrup of the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD) since 2013. The most recent mayoral election was held on 6 December 2020, and the results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Frank Mentrup
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]/[[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green]]
| 50,064
| 52.6
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| Sven Weigt
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]/[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]]
| 24,158
| 25.4
|-
| 
| align=left| Petra Lorenz
| align=left| Free Voters/For Karlsruhe
| 8,303
| 8.7
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Paul Schmidt (politician)|Paul Schmidt]]
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]]
| 3,914
| 4.1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| Vanessa Schulz
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| 2,660
| 2.8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent politician}}| 
| align=left| Marc Nehlig
| align=left| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| 6,065
| 6.4
|-
| colspan=3 align=left| ''Other''
| 97
| 0.1
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 95,261
! 99.6
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 430
! 0.4
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 95,961
! 100.0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 231,335
! 41.4
|-
| colspan=5| Source: [https://wahlergebnisse.komm.one/produktion/wahltermin-20201206/08212000/html5/Oberbuergermeisterwahl_Stadt_Karlsruhe_Stadt_Karlsruhe_21_Kreisfreie_Stadt_Stadt_Karlsruhe.html City of Karlsruhe]
|}

==== List of mayors ====
After the castle was founded in 1715, there was also a settlement in which a mayor was appointed from 1718. From 1812 the mayors received the title of Lord Mayor.

In addition to the Lord Mayor, there are five other mayors.

Mayor for:

* Human Resources, Elections and Statistics, Citizen Service and Security, Culture
* Youth and social affairs, schools, sports, pools
* Finance, economy and work, city marketing, congresses, exhibitions and events, tourism, supply and ports, real estate and market affairs
* Environment and climate protection, health, cemetery office, waste management, forestry, fire and disaster control
* Planning, building, real estate management, people's apartment and zoo

==== List of Mayors ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Time
!Party
|-
|Johannes Sembach
|1718–1720
|
|-
|Johannes Ludwig
|1721–1723
|
|-
|Georg Adam Ottmann
|1724–1733
|
|-
|Johannes Ernst Kaufmann
|1733–1738
|
|-
|Johann Cornelius Roman
|1738–1744
|
|-
|Johannes Ernst Kaufmann
|1744–1746
|
|-
|Johann Christian Maschenbauer
|1746–1750
|
|-
|Johann Cornelius Roman
|1750–1753
|
|-
|Johann Sebald Kreglinger
|1753–1763
|
|-
|Johann Cornelius Roman
|1763–1765
|
|-
|Georg Jakob Fink
|1765–1773
|
|-
|Christoph Hennig
|1773–1781
|
|-
|Christian Ludwig Schulz
|1781–1799
|
|-
|Georg Friedrich Trohmann
|1799–1800
|
|-
|Gabriel Bauer
|1800–1809
|
|-
|Wilhelm Christian Griesbach
|1809–1816
|
|-
|Bernhard Dollmaetsch
|1816–1830
|
|-
|August Klose
|1830–1833
|
|-
|Christian Karl Füeßlin
|1833–1847
|
|-
|August Klose
|1847 (May–September)
|
|-
|Ludwig Daler
|1847–1848
|
|-
|Jakob Malsch
|1848–1870
|
|-
|Wilhelm Florentin Lauter
|1870–1892
|
|-
|Karl Schnetzler
|1892–1906
|
|-
|Karl Siegrist
|1906–1919
|
|-
|Julius Finter
|1919–1933
|[[German Democratic Party|DDP]]
|-
|Friedrich Jäger
|1933–1938
|[[Nazi Party|NSDAP]]
|-
|Oskar Hüssy
|1938–1945
|NSDAP
|-
|Josef Heinrich
|1945 (April–August)
|
|-
|Hermann Veit
|1945–1946
|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|-
|Friedrich Töpper
|1946–1952
|SPD
|-
|Günther Klotz
|1952–1970
|SPD
|-
|[[Otto Dullenkopf]]
|1970–1986
|[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
|-
|Gerhard Seiler
|1986–1998
|CDU
|-
|[[Heinz Fenrich]]
|1998–2013
|CDU
|-
|Frank Mentrup
|since 2013
|SPD
|}