Editing Calw (section)

== Politics ==

=== Municipal council ===
Since the municipal elections of 7 June 2009 the [[Municipal Council|municipal council]] of Calw has had a total of thirty members (previously there were only twenty-seven). The [[Lord Mayor]] (in German "Oberbürgermeister") has a votes and acts as the chairperson of the council. The municipal election of 25 May 2014 yielded these results:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://calw.nussbaum-eblaettle.de/2014/cwred22.pdf|title=CALW Journal vom 30. Mai 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Party'''
! Percentage of Votes || + / - || Seats || + / -
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Free Voters]] || 33.0% || - 2.7 || 10 || -1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] || 20.4% || - 3.0 || 6 || - 1
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] || 13.7% || - 0.3 || 4 || ± 0
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| Neue Liste Calw || 17.3% || + 9.8 || 5 || + 3
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:left;"| Gemeinsam für Calw || 15.7% || + 15.7 || 5 || + 5
|}

=== Mayor ===
By the 15th century, Calw had an electoral system that chose a new mayor (''Bürgermeister'') every two years. Proof exists for a council as far back as 1453. Since its elevation to the rank of a ''große Kreisstadt'' in 1976, the mayor has carried the title of ''Oberbürgermeister'' (Lord Mayor). An elected deputy mayor carries the title ''Bürgermeister.''

==== Mayors and Lord Mayors ====
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* 1799–1802: Ernst Friedrich Wagner
* 1802–1809: Ernst Bernhard Wagner
* 1809–1817: Johann Gottfried Konrad und Johann Naschold
* 1817–1820: Carl Friedrich von Gärtner
* 1820–1826: Johann Jakob Hess
* 1826–1835: Johann Friedrich Dreiß
* 1835–1884: Christian Friedrich Schuldt
* 1884–1902: Hermann Haffner
* 1902–1918: Eduard Conz
* 1918–1946: Otto Göhner
* 1946–1948: Oskar Blessing
* 1948–1965: Reinhold Seeber
* 1965–1991: Karl-Heinz Lehmann
* 1991–1998: Herbert Karl
* 1999–2003: Werner Spec (no party)
* 2003–2011: Manfred Dunst ([[Free Voters]])
* 2011–2019: Ralf Eggert (no party)
* since 2019: Florian Kling (SPD)
{{div col end}}

===Coat of arms===
The coat of arms of the town of Calw shows a red lion with a blue tongue and blue crown standing atop a blue hill with three ridges, all against a golden background. The town flag is red-gold. The lion on the three-ridged hill is the coat of arms of the counts of Calw, the former lords of the town. The coat of arms has been used for centuries and was reapproved for use by the state government when the town was expanded in 1976.