Crest of the city of Czernowitz 1908City Hall of Czernowitz about 1900
The following is a list of mayors of the city of
Chernivtsi,
Ukraine. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the city council executive committee.
Austrian period
City Hall of Czernowitz today
Prehistory
In the period from 1780 to 1832 the town was ruled by so-called
municipal judges. Usually they led the city only between one and two years. A longer tenure had only Joseph Hampel (1796–1800 and 1802–1811), Alexander Beldowicz (1811–1817) and the last city judge, Andreas Klug (1817–1832).
1832: Regulation of local government, creating a magistrate [1]
Franz Lihotzky (1832–1848)
Adalbert Suchanek (1848–1854)
Josef Ortynski (1854–1858)
Josef Lepszy (1859–1861)
Julius Hubrich (1861–1864)
1864: Czernowitz becomes a town with its own statute