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=== 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)
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