The mayor
Ms. Sonia Fischer-Fantini, mayor of the municipality of Garnich, is responsible for the following areas:· Chairing the College of the Mayor and Aldermen and the Municipal Council;
- Coordination of General Affairs and Administration;
- Buildings and land use planning;
- Civil status;
- Police and security;
- Fire and Rescue Department;
- Finance and budget;
- Real estate transactions;
- Elementary education and music school;
- Sports;
- Social Affairs.
List of Mayors
FROM 1797 TO THE PRESENT
Searched for by the municipal administration based on civil registry records:
- 1797–1798 *
- CORNETTE, Antoine 1798–1803 **
- REISDORFF, Nicolas 1803 – 1803 ***
- METZLER Charles 1803–1817
- Nicolas Metzler 1817–1836
- Peter Metzler 1836–1858
- AREND Jean Nicolas 1858–1861
- Peter Metzler 1861–1872
- MÜLLER Johann 1873–1879
- Jacques SCHMITZ 1879–1922
- 1922–1924 ****
- Edmond KERSCHEN 1925–1941
- 1941–1944 *****
- 1944–1945
- AREND, Nic (1946–1963)
- Félix JEMMING 1964–1981
- Eugène Dondlinger 1982–1993
- Henri Franck 1994–2011
- Georges Fohl 2011–2023
- Sonia Fischer-Fantini 2023
* SCHMIDT Nicolas, “Agent of the Municipality of Garnich,” then “member of the General Council of the Garnich Agency, Municipality of Bascharage.” The first document signed by Schmidt is dated 15 Ventôse Year 5 (= March 6, 1797)
** “member of the General Council of the Municipality of Garnich,” then “mayor”
*** “provisional mayor”
**** As SCHMITZ Jacques died on 11/30/1922, alderman FRANCK Heinrich assumed the duties of registrar from that date until the end of 1924.
***** The last record signed by Edmond KERSCHEN during the German occupation is dated January 13, 1941. From early 1941 until the end of the occupation, civil status records for the municipality of Garnich were drawn up in Strassen, Mamer, and Steinfort, respectively.