In 1801 he became a so-called Genannter, a member of the city's board of aldermen.
Following a Gemeindeedikt of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria that required the establishment of a local government with a city council, he was elected First Mayor on 26 September 1818.
In 1821 he failed to win reelection, but became a member of the "College of Community Overseers" (Kollegium der Gemeindebevollmächtigten, comparable to today's city council).
With Johannes Scharrer, he founded the city's first savings bank in 1821.
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