Jakob von Bauer (19 December 1787 â 5 August 1854) was a politician in the Kingdom of Bavaria who served as the third Mayor of Munich from 1838 until his death in 1854.
On 22 January 1838, the municipal council of Munich elected him as mayor. He ordered the development of the Flaucheranlagen in the area in Munich. Bauer's main priority during his mayoralty was curbing the economic crisis which had developed under his predecessor. He died in 1854.