Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück Explained

199 Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
Constituency Type:electoral district
Constituency Link:Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
Parl Name:Bundestag
Region Label:State
Region:Rhineland-Palatinate
Population:218,900 (2019)
Electorate:171,012 (2021)
Towns:Boppard
Morbach
Simmern
Area:2,287.7 km2
Year:1949
Party:CDU
Local Council Label:Member
Local Council:Marlon Bröhr
Blank1 Name:Elected
Blank1 Info:2021

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 199. It is located in central Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the Cochem-Zell district, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district, and the southern part of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district.[1]

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Marlon Bröhr of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück is located in central Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Cochem-Zell and Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis districts as well as, from the Bernkastel-Wittlich district, the municipality of Morbach, the Verbandsgemeinden of Bernkastel-Kues and Thalfang am Erbeskopf, and the municipalities of Burg (Mosel), Enkirch, Irmenach, Lötzbeuren, Starkenburg, and Traben-Trarbach from the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde.[1]

History

Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück was created in 1949, then known as Cochem. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 4 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 151. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 149. In the 2002 election, it was number 203. In the 2005 election, it was number 202. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 201. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 200. From the 2025 election, it has been number 199.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Cochem, Zell, Simmern, and Bernkastel. In the 1972 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Cochem-Zell district; the Verbandsgemeinden of Kastellaun, Kirchberg, Rheinböllen, and Simmern/Hunsrück from the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district; and the municipality of Morbach and the Verbandsgemeinden of Bernkastel-Kues, Neumagen-Dhron, Thalfang am Erbeskopf, and Traben-Trarbach from the Bernkastel-Wittlich district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election, although when the former Verbandsgemeinde of Neumagen-Dhron was merged into the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde in 2012, its area was not incorporated into the constituency.

Electionwidth=125pxNamewidth=500pxBorders
1949Cochem
  • Cochem district
  • Zell district
  • Simmern district
  • Bernkastel district
1953151
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972
1976
1980149
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002203Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück
2005202
2009201
2013
2017200
2021
2025199

Members

The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Paul Gibbert from 1949 to 1969. Klaus Bremm then served from 1969 to 1976. He was succeeded by Waltrud Will-Feld, who was representative until 1990. Peter Bleser was elected in 1990 and served until 2021, a total of eight consecutive terms. He was succeeded by Marlon Bröhr in 2021.

ElectionMemberParty%
1949Paul GibbertCDU66.6
195367.2
195765.4
196160.7
196563.5
1969Klaus BremmCDU58.0
197258.1
1976Waltrud Will-FeldCDU60.5
198057.5
198361.4
198755.6
1990Peter BleserCDU53.0
199453.6
199849.7
200248.8
200550.1
200947.7
201353.6
201744.1
bgcolor=2021Marlon BröhrCDU34.3

Election results

2009 election

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück. Federal Returning Officer.
  2. Web site: Results for Mosel/Rhein-Hunsrück. Federal Returning Officer.