Bad Kissingen is an electoral constituency (
German
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: ''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 248. It is located in northwestern
Bavaria, comprising the districts of
Bad Kissingen,
Haßberge, and
Rhön-Grabfeld.
Bad Kissingen was created for the inaugural
1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by
Dorothee Bär
Dorothee Gisela Renate Maria Bär ( Mantel; born 19 April 1978) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. From 2014 to 2021, she served in various ca ...
of the
Christian Social Union (CSU).
Geography
Bad Kissingen is located in northwestern
Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Bad Kissingen, Haßberge, and Rhön-Grabfeld.
History
Bad Kissingen was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 37 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 232. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 234. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 249. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 248.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Bad Kissingen and the districts of Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Ebern, Haßfurt, Hofheim, Königshofen, and Mellrichstadt. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the district of Bad Neustadt an der Saale. It acquired its current borders in the 1976 election.
Members
Like most constituencies in rural Bavaria, it is an CSU safe seat, the party holding the seat continuously since its creation. It was first represented by
Gustav Fuchs
Gustav Fuchs (January 2, 1900 – March 31, 1969) was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria and Bavarian People's Party. He represented Bad Kissingen in the Bundestag from 1949 to 1961. Between 1964 and ...
from 1949 to 1961, followed by
Alex Hösl from 1961 to 1980.
Eduard Lintner
Eduard Lintner (born 4 November 1944 in Dlouhá Loučka (Olomouc District), Marktlangendorf, Sudetenland) is a German politician and Lobbying, lobbyist. From 1991 to 1998, he was Parliamentary State Secretary for the Federal Ministry of the Inte ...
was representative from 1980 to 2009, a total of eight consecutive terms. Dorothee Bär was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election results
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
References
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Federal electoral districts in Bavaria
1949 establishments in West Germany
Constituencies established in 1949
Bad Kissingen (district)
Haßberge (district)
Rhön-Grabfeld