Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I is an electoral constituency (

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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the

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. It elects one member via

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. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 60. It is located in western

Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...

, comprising the city of

Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg an der Havel () is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until it was replaced by Berlin in 1417. With a population of 72,040 (as of 2020), it is located on the banks of the H ...

, most of the

Potsdam-Mittelmark Potsdam-Mittelmark is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the western part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring administrative units are (clockwise from the north) the district of Havelland, the free cities of Brandenburg and Potsdam, the state of Berl ...

district, and parts of the

Havelland Geographically, the Havelland is the region around which the River Havel flows in a U-shape between Oranienburg to the northeast and Rhinow to the northwest. The northern boundary of the Havelland is formed by the River Rhin and the Rhin Canal. ...

and

Teltow-Fläming Teltow-Fläming () is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the southwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Dahme-Spreewald, Elbe-Elster, the districts Wittenberg (district), Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, the d ...

districts. Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after

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. Since 2021, it has been represented by Sonja Eichwede of the

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(SPD).

Geography

Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I is located in western

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Brandenburg an der Havel; the entirety of the Potsdam-Mittelmark district excluding the municipalities of

Kleinmachnow Kleinmachnow is a municipality of about 20,000 inhabitants in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated South-West of the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf and East of Potsdam. First mentioned in the Landbuch of Karl ...

Michendorf Michendorf is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Geography Michendorf lies in a vast wooded area about nine kilometers south of Potsdam. The civil parishes ("Ortsteile") Fresdorf, Stücken and Wildenbruch l ...

Nuthetal Nuthetal is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Geography ''Nuthetal'' is situated south-west of Berlin. The area was formed from a series of large moraines during the last ice age. The municipality originat ...

, Schwielowsee,

Stahnsdorf Stahnsdorf is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Geography It is situated on the Teltow plateau, about southwest of the Berlin city centre, and east of Potsdam. Neighbouring municipalities are the town of ...

, and

Teltow Teltow [] is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Geography Teltow is part of the agglomeration of Berlin. The distance to the Berlin city centre is , while the distance to Potsdam is . The Teltow Canal links the ...

; the municipalities of

Milower Land Milower Land () is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Demography File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Milower Land.pdf, Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted ...

Premnitz Premnitz () is a town in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Havel, 8 km south of Rathenow, 21 km northwest of Brandenburg, and is only 75 km west of central Berlin, to where it is well connec ...

, and

Rathenow Rathenow () is a town in the district of Havelland in Brandenburg, Germany, with a population of 24,063 (2020). Overview The Protestant church of St. Marien Andreas, originally a basilica, and transformed to the Gothic style in 1517-1589, and the ...

from the Havelland district; and the municipalities of

Jüterbog Jüterbog () is a historic town in north-eastern Germany, in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg. It is on the Nuthe river at the northern slope of the Fläming hill range, about southwest of Berlin. History The Slavic settlement of ' ...

and

Niedergörsdorf Niedergörsdorf is a municipality in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg, Germany. Demography File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Niedergörsdorf.pdf, Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; ...

from the Teltow-Fläming district.

History

Brandenburg an der Havel – Potsdam-Mittelmark I – Havelland III – Teltow-Fläming I was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as ''Brandenburg a.d. Havel – Rathenow – Belzig''. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 275 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 60. In the 2009 election, it was number 61. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 60. Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Brandenburg an der Havel and the districts of Rathenow and Belzig. It acquired its current configuration in the 2002 election. Upon the abolition of the Groß Kreutz

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ahead of the 2005 election, the former municipality of Derwitz was transferred out of the constituency. In the 2017 election, it lost the Amt of Nennhausen. In the 2021 election, it gained the municipality of

Werder (Havel) Werder (Havel) (official name derived from ''Werder an der Havel'' ("Werder upon Havel"), colloquially just ''Werder'') is a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Havel river in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, west of the sta ...

Members

The constituency was first represented by Hans-Hinrich Knaape of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1990 to 1998, followed by Margrit Spielmann from 1998 to 2009. Future

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served from 2009 to 2017. In 2017, Dietlind Tiemann of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected as representative. Sonja Eichwede regained the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

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