Frankfurt am Main 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 182. It is located in southern

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

, comprising the western part of the city of

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ...

. Frankfurt am Main I was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Armand Zorn of the

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(SPD).

Geography

Frankfurt am Main I is located in southern

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the ''Ortsbezirke'' of ''Innenstadt I'', ''Innenstadt II'', ''West'' (excluding Schwanheim ''Ortsteil''), ''Mitte-West'', ''Nord-West'', and ''Mitte-Nord'' from the independent city of Frankfurt am Main.

History

Frankfurt am Main I was created in 1949, then known as ''Frankfurt/M I''. From 1965 through 1972, it was named ''Frankfurt I''. In the 1976 election, it was named ''Frankfurt (Main) I – Main-Taunus''. From 1980 through 1998, it was named ''Frankfurt am Main I – Main-Taunus''. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 15 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 140. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 138. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 183. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 182. Originally, the constituency comprised the ''Stadtbezirke'' of Oberrad, Sachsenhausen, Niederrad, Goldstein, Schwanheim, Griesheim, Nied, Höchst, Sindlingen, Zeilsheim, Unterliederbach, and Sossenheim from the city of Frankfurt am Main. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it comprised the ''Stadtbezirke'' of Rödelheim, Hausen, Praunheim, Schwanheim, Goldstein-West, Griesheim, Nied, Höchst, Sindlingen, Zeilsheim, Unterliederbach, and Sossenheim from the city of Frankfurt am Main, as well as the municipalities of

Bad Soden Bad Soden (; also: ''Bad Soden am Taunus'') is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. It had a population of 22,563 , up from 21,412 in 2005. Information Bad Soden is a residential town for commuters working in Frankfurt am ...

Eschborn Eschborn () is a town in the Main-Taunus district, Hesse, Germany. It is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area and has a population of 21,488 (2018). Eschborn is home to numerous corporations due to its proximity to Frankfurt and relatively ...

, Hattersheim,

Kriftel Kriftel is a municipality in the Main-Taunus district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 16 km west of Frankfurt (centre). It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Kriftel is also commonly known as "Fruit Orchard of the Anterior Taunus" (''Obstgar ...

, Liederbach,

Schwalbach am Taunus Schwalbach am Taunus, a town in the Main-Taunus-Kreis district, in Hesse, Germany, population about 14,000, is a dormitory town to Frankfurt, situated some 11 km east of Schwalbach. There is evidence of human habitation dating back to Neolithi ...

, and Sulzbach (Taunus) from the

Main-Taunus-Kreis Main-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hessen, Germany and is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region as well as the Frankfurt urban area. Neighboring districts are Hochtaunuskreis, district-free Frankfurt, Groß-Gerau, d ...

district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Members

The constituency was first represented by

Hermann Brill Dr. Hermann Louis Brill (9 February 1895 – 22 June 1959) was a German resistance fighter, doctor of law and politician (SPD). Biography Brill was born in the small town of Gräfenroda, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, on 9 February 1895 as the son of ...

of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, followed by Peter Horn of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1953 to 1961.

Georg Leber Georg Leber (7 October 1920 – 21 August 2012) was a German Trades Union leader and a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Biography Leber was born in Obertiefenbach (Beselich). After serving in the Luftwaffe (the Germ ...

regained it for the SPD in 1965 and served until 1976, when he was succeeded by

Karsten Voigt Karsten Dietrich Voigt (born 11 April 1941 in Elmshorn, Germany) is a German politician ( SPD). Early life and education From 1960–1969, Voigt studied history, German, and Scandinavian languages and literature at the universities in Hamburg, ...

Heinz Riesenhuber Heinz Friedrich Ruppert Riesenhuber (born 1 December 1935) is a German politician ( CDU) who served as Minister of Scientific Research under Chancellor Helmut Kohl from 1982 to 1993. Life and education Riesenhuber received his high school diplo ...

of the CDU won the constituency in 1983 and was representative until 2002. Gudrun Schaich-Walch was elected for the SPD in 2002 and served a single term, followed by fellow SPD member

Gregor Amann Gregor Amann (born 15 August 1962 in Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg) is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD. Amann was from 2005 to 2009 a List of members of the 16th Bundestag, member of the 16th Bundes ...

in 2005. Matthias Zimmer was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Armand Zorn won the constituency for the SPD in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frankfurt am Main I (electoral district) Federal electoral districts in Hesse 1949 establishments in West Germany Constituencies established in 1949 Frankfurt