Hamburg-Eimsbüttel 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 20. It is located in northwestern

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, comprising the

Eimsbüttel Eimsbüttel () is one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 269,118. History On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost part of its area to the borough Altona where it formed the Sternschanze quarter. Geography ...

borough. Hamburg-Eimsbüttel was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by

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of the

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Geography

Hamburg-Eimsbüttel is located in northwestern

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. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the borough of Eimsbüttel.

History

Hamburg-Eimsbüttel was created in 1949, then known as ''Hamburg III''. From 1965 through 1976, it was simply named ''Eimsbüttel''. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Hamburg constituency 1 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 17. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 14. From 2002 through 2009, it was number 21. Since 2013, it has been constituency 20. Originally, it comprised the entirety of the Eimsbüttel borough with the exception of the quarters of

Rotherbaum Rotherbaum () is a quarter of Eimsbüttel, a borough of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 17,114. In German, "roter Baum" means ''red tree''. The "th", which in general was abolished in the spelling reform of 1900, was preserved in name ...

Harvestehude Harvestehude (; Hamburgisch: ''Harvstehuud'') is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Eimsbüttel. It is located on the eastern boundaries of the borough near lake Außenalster. Geography Harvestehude borders the quarters of Rother ...

, and

Hoheluft-West is an area composed of two quarters of Hamburg, which are characterized by their largely preserved architecture. Administratively, Hoheluft is divided into two quarters: in the borough of Hamburg-Nord, and in the borough of Eimsbüttel. The Hoh ...

, and with the Ortsteile of Altona-Nord/Ost und Altona-Nord/Nord from the quarter of

Altona-Nord () located in the Altona borough in the city Hamburg, Germany, is one of 104 quarters of Hamburg. In 2020, the population was 25,802. Geography According to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total ar ...

. Since the 1965 election, it has been coterminous with the Eimsbüttel borough.

Members

The constituency has been held by the

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(SPD) during all but three Bundestag terms since 1949; it returned a representative from the SPD in every federal election from 1957 until 2009. Its first representative was

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of the SPD. In 1953, the constituency was won by Fritz Becker of the German Party (DP), who served for a single term. Blachstein won the constituency back for the SPD in 1957. In 1969, he was succeeded by Wilhelm Nölling, who was in turn succeeded in 1976 by

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, who served until 1994, and then by Angelika Mertens until 2002. Niels Annen won the constituency in 2005. In 2009,

Rüdiger Kruse Rüdiger Kruse (born 10 June 1961) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2009 to 2021. Education and early career Kruse was born in Hamburg, West Germany. After attend ...

of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) became the first non-SPD member since 1953; he was defeated in 2013 by Niels Annen, who was re-elected in 2017. In 2021,

of the Greens won the constituency.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamburg-Eimsbuttel (electoral district) Federal electoral districts in Hamburg 1949 establishments in West Germany Constituencies established in 1949