Lahn-Dill 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 172. It is located in western

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, comprising the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district and a small part of the Gießen district. Lahn-Dill was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Dagmar Schmidt of the

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(SPD).

Geography

Lahn-Dill is located in western

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district and the municipalities of

Biebertal Biebertal is a municipality in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 7 km northwest of Gießen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the distric ...

and

Wettenberg Wettenberg is a municipality in the district of Gießen, in Hessen, Germany. It is situated 5 km northwest of Gießen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the dist ...

from the Gießen district.

History

Lahn-Dill was created in 1949, then known as ''Wetzlar''. It acquired its current name in the 1980 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 7 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 132. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 130. In 2002 and 2005, it was number 174. In the 2009 election, it was number 173. Since 2013, it has been number 172. Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Wetzlar and Dillkreis. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it comprised the Lahn-Dill-Kreis district as well as, from the Gießen district, the municipalities of Biebertal and Wettenberg and the ''Stadtteil'' of Lützellinden from Gießen municipality. In the 2002 election, it lost the ''Stadtteil'' of Lützellinden.

Members

The constituency was first represented by Karl Gaul of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from 1949 to 1953. Wilhelm Reitz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) was elected in 1953 and served until 1969. He was succeeded by fellow SPD members Helmut Kater until 1976 and

Klaus Daubertshäuser Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus *Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American basebal ...

until 1983.

Christian Lenzer Christian Lenzer (19 February 1933 - 21 September 2022) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the ...

of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was elected in 1983, but former member Daubertshäuser regained the constituency in 1987 and served a further two terms. He was succeeded by fellow party member Erika Lotz in 1994, who served until 2002. Helga Lopez of the SPD served from 2005 to 2009, when Sibylle Pfeiffer of the CDU won the constituency. She was succeeded by Hans-Jürgen Irmer in 2017. Dagmar Schmidt regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lahn-Dill Federal electoral districts in Hesse 1949 establishments in West Germany Constituencies established in 1949 Lahn-Dill-Kreis Giessen (district)