Munich South (electoral District)
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Munich South (german: München-Süd) 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 219. It is located in southern
Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
, comprising the southern part of the city of
Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
. Munich South was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2021, it has been represented by Jamila Schäfer of the
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.


Geography

Munich South is located in southern
Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the
boroughs A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...
of Sendling (6),
Sendling-Westpark Sendling-Westpark is the 7th borough of Munich. Location Sendling-Westpark is located south west of Munich and expands into the North/South extension from the 8th borough Schwanthalerhöhe as far as Obersendling (Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forste ...
(7),
Obergiesing Obergiesing (Central Bavarian: ''Obagiasing'') is a borough of Munich, about 3 miles south-east of the city center. The larger part is residential or a mix of business and residential, but there are also a number of recreational facilities. Educa ...
(17),
Untergiesing-Harlaching Untergiesing-Harlaching (Central Bavarian: ''Untagiasing-Harlaching'') is the 18th borough of Munich, Germany, mostly the districts of Untergiesing and Harlaching. The borough's western border is the river Isar, in the south it borders on Grü ...
(18),
Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln (Central Bavarian: ''Thoikircha-Obasendling-Forstnriad-Fiastnriad-Soin'') is the 19th borough of Munich, Germany, comprising the extreme southern part of the city on the west bank of the riv ...
(19), and
Hadern Hadern is the 20th borough of the Bavarian city of Munich in Germany. Location Located in the south-west of Munich, Hadern's borders are the Autobahn Munich-Garmish in the south, ''Fürstenriederstrasse'' in the east and ''Senftenauerstrasse'' ...
(20) from the independent city of Munich.


History

Munich South was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 7 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 202. In the 1965 through 1976 elections, it was number 207. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 206. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 221. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 220. Since the 2017 election, it has been number 219. Originally, the constituency comprised the boroughs of Altstadt, Au, Forstenried, Fürstenried, Hadern, Isarvorstadt, Ludwigsvorstadt, Obersendling, Sendling, Solln, and Thalkirchen. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, comprised the boroughs of Forstenried, Fürstenried, Giesing, Hadern, Harlaching, Obersendling, Thalkirchen, Sendling, and Solln. In the 1976 election, it lost the borough of Sendling and gained the borough of Mittersendling. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.


Members

The constituency was first represented by Max Wönner of the
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(SPD) from 1949 to 1953. Karl Wieninger of the Christian Social Union (CSU) was elected in 1953 and served until 1965. Günther Müller of the SPD won the constituency in 1965 and served until 1972. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Rudolf Schöfberger from 1972 to 1976.
Erich Riedl Erich Riedl (23 June 1933 – 8 September 2018) was a German politician, representing the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He was the parliamentary state secretary for the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy from 1987 to 1993. ...
won the constituency for the CSU in 1976, and served until 1998. Christoph Moosbauer of the SPD was elected in 1998 and was representative for a single term.
Peter Gauweiler Peter Gauweiler (born 22 June 1949) is a German lawyer and politician of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from 2002 to 2015, representing the Munich South district. From 2013 until 2015, he al ...
regained it for the CSU in 2002 and served until 2017. Michael Kuffer of the CSU was elected in 2017. Jamila Schäfer won the constituency for the Greens in 2021.


Election results


2021 election


2017 election


2013 election


2009 election


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Munich South (electoral district) Federal electoral districts in Bavaria 1949 establishments in West Germany Constituencies established in 1949 Munich