Oberhavel – Havelland II 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 58. It is located in northern

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

Oberhavel Oberhavel is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Its neighbouring districts are (clockwise from the north): Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts of Uckermark and Barnim, the ''Bundesl ...

district and eastern 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. ...

district. Oberhavel – Havelland II was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after

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. Since 2021, it has been represented by Ariane Fäscher of the

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(SPD).

Geography

Oberhavel – Havelland II is located in northern

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Oberhavel district and the municipalities of

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

Dallgow-Döberitz Dallgow-Döberitz is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Geography It consists of the villages of Dallgow-Döberitz, Rohrbeck and Seeburg. To the east it shares border with the Spandau borough of Berlin. Neighbour ...

Falkensee Falkensee is a town in the Havelland district, Brandenburg, Germany. It is the most populated municipality of its district and it is situated at the western border of Berlin. History The commune Falkensee was formed in 1923 by the merger of Falk ...

Ketzin Ketzin (, official name: ''Ketzin/Havel'') is a town in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated on the river Havel, 17 km northwest of Potsdam, and 40 km west of Berlin. History Demography File:Bevölkerungs ...

Schönwalde-Glien Schönwalde-Glien is a municipality in the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. History The municipality shared its borders with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall. In 19 ...

, and

Wustermark Wustermark is a municipality of the Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. History It was established in 2002 through a merger of the five villages ''Buchow-Karpzow'', ''Elstal'', ''Hoppenrade'', ''Priort'' and ''Wustermark''.Hauptsatzung de ...

from the Havelland district.

History

Oberhavel – Havelland II was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as ''Oranienburg – Nauen''. It acquired its current name in the 2002 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 273 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 58. In the 2009 election, it was number 59. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 58. Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Oranienburg and Nauen. It acquired its current configuration in the 2002 election. Upon the abolition of the Nauen-Land

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ahead of the 2005 election, the municipality of

Retzow Retzow is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Havelland (district), Havelland district, in Brandenburg, Germany. Demography References

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and the former municipality of Selbelang were transferred out of the constituency. In the 2017 election, it lost the municipality of Nauen.

Members

The constituency was first represented by

Karl-Heinz Schröter Karl-Heinz Schröter (born 26 October 1954) is a German politician (Social Democratic Party). He is the current State Minister of the Interior government of Minister-President Dietmar Woidke of Brandenburg. He previously served as district admini ...

of the

(SPD) from 1990 to 1994, followed by Wolfgang Ilte from 1994 to 1998. Angelika Krüger-Leißner then served from 1998 to 2013. In 2013, it was won by

Uwe Feiler Uwe Feiler (born 2 November 1965) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg since 2013. From 2019 to 2021 he was a Parliamentary State Secretary ...

of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Ariane Fäscher regained it for the SPD in 2021.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oberhavel - Havelland II Federal electoral districts in Brandenburg 1990 establishments in Germany Constituencies established in 1990