Steinburg – Dithmarschen Süd (
English: Steinburg – Dithmarschen South) is an electoral constituency (
German
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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the
Bundestag. It elects one member via
first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 3. It is located in central western
Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the
Steinburg district, the southern part of the
Dithmarschen district, and part of the
Segeberg district.
Steinburg – Dithmarschen Süd was created for the
1965 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by
Mark Helfrich of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
Steinburg – Dithmarschen Süd is located in central western
Schleswig-Holstein. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the district of Steinburg, the southern part of the Dithmarschen district (specifically the urban municipality of
Brunsbüttel
Brunsbüttel () is a town in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany that lies at the mouth of the Elbe river, near the North Sea. It is the location of the western entrance to the Kiel Canal.
History
The earliest re ...
, and the
Ämter of
Burg-Sankt Michaelisdonn,
Marne-Nordsee
Marne-Nordsee is an ''Amt'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat is in Marne. It was formed on 1 January 2008 from the former ''Amt'' Kirchspielslandgemeinde Marne-Land, the town Ma ...
, and
Mitteldithmarschen
Mitteldithmarschen is an '' Amt'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat is in Meldorf
Meldorf (Holsatian: ''Meldörp'' or ''Möldörp'') is a town in western Schleswig-Holstein, Germ ...
), and the urban district of
Bad Bramstedt and
Amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
of
Bad Bramstedt-Land from the Segeberg district.
History
Steinburg – Dithmarschen Süd was created in 1965, then known as ''Steinburg – Süderdithmarschen''. It contained parts of the abolished constituencies of ''Steinburg'' and ''Norder- und Süderdithmarschen''. Until 1972, it was constituency 4 in the numbering system. From 1972 until 2002, its name contained a
hyphen between "Dithmarschen" and "Süd".
In the elections of 1965 and 1969, ''Steinburg – Süderdithmarschen'' consisted of the districts of Steinburg and Süderdithmarschen. After reform of the administrative divisions in Schleswig-Holstein, the constituency acquired its current name and configuration, containing Steinburg and the southern part of Dithmarschen. In 2002, Bad Bramstedt and Bad Bramstedt-Land became part of Steinburg – Dithmarschen Süd.
Members
The constituency has been held by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) during all but three Bundestag terms since its creation in 1965. Its first representative was the CDU's
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Kai-Uwe von Hassel (21 April 1913 – 8 May 1997) was a German politician from Schleswig-Holstein associated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1954 to 1963, as Federal Minister ...
, who served from 1965 until 1980, when the constituency was won by the
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
For ...
(SPD). It was then represented by
Kurt Leuschner for a single term, before returning to the CDU in 1983. Between then and 1998, it was represented by
Dietrich Austermann. The constituency was won by the SPD's
Cornelie Sonntag-Wolgast in 1998. She was re-elected in 2002, but the constituency again returned to the CDU in 2002. It was then represented by
Rolf Koschorrek
Rolf Koschorrek (17 June 1956 - 12 January 2020) was a German politician and a member of the CDU party from 1983.
Koschorrek was born in Bad Bramstedt, West Germany. After studying Dentistry in Göttingen, he worked as a dental technician and d ...
until 2013. He was succeeded by Mark Helfrich, who was re-elected in 2017 and 2021.
Election results
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
Notes
References
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Federal electoral districts in Schleswig-Holstein
1965 establishments in West Germany
Constituencies established in 1965