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Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe
Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe is an electoral constituency ( German: ''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 268. It is located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the districts of Hohenlohekreis and Schwäbisch Hall. Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Christian von Stetten of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Geography Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe is located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i .... As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Hohenlohekreis and Schwäbisch Hall. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet (assembly), Diet") is the lower house of the Germany, German Federalism in Germany, federal parliament. It is the only constitutional body of the federation directly elected by the German people. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany () in 1949 as one of the legislative bodies of Germany, the other being the German Bundesrat, Bundesrat. It is thus the historical successor to the earlier Reichstag (Weimar Republic), Reichstag. The members of the Bundestag are representatives of the German people as a whole, are not bound by any orders or instructions and are only accountable to their conscience. As of the current 21st Bundestag, 21st legislative period, the Bundestag has a fixed number of 630 members. The Bundestag is elected every four years by German citizens aged 18 and older. Elections use a mixed-member proportional representation system which combines First-past-the-post voting for co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schwäbisch Hall (district)
Schwäbisch Hall () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Main-Tauber, the Bavarian district Ansbach, Ostalbkreis, Rems-Murr, and Hohenlohe. History The district dates back to the ''Oberamt Schwäbisch Hall'', which was created in 1803, when the previously free imperial city Schwäbisch Hall became part of Württemberg. After several minor changes, it was converted into a district in 1938. In 1973, it was merged with the district Crailsheim and the area around Gaildorf, which was part of the also dissolved district Backnang. Geography The two rivers Jagst and Kocher, tributaries to the Neckar, flow through the district. The landscapes covered by the district are the Hohenlohe plain (''Hohenloher Ebene''), the Swabian-Franconian Forest (''Schwäbisch-Fränkischen Waldberge''), which includes part of the Mainhardt Forest, and the ''Frankenhöhe''. Partnerships The district maintains par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democracy In Motion
Democracy in Motion (, ) was a minor party in Germany. The basis for the party's founding was a petition on change.org, in which petitioners promised to run as a party in September 2017 at the federal election if the petition reached at least 100,000 signatures, which it reached on 20 July 2017. After this was accomplished, the party 'Democracy in Motion' was established on 29 April 2017 in Berlin. In early 2025, the party congress voted to dissolve the party in March of the same year. Content profile The Party Platform outlines four core values: # Democracy, participation, transparency # Justice on social, political, economic, and environmental issues # Cosmopolitanism and diversity # Future-oriented sustainabilityParty Platform (self-presentation on the website, accessed on 18 August 2017) Policy was adopted at the 2nd Federal Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V-Partei3
V-Partei3, known officially as V-Partei3 – Change. Diversity. Vegan. (), is a German political party that was founded in April 2016 in Munich, Bavaria. The principal focus of the party is animal rights and environmentalism. It is the sole political party in Germany devoted to encouraging the adoption of a plant-based diet. The party took part in the North Rhine-Westphalia state elections in 2017, and received 10,013 votes or 0.12% of the vote, far below the 5% threshold required to enter the State Landtag. Notable members of the party were actress Barbara Rütting and Axel Ritt, guitarist of the band Grave Digger, who joined in May 2017. Party program In the party manifesto created for the 2017 Bundestag elections focuses on improving animal welfare conditions in Germany and changing existing government policies so that Germany reduces its consumption of meat. The manifesto focuses on 10 key areas, and some are noted below. Animal testing The party opposes the testing o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Abel
Valentin Abel (born 7 February 1991) is a German Free Democratic Party politician. He was a Member of the Bundestag from Baden-Württemberg from 2021 to 2025.. Early life and career Abel was born in Künzelsau and graduated from the University of Mannheim. From 2016 until 2021, he worked at Texas Instruments. Political career Abel contested Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe in 2017 and 2021. In 2021 he was elected to the Bundestag on the state list. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on Transport and the Committee on Petitions. He is his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on cycling. In addition to his committee assignments, Abel is part of the German-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group. Other activities * Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council (since 2022) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harald Ebner
Harald Ebner (born 8 July 1964) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2011. Early life and career Growing up on a farm, Ebner was drawn back to agriculture after his school-leaving examination and thus to Hohenlohe, where he did his community service in the Demeter farm of a social therapy institution. Ebner studied at the University of Hohenheim, graduating with a degree in agricultural engineering, and works as a landscape ecologist in the state nature conservation administration of Baden-Württemberg. Political career Ebner has been a member of the German Bundestag since 25 May 2011. He was his parliamentary group’s coordinator in the Committee on Food and Agriculture and an alternate member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. He was also the group’s spokesperson on genetic engineering, bio-economic policy and forest policy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Leiser
Kevin Leiser (born 3 September 1993) is a German teacher and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as member of the Bundestag since 2021. Early life and education Leiser was born 1993 in the German town of Crailsheim. Political career Leiser was elected to the Bundestag in the 2021 elections, representing the Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe is an electoral constituency ( German: ''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 constituen ... district. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Defence Committee and the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development. References Living people 1993 births Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Von Stetten
Wolfgang Freiherr von Stetten (born 22 January 1941) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He served as Member of Parliament (the Bundestag) from 1990 to 2002. He represented the constituency of Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe, and was succeeded by his son Christian von Stetten. Early life and education Wolfgang von Stetten was born in Niederwartha, now part of Cossebaude district of Dresden, to a father that was KIA as pilot in the Battle of Crete later the same year. He earned a doctorate in law in 1972, with the dissertation ''Die Rechtsstellung der freien unmittelbaren Reichsritterschaft, ihre Mediatisierung und ihre Stellung in den neuen Landen''. From 1974 to 1984, he was a judge, and from 1984 to 1991, he served as Professor of Law at Heilbronn College. He is a member of the noble Franconian Stetten family, and owns his family seat, Schloss Stetten, in Künzelsau. Political career As a member of parliament, von Stetten served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Jenninger
Philipp Jenninger (10 June 1932 – 4 January 2018) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union and diplomat. He was the ninth president of the Bundestag from 1984 to 1988. He also served as Member of the German Parliament, the Bundestag (1969–1990), Minister of State at the German Chancellery (1982–1984), German Ambassador to Austria (1991–1995) and German Ambassador to the Holy See (1995–1997). Life and ministerial career Phillipp Jenninger, whose full name is Philipp-Hariolf Jenninger, was born in 1932 in Rindelbach, now a part of Ellwangen. He studied law at the University of Tübingen, obtaining a doctoral degree in 1957 with a dissertation titled ''Die Reformbedürftigkeit des Bundesverfassungsgerichts'' (The necessity of reform of the Federal Constitutional Court) and passing the state examination in 1959. In 1960, he started working in the Bundeswehr administration in Stuttgart. He became an assistant in the Federal Ministry of Defense and later pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 German Federal Election
The 1998 German federal election was held in Germany on 27 September 1998 to elect the members of the 14th Bundestag. The Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) emerged as the largest faction in parliament for the first time since 1972, with its leader Gerhard Schröder becoming Chancellor of Germany, chancellor. The Christian Democrats had their worst election result since 1949. Issues and campaign Since German reunification on 3 October 1990, the unemployment rate in Germany had risen from 4.2% to 9.4% in 1998, with the Federal Labor Office registering more than 4 million unemployed. The unified Germany had to fight economic and domestic difficulties even as it actively participated in the project of European integration. Most people blamed the centre-right coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union of Bavaria, Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 German Federal Election
The 1994 German federal election was held in Germany on 16 October 1994 to elect the members of the 13th Bundestag. The CDU/CSU alliance led by Helmut Kohl remained the largest faction in parliament, with Kohl remaining Chancellor in a narrowly re-elected coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). This elected Bundestag was the largest in history until 2017, numbering 672 members. Even though this election did not lead to a switch in government, it saw the election of many people to the Bundestag who would play an important role later. Future CDU leaders Friedrich Merz and Armin Laschet were first elected to the Bundestag in 1994, as were future cabinet ministers Norbert Röttgen and Peter Altmaier. This was the last election until 2009 that a centre-right government was elected. Issues and campaign The Social Democratic Party (SPD) let its members elect a candidate for chancellor against Helmut Kohl after SPD leader Björn Engholm and chancellor candidate-designate had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 German Federal Election
The 1990 German federal election was held in recently united Germany on 2 December 1990 to elect the members of the 12th Bundestag, within the regular time of nearly four years after the January 1987 West German federal election. Due to the accession of the former East German states on 3 October, after which the Bundestag was expanded with East German Volkskammer delegates, the elections were the first democratic all-German elections since the early 1930s. The result was a comprehensive victory for Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his governing coalition of the Christian Democratic Union/ Christian Social Union and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), which was reelected to a third term (and a fourth in 1994). The ''second vote'' (preferred national party, ''first vote'' is for a local candidate) result of the CDU/CSU, 20,358,096 votes, remains the highest ever total vote count in a democratic German election. The elections marked the first since 1957 that a party other than CDU/CSU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
