Cuxhaven – Stade 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 29. It is located in northern

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, comprising the

Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (; ) is a town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has a footprint o ...

district and the northern part of the

Stade Stade (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Stade (, ) is a city in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. First mentioned in records in 934, it is the seat of the Stade (district), district () which bears its name. It is located roughly to the wes ...

district. Cuxhaven – Stade II was created for the 2009 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Christoph Frauenpreiß from the

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(CDU). It was previously held by Daniel Schneider of the

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(SPD).

Geography

Cuxhaven – Stade II is located in northern

. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the district of Cuxhaven and the northern part of the district of Stade, specifically the municipality of

Drochtersen Drochtersen () is a municipality in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony (Germany). It is located 45 km Northwest of Hamburg. It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy ...

and the

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n of Nordkehdingen and

Oldendorf-Himmelpforten Oldendorf-Himmelpforten is a ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2014 by the merger of the former ''Samtgemeinden'' Oldendorf and Himmelpforten. Its seat is i ...

History

Cuxhaven – Stade II was created in 2009 and contained parts of the abolished constituencies of ''Cuxhaven – Osterholz'' and ''Stade – Cuxhaven''. In the 2009 election, it was constituency 30 in the numbering system. Since the 2013 election, it has been constituency 29. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members

The constituency was first held by

Enak Ferlemann Enak Ferlemann (born 12 July 1963) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2002. Early life and education Ferlemann was born 1963 in the West German town of Bad Rot ...

of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2009 to 2021. Daniel Schneider won it for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 2021.

Election results

2025 election

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cuxhaven - Stade II Federal electoral districts in Lower Saxony 2009 establishments in Germany Constituencies established in 2009