Stadt Osnabrück (
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: Osnabrück City) is an electoral constituency (
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: ''Wahlkreis'') represented in the
Bundestag
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. It elects one member via
first-past-the-post voting
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. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 39. It is located in western
Lower Saxony
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, comprising the independent city of
Osnabrück
Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...
.
Stadt Osnabrück was created for the inaugural
1949 federal election. From 2021-2025, it has been represented by
Manuel Gava of the
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
Form ...
(SPD).
Since 2025 it is been represented by
Mathias Middelberg of the
CDU.
Geography
Stadt Osnabrück is located in western
Lower Saxony
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. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Osnabrück and the municipalities of
Belm,
Georgsmarienhütte
Georgsmarienhütte () is a town in the Osnabrück (district), district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 7 km south of Osnabrück.
History
In 1856 the company "Georgs-Marien-Bergwerks- ...
,
Hagen am Teutoburger Wald,
Hasbergen
Hasbergen () is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 7 km west of Osnabrück. Hasbergen consists of Hasbergen proper, Gaste and Ohrbeck.
The municipality lie ...
, and
Wallenhorst
Wallenhorst is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany
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from the district of
Osnabrück
Osnabrück (; ; archaic English: ''Osnaburg'') is a city in Lower Saxony in western Germany. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population of 168 ...
.
History
Stadt Osnabrück was created in 1949, then known as ''Osnabrück-Stadt und -Land''. In the 1965 through 1983 elections, it was simply named ''Osnabrück''. It acquired its current name in the 1987 election. In the inaugural Bundestag election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 6 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1961, it was number 28. From 1965 through 1998, it was number 33. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 39. In the 2009 election, it was number 40. Since the 2013 election, it has been number 39.
Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Osnabrück and the entirety of the district of Osnabrück, which at the time was significantly smaller than its present area. In the 1980 election, it acquired its current borders.
Members
The constituency was first held by
Anton Storch of the
Christian Democratic Union (CDU), who served from 1949 until 1965. He was succeeded by fellow CDU member
Ferdinand Erpenbeck. In 1972,
Alfred Emmerlich of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the constituency. In 1976,
Karl-Heinz Hornhues of the CDU was elected representative, but Emmerlich won again in 1980. Hornhues was against elected in 1983, and served until 1998. In 1998,
Ernst Schwanhold of the SPD won the constituency. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member
Martin Schwanholz in 2002.
Mathias Middelberg of the CDU was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. Manuel Gava regained it for the SPD in 2021.
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
References
{{Electoral districts of Lower Saxony
Federal electoral districts in Lower Saxony
1949 establishments in West Germany
Constituencies established in 1949