Hochtaunus

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175 Hochtaunus
Electoral district
for the Bundestag
Hochtaunus in 2025
StateHesse
Population252,300 (2019)
Electorate179,842 (2021)
Major settlementsBad Homburg vor der Höhe
Oberursel (Taunus)
Friedrichsdorf
Area812.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created1949
PartyCDU
MemberMarkus Koob
Elected2013, 2017, 2021

Hochtaunus 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 175. It is located in southwestern Hesse, comprising most of Hochtaunuskreis and the northeastern part of the Limburg-Weilburg district.[1]

Hochtaunus was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Markus Koob of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).[2]

Geography[edit]

Hochtaunus is located in southwestern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Hochtaunuskreis district excluding the municipalities of Königstein im Taunus, Kronberg im Taunus, and Steinbach (Taunus), as well as the municipalities of Beselich, Löhnberg, Mengerskirchen, Merenberg, Runkel, Villmar, Weilburg, Weilmünster, and Weinbach from the Limburg-Weilburg district.[1]

History[edit]

Hochtaunus was created in 1949, then known as Obertaunuskreis. In the 1972 election, it was named Obertaunuskreis (Hochtaunuskreis). It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 10 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 135. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 133. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 177. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 176. From the 2025 election, it has been number 175.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Oberlahnkreis, Obertaunuskreis, and Usingen. From 1976 through 1998, it comprised the Hochtaunuskreis district, the municipalities of Beselich, Löhnberg, Mengerskirchen, Merenberg, Runkel, Villmar, Weilburg, Weilmünster, and Weinbach from the Limburg-Weilburg district, and the municipalities of Eppstein and Kelkheim from the Main-Taunus-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election No. Name Borders
1949 10 Obertaunuskreis
  • Oberlahnkreis district
  • Obertaunuskreis district
  • Usingen district
1953 135
1957
1961
1965
1969
1972 Obertaunuskreis (Hochtaunuskreis)
1976 Hochtaunuskreis
1980 133
1983
1987
1990
1994
1998
2002 177
2005
2009 176
2013
2017
2021
2025 175

Members[edit]

The constituency was represented by six different members in the first six terms of the Bundestag: Heinrich Müller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, Erich Köhler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1953 to 1957, Berthold Martin of the CDU from 1957 to 1961, Kurt Gscheidle of the SPD from 1961 to 1965, Walther Leisler Kiep of the CDU from 1965 to 1969, and Dietrich Sperling of the SPD from 1969 to 1973. Sperling was re-elected in 1972. Manfred Langner won the constituency for the CDU in 1976 and served until 1990, when he was succeeded by fellow party member Bärbel Sothmann. Holger Haibach served from 2002 to 2013. Markus Koob was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

Election Member Party %
1949 Heinrich Müller SPD 30.7
1953 Erich Köhler CDU 34.4
1957 Berthold Martin CDU 46.0
1961 Kurt Gscheidle SPD 40.3
1965 Walther Leisler Kiep CDU 48.1
1969 Dietrich Sperling SPD 47.0
1972 47.7
1976 Manfred Langner CDU 50.7
1980 46.5
1983 53.5
1987 50.5
1990 Bärbel Sothmann CDU 48.4
1994 50.8
1998 46.5
2002 Holger Haibach CDU 43.7
2005 45.1
2009 45.2
2013 Markus Koob CDU 48.8
2017 39.9
2021 31.3

Election results[edit]

2021 election[edit]

Federal election (2021): Hochtaunus[3]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Markus Koob 44,549 31.3 Decrease 8.6 37,331 26.2 Decrease 7.3
SPD Alicia Bokler 38,424 27.0 Increase 4.0 35,171 24.6 Increase 4.6
Greens Christian Tramnitz 21,769 15.3 Increase 6.4 22,486 15.8 Increase 6.0
FDP Katja Adler 16,132 11.3 Increase 1.0 21,996 15.4 Increase 0.4
AfD Henning Thöne 10,709 7.5 Decrease 2.9 11,156 7.8 Decrease 3.3
Left André Pabst 3,772 2.6 Decrease 3.3 4,441 3.1 Decrease 3.5
FW Hubert Horn 3,369 2.4 Increase 1.0 2,246 1.6 Increase 0.8
Tierschutzpartei   2,026 1.4 Increase 0.2
dieBasis Thomas Schumbert 2,347 1.6 1,880 1.3
PARTEI   1,053 0.7 Steady 0.0
Pirates Carsten Baums 1,385 1.0 739 0.5 Increase 0.2
Volt   594 0.4
Team Todenhöfer   533 0.4
Gesundheitsforschung   200 0.1
NPD   155 0.1 Decrease 0.2
Humanists   148 0.1
V-Partei3   128 0.1 Decrease 0.1
ÖDP   127 0.1 Decrease 0.1
Bündnis C   113 0.1
Bündnis 21 68 0.0
LKR   47 0.0
DKP   32 0.0 Steady 0.0
MLPD   12 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 1,556 1,330
Total valid votes 142,456 142,682
Turnout 144,012 80.1 Decrease 0.5
CDU hold Majority 6,125 4.3 Decrease 12.6

2017 election[edit]

Federal election (2017): Hochtaunus[4]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Markus Koob 57,579 39.9 Decrease 8.8 48,436 33.5 Decrease 9.5
SPD Hans-Joachim Schabedoth 33,201 23.0 Decrease 5.0 28,947 20.0 Decrease 4.7
AfD Andreas John Lichert 15,075 10.4 Increase 4.8 16,132 11.2 Increase 4.3
FDP Stefan Ruppert 14,954 10.4 Increase 6.8 21,713 15.0 Increase 7.5
Greens Wolfgang Schmitt 12,884 8.9 Increase 1.6 14,074 9.7 Increase 0.5
Left Silvia Lehmann 8,556 5.9 Increase 1.9 9,562 6.6 Increase 2.0
Tierschutzpartei   1,751 1.2
FW Peter Schüppenhauer 2,011 1.4 1,090 0.8 Increase 0.1
PARTEI   1,079 0.7 Increase 0.4
Pirates   476 0.3 Decrease 1.3
NPD   388 0.3 Decrease 0.5
BGE   238 0.2
V-Partei³ 222 0.2
ÖDP   218 0.2
DM 202 0.1
MLPD   31 0.0 Steady 0.0
BüSo 26 0.0 Steady 0.0
DKP   24 0.0
Informal votes 2,055 1,706
Total valid votes 144,260 144,609
Turnout 146,315 80.6 Increase 3.8
CDU hold Majority 24,378 16.9 Decrease 3.8

2013 election[edit]

Federal election (2013): Hochtaunus[5]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Markus Koob 66,785 48.8 Increase 3.5 58,822 43.0 Increase 7.0
SPD Hans-Joachim Schabedoth 38,435 28.1 Increase 2.7 33,846 24.7 Increase 3.3
Greens Jutta Bruns 10,064 7.3 Decrease 2.0 12,690 9.3 Decrease 2.2
AfD Konrad Adam 7,748 5.7 9,447 6.9
Left Steffen Etzel 5,482 4.0 Decrease 1.4 6,358 4.6 Decrease 2.0
FDP Stefan Ruppert 4,866 3.6 Decrease 8.2 10,334 7.5 Decrease 12.6
Pirates Sascha Neugebauer 2,194 1.6 2,266 1.7 Decrease 0.2
NPD Patrick Huth 934 0.7 Decrease 0.1 1,024 0.7 Steady 0.0
FW   876 0.6
PARTEI   510 0.4
REP Helmar Zeeh 467 0.3 Decrease 0.3 469 0.3 Decrease 0.2
PRO 134 0.1
BüSo 51 0.0 Decrease 0.1
PSG   38 0.0
MLPD   18 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,911 3,003
Total valid votes 136,975 136,883
Turnout 139,886 76.8 Decrease 0.6
CDU hold Majority 28,350 20.7 Increase 0.9

2009 election[edit]

Federal election (2009): Hochtaunus[6]
Notes:

Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote.
Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list.
Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent.
A Green tickY or Red XN denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.

Party Candidate Votes % ±% Party votes % ±%
CDU Green tickY Holger Haibach 62,748 45.2 Increase 0.1 49,902 35.9 Decrease 1.4
SPD Hans-Joachim Schabedoth 35,257 25.4 Decrease 10.2 29,758 21.4 Decrease 8.2
FDP Stefan Ruppert 16,255 11.7 Increase 2.7 27,979 20.1 Increase 4.6
Greens Norman Dießner 12,976 9.4 Increase 4.3 15,877 11.4 Increase 1.6
Left Steffen Etzel 7,522 5.4 Increase 1.6 9,229 6.6 Increase 2.1
Pirates   2,552 1.8
Tierschutzpartei Sigrid Wellmann 2,074 1.5 1,472 1.1 Increase 0.3
NPD Josephine Fröhlich 1,081 0.8 Decrease 0.5 1,055 0.8 Decrease 0.2
REP Kim Nowak 862 0.6 807 0.6 Decrease 0.2
BüSo 127 0.1 Steady 0.0
DVU   74 0.1
MLPD   26 0.0 Steady 0.0
Informal votes 2,300 2,217
Total valid votes 138,775 138,858
Turnout 141,075 77.4 Decrease 4.3
CDU hold Majority 27,491 19.8 Increase 10.3

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Constituency Hochtaunus". Federal Returning Officer.
  2. ^ "Results for Hochtaunus". Federal Returning Officer.
  3. ^ Results for Hochtaunus
  4. ^ Results for Hochtaunus
  5. ^ Results for Hochtaunus
  6. ^ Results for Hochtaunus
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