Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
# Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis

Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis 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 190. It is located in western Thuringia, comprising the city of Eisenach and the districts of Wartburgkreis and Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis.

Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. Since 2021, it has been represented by Klaus Stöber of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

## Geography

Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis is located in western Thuringia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Eisenach and the districts of Wartburgkreis and Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis.

## History

Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Eisenach – Mühlhausen. In the 2002 election, it was named Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I. In the 2005 through 2013 elections, it was named Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II. It acquired its current name in the 2017 election. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 297 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 191. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 190.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Eisenach and Mühlhausen. In the 2002 election, it comprised the city of Eisenach, the district of Wartburgkreis, and the municipalities of Bad Langensalza, Heyerode, and Katharinenberg and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Unstrut-Hainich and Vogtei from the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district. In the 2005 through 2013 elections, it gained of the municipalities of Menteroda and Weinbergen and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Bad Tennstedt, Herbsleben, and Schlotheim from the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.

| Election | No. | Name | Borders |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | 297 | Eisenach – Mühlhausen | Eisenach district Mühlhausen district |
| 1994 | 297 | Eisenach – Mühlhausen | Eisenach district Mühlhausen district |
| 1998 | 297 | Eisenach – Mühlhausen | Eisenach district Mühlhausen district |
| 2002 | 191 | Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis I | Eisenach city Wartburgkreis district Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district (only Bad Langensalza, Heyerode, and Katharinenberg municipalities and Unstrut-Hainich and Vogtei Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2005 | 191 | Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II | Eisenach city Wartburgkreis district Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district (only Bad Langensalza, Heyerode, Katharinenberg, Menteroda, and Weinbergen municipalities and Bad Tennstedt, Herbsleben, Schlotheim, Unstrut-Hainich and Vogtei Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2009 | 190 | Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II | Eisenach city Wartburgkreis district Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district (only Bad Langensalza, Heyerode, Katharinenberg, Menteroda, and Weinbergen municipalities and Bad Tennstedt, Herbsleben, Schlotheim, Unstrut-Hainich and Vogtei Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2013 | 190 | Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II | Eisenach city Wartburgkreis district Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district (only Bad Langensalza, Heyerode, Katharinenberg, Menteroda, and Weinbergen municipalities and Bad Tennstedt, Herbsleben, Schlotheim, Unstrut-Hainich and Vogtei Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) |
| 2017 | 190 | Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis | Eisenach city Wartburgkreis district Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district |
| 2021 | 190 | Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis | Eisenach city Wartburgkreis district Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district |

## Members

The constituency was first represented by Manfred Heise of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1990 to 1998. Eckhard Ohl won it for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1998 and served a single term. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Ernst Kranz from 2002 to 2009. Christian Hirte was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013 and 2017. He was defeated in 2021 by Klaus Stöber of the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

| Election | Member | Party | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | Manfred Heise | CDU | 50.6 |
| 1994 | Manfred Heise | CDU | 42.7 |
| 1998 | Eckhard Ohl | SPD | 42.8 |
| 2002 | Ernst Kranz | SPD | 42.6 |
| 2005 | Ernst Kranz | SPD | 35.3 |
| 2009 | Christian Hirte | CDU | 34.8 |
| 2013 | Christian Hirte | CDU | 43.3 |
| 2017 | Christian Hirte | CDU | 34.4 |
| 2021 | Klaus Stöber | AfD | 24.8 |

## Election results

### 2021 election

Federal election (2021): Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis :

| Notes: | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | AfD | Klaus Stöber | Klaus Stöber | 38,166 | 24.8 | 3.6 | 37,737 | 24.5 | 2.2 |
| | SPD | Tina Rudolph | Tina Rudolph | 36,729 | 23.8 | 8.6 | 38,363 | 24.9 | 10.5 |
| | CDU | N Christian Hirte | N Christian Hirte | 35,415 | 23.0 | 11.4 | 28,249 | 18.3 | 11.7 |
| | Left | Martina Renner | Martina Renner | 17,216 | 11.2 | 4.3 | 15,872 | 10.3 | 5.4 |
| | FDP | Leon Bender | Leon Bender | 8,869 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 13,258 | 8.6 | 1.4 |
| | FW | Andreas Böhme | Andreas Böhme | 5,529 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 3,882 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| | Greens | Justus Heuer | Justus Heuer | 5,447 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 7,469 | 4.8 | 1.4 |
| | dieBasis | Andreas Wolfschlag | Andreas Wolfschlag | 3,007 | 2.0 | | 2,563 | 1.7 | |
| | Tierschutzpartei | | | | | | 2,226 | 1.4 | |
| | PARTEI | Stephan Hinze | Stephan Hinze | 2,502 | 1.6 | | 1,649 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | | | | | | 624 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 558 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| | Menschliche Welt | | | | | | 380 | 0.2 | |
| | Volt | | | | | | 339 | 0.2 | |
| | ÖDP | Peter Schneider | Peter Schneider | 567 | 0.4 | | 307 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | MLPD | Lea Weinmann | Lea Weinmann | 431 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 298 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| | Team Todenhöfer | | | | | | 227 | 0.1 | |
| | Humanists | | | | | | 129 | 0.1 | |
| | LKR | Wladislaw Schel | Wladislaw Schel | 130 | 0.1 | | | | |
| | V-Partei3 | | | | | | 91 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,105 | | | 1,892 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 154,008 | | | 154,221 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 156,113 | 73.5 | 0.2 | | | |
| | AfD gain from CDU | AfD gain from CDU | Majority | 1,437 | 0.8 | | | | |

### 2017 election

Federal election (2017): Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis :

| Notes: | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Christian Hirte | Y Christian Hirte | 55,378 | 34.4 | 9.0 | 48,340 | 30.0 | 10.1 |
| | AfD | Klaus Stöber | Klaus Stöber | 34,052 | 21.2 | | 35,824 | 22.3 | 17.2 |
| | Left | Sigrid Hupach | Sigrid Hupach | 24,899 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 25,171 | 15.6 | 6.9 |
| | SPD | Michael Klostermann | Michael Klostermann | 24,478 | 15.2 | 3.4 | 23,206 | 14.4 | 2.6 |
| | FDP | Lars Christian Schröder | Lars Christian Schröder | 8,075 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 11,545 | 7.2 | 4.7 |
| | Greens | Andreas Hundertmark | Andreas Hundertmark | 5,066 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 5,596 | 3.5 | 0.6 |
| | FW | Andreas Böhme | Andreas Böhme | 5,010 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 3,185 | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| | NPD | Patrick Wieschke | Patrick Wieschke | 3,193 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3,019 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| | PARTEI | | | | | | 1,857 | 1.2 | |
| | BGE | | | | | | 620 | 0.4 | |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 676 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| | DM | | | | | | 608 | 0.4 | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 563 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| | MLPD | Friedrich Christoph Hofmann | Friedrich Christoph Hofmann | 689 | 0.4 | | 369 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| | V-Partei³ | | | | | | 307 | 0.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,314 | | | 2,268 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 160,840 | | | 160,886 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 163,154 | 73.3 | 6.2 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 21,326 | 13.2 | 6.4 | | | |

### 2013 election

Federal election (2013): Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II :

| Notes: | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Y Christian Hirte | Y Christian Hirte | 55,220 | 43.3 | 8.5 | 51,442 | 40.2 | 7.6 |
| | Left | Anja Müller | Anja Müller | 30,220 | 23.7 | 3.9 | 28,787 | 22.5 | 5.8 |
| | SPD | Michael Klostermann | Michael Klostermann | 23,564 | 18.5 | 4.1 | 21,731 | 17.0 | 1.5 |
| | AfD | | | | | | 6,307 | 4.9 | |
| | NPD | Patrick Wieschke | Patrick Wieschke | 5,969 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 5,144 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| | Greens | Rüdiger Bender | Rüdiger Bender | 4,129 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 5,121 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| | Pirates | Andreas Jacob | Andreas Jacob | 3,450 | 2.7 | | 2,682 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
| | FW | Andreas Böhme | Andreas Böhme | 3,113 | 2.4 | | 2,509 | 2.0 | |
| | FDP | Fred Leise | Fred Leise | 1,927 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 3,123 | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 616 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| | REP | | | | | | 254 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 199 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,312 | | | 1,989 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 127,592 | | | 127,915 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 129,904 | 67.4 | 2.5 | | | |
| | CDU hold | CDU hold | Majority | 25,000 | 19.6 | 12.4 | | | |

### 2009 election

Federal election (2009): Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis II :

| Notes: | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. | 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 Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively. |
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| Party | Party | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Party votes | % | ±% |
| | CDU | Christian Hirte | Christian Hirte | 44,903 | 34.8 | 6.1 | 42,063 | 32.6 | 6.2 |
| | Left | Anja Müller | Anja Müller | 35,666 | 27.6 | 5.2 | 36,508 | 28.3 | 3.5 |
| | SPD | N Ernst Kranz | N Ernst Kranz | 29,106 | 22.6 | 12.7 | 23,845 | 18.5 | 12.8 |
| | FDP | Daniel Rudloff | Daniel Rudloff | 8,211 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 11,921 | 9.2 | 1.7 |
| | Greens | Richard Janus | Richard Janus | 4,921 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 6,451 | 5.0 | 0.7 |
| | NPD | Patrick Wieschke | Patrick Wieschke | 4,864 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 4,607 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| | Pirates | | | | | | 2,516 | 1.9 | |
| | Independent | Klaus Lohfing-Blanke | Klaus Lohfing-Blanke | 1,075 | 0.7 | | | | |
| | ÖDP | | | | | | 489 | 0.4 | |
| | REP | | | | | | 467 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| | Independent | Andreas Grube | Andreas Grube | 317 | 0.2 | | | | |
| | MLPD | | | | | | 268 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,984 | | | 1,912 | | |
| Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | Total Valid votes | 129,063 | | | 129,135 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,047 | 65.0 | 10.1 | | | |
| | CDU gain from SPD | CDU gain from SPD | Majority | 9,237 | 7.2 | | | | |
