Bergstraße (English: Mountain Road) 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 187. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the district of Bergstraße.
Bergstraße was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2005, it has been represented by Michael Meister of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography Bergstraße is located in southern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it is coterminous with the district of Bergstraße.
History Bergstraße was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 22 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 147. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 145. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 189. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 188. From the 2025 election, it has been number 187.
Originally, the constituency was coterminous with the district of Bergstraße. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it also contained the municipality of Rothenberg from the Erbach district. Since the 1976 election, it has again been coterminous with the Bergstraße district.
Election Name Borders 1949 Bergstraße Bergstraße district 1953 147 1957 1961 1965 Bergstraße Erbach district (only Rothenberg municipality) 1969 1972 1976 Bergstraße 1980 145 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 189 2005 2009 188 2013 2017 2021 2025 187
Members The constituency was first represented by Heinrich von Brentano of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1949 to 1965, followed by Carl Otto Lenz of the CDU until 1969. Wolfgang Schwabe won it for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in 1969 and served until 1976, when former member Lenz regained it for the CDU. Klaus Kübler won it back to the SPD in 1980, but Lenz was once again elected in 1983. Fellow CDU member Franz-Hermann Kappes then served from 1987 to 1994, followed by Michael Meister until 1998. Christine Lambrecht of the SPD won the constituency in 1998 and was representative until 2005. Former member Meister was elected again in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.
Election Member Party % 1949 Heinrich von Brentano CDU 35.3 1953 44.9 1957 50.6 1961 45.1 1965 Carl Otto Lenz CDU 46.9 1969 Wolfgang Schwabe SPD 46.0 1972 51.6 1976 Carl Otto Lenz CDU 48.5 1980 Klaus Kübler SPD 47.3 1983 Carl Otto Lenz CDU 51.1 1987 Franz-Hermann Kappes CDU 47.8 1990 46.5 1994 Michael Meister CDU 46.7 1998 Christine Lambrecht SPD 45.4 2002 45.3 2005 Michael Meister CDU 44.4 2009 44.4 2013 48.3 2017 38.9 2021 30.5 2025 36.3
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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