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 189. 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. From 2021 to 2025, it was represented by Klaus Stöber of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). Since 2025 it has been represented by Stefan Möller of the AfD.
Geography Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis is located in western Thuringia. As of the 2025 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. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 190. From the 2025 election, it has been number 189.
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 Name Borders 1990 297 Eisenach – Mühlhausen Eisenach district Mühlhausen district 1994 1998 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 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 2013 2017 Eisenach – Wartburgkreis – Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis Eisenach city Wartburgkreis district Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district 2021 2025 189
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 42.7 1998 Eckhard Ohl SPD 42.8 2002 Ernst Kranz SPD 42.6 2005 35.3 2009 Christian Hirte CDU 34.8 2013 43.3 2017 34.4 2021 Klaus Stöber AfD 24.82025Stefan Möller38.5
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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