Bitburg 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 201. It is located in northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate, comprising the Bitburg-Prüm district, Vulkaneifel district, and the northern part of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district.
Bitburg was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Patrick Schnieder of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography Bitburg is located in northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Bitburg-Prüm and Vulkaneifel districts as well as, from the Bernkastel-Wittlich district, the municipality of Wittlich, the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, and the municipalities of Bausendorf, Bengel, Diefenbach, Flußbach, Hontheim, Kinderbeuern, Kinheim, Kröv, Reil, and Willwerscheid from the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde.
History Bitburg was created in 1949, then known as Prüm. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Rhineland-Palatinate constituency 6 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1976 elections, it was number 153. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 151. In the 2002 election, it was number 205. In the 2005 election, it was number 204. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 203. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 202. From the 2025 election, it has been number 201.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Bitburg, Prüm, Daun, and Wittlich. It acquired its current borders in the 1965 election, although when the former Verbandsgemeinde of Kröv-Bausendorf was merged into the Traben-Trarbach Verbandsgemeinde in 2014, only its area remained in the constituency.
Election Name Borders 1949 Prüm Bitburg district Prüm district Daun district Wittlich district 1953 153 1957 1961 1965 Bitburg Bitburg-Prüm district Vulkaneifel district Bernkastel-Wittlich district (only Wittlich municipality and Wittlich-Land and Traben-Trarbach (only Bausendorf, Bengel, Diefenbach, Flußbach, Hontheim, Kinderbeuern, Kinheim, Kröv, Reil, and Willwerscheid municipalities) Verbandsgemeinden) 1969 1972 1976 1980 151 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 2002 205 2005 204 2009 203 2013 2017 202 2021 2025 201
Members The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since its creation. It was first represented by Matthias Joseph Mehs from 1949 to 1953, followed by Hans Richarts from 1953 to 1972. Alois Mertes then served from 1972 to 1987. Peter Rauen was representative from 1987 to 2009. Patrick Schnieder was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, 2021, and 2025.
Election Member Party % 1949 Matthias Joseph Mehs CDU 80.2 1953 Hans Richarts CDU 79.6 1957 79.6 1961 76.5 1965 74.9 1969 68.5 1972 Alois Mertes CDU 66.6 1976 69.7 1980 65.2 1983 69.9 1987 Peter Rauen CDU 60.9 1990 57.2 1994 57.1 1998 52.2 2002 52.3 2005 49.0 2009 Patrick Schnieder CDU 46.1 2013 56.0 2017 51.2 2021 37.8 2025 40.2
Election results
2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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