Freising 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 213. It is located in southern Bavaria, comprising the districts of Freising, Pfaffenhofen, the southern part of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district.
Freising was created for the 1976 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Christian Moser of the Christian Social Union (CSU).
Geography Freising is located in southern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen as well as the municipalities of Aresing, Berg im Gau, Brunnen, Gachenbach, Langenmosen, Schrobenhausen, and Waidhofen from the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen.
History Freising was created in 1976. In the 1976 election, it was constituency 201 in the numbering system. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was number 200. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 216. In the 2009 and 2013 elections, it was number 215. In the 2017 and 2021 elections, it was number 214. From the 2025 election, it has been number 213.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen and the municipalities of Aschheim, Dornach, Feldkirchen, Garching bei München, Grasbrunn, Haar, Harthausen, Heimstetten, Hohenbrunn, Ismaning, Kirchheim bei München, Oberschleißheim, Putzbrunn, Unterföhring, and Unterschleißheim from the Landkreis München district. In the 1980 through 1994 elections, it comprised the districts of Freising, Pfaffenhofen, and Erding. In the 1998 election, it comprised the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen and, from the Erding district, the municipalities of Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang, and Taufkirchen and the Verwaltungsgemeinschaften of Steinkirchen and Wartenberg. In the 2002 election, it lost the municipalities of Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang from the Erding district. In the 2005 and 2009 elections, it comprised only the districts of Freising and Pfaffenhofen. In the 2013 election, it gained the municipality of Petershausen from the Dachau district and the municipality of Aresing from the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district. It acquired its current borders in the 2017 election.
Election Name Borders 1976 201 Freising Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Landkreis München district (only Aschheim, Dornach, Feldkirchen, Garching bei München, Grasbrunn, Haar, Harthausen, Heimstetten, Hohenbrunn, Ismaning, Kirchheim bei München, Oberschleißheim, Putzbrunn, Unterföhring, and Unterschleißheim municipalities) 1980 200 Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Erding district 1983 1987 1990 1994 1998 Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Erding district (only Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, Isen, Lengdorf, Sankt Wolfgang, and Taufkirchen municipalities and Steinkirchen and Wartenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) 2002 216 Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Erding district (only Bockhorn, Dorfen, Erding, Fraunberg, and Taufkirchen municipalities and Steinkirchen and Wartenberg Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) 2005 Freising district Pfaffenhofen district 2009 215 2013 Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Dachau district (only Petershausen municipality) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (only Aresing municipality) 2017 214 Freising district Pfaffenhofen district Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district (only Aresing, Berg im Gau, Brunnen, Gachenbach, Langenmosen, Schrobenhausen, and Waidhofen municipalities) 2021 2025 213
Members The constituency has been held continuously by the Christian Social Union (CSU) since its creation. It was first represented by Albert Probst from 1976 to 1998. He was succeeded by Franz Obermeier from 1998 to 2013. Erich Irlstorfer represented the constituency from 2013 until 2025. Christian Moser retained the seat for the CSU in 2025.
Election Member Party % 1976 Albert Probst CSU 63.3 1980 65.5 1983 68.4 1987 62.6 1990 58.5 1994 58.4 1998 Franz Obermeier CSU 54.9 2002 62.7 2005 56.5 2009 46.9 2013 Erich Irlstorfer CSU 52.9 2017 43.0 2021 36.2 2025 Christian Moser CSU 43.1
Election results 2025 election
2021 election
2017 election
2013 election
2009 election
2005 election
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