Freudenstadt (electoral district)
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| 45: Freudenstadt | |
|---|---|
| Electoral district for the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg | |
 Freudenstadt in 2026 | |
| District | Freudenstadt |
| Electorate | 87,214 (2026) |
| Major settlements | Entirety of the district of Freudenstadt |
| Current electoral district | |
| Party | CDU |
| Member | Katrin Schindele |
Freudenstadt is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg. Since 2026, it has elected one member via first-past-the-post voting. Voters cast a second vote under which additional seats are allocated proportionally state-wide. Under the constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 45.[1]
The constituency incorporates the entirety of the district of Freudenstadt.[2]
There were 87,214 eligible voters in 2026.
Members
First mandate
Both prior to and since the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the winner of the plurality of the vote (first-past-the-post) in every constituency won the first mandate.
| Election | Member | Party | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Norbert Schneider | CDU | ||
| 1980 | ||||
| 1984 | ||||
| 1988 | ||||
| 1992 | ||||
| 1996 | Carmina Brenner | |||
| 2001 | 50.4 | |||
| 2006 | 44.6 | |||
| Sep 2007 | Norbert Beck | |||
| 2011 | 45.8 | |||
| 2016 | 30.3 | |||
| 2021 | Katrin Schindele | 27.3 | ||
| 2026 | 41.5 | |||
Second mandate
Prior to the electoral reforms for the 2026 election, the seats in the state parliament were allocated proportionately amongst parties which received more than 5% of valid votes across the state. The seats that were won proportionally for parties that did not win as many first mandates as seats they were entitled to, were allocated to their candidates which received the highest proportion of the vote in their respective constituencies. This meant that following some elections, a constituency would have one or more members elected under a second mandate.
Prior to 2011, these second mandates were allocated to the party candidates who got the greatest number of votes, whilst from 2011-2021, these were allocated according to percentage share of the vote.
Prior to 2001, this constituency did not elect any members on a second mandate.
| Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Michael Theurer | FDP | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| Aug 2009 | ||||||
| 2011 | Timm Kern | FDP | ||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 2021 | Uwe Hellstern | AfD | ||||
