Waldeck (electoral district)
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Korbach
Bad Wildungen
| 166 Waldeck | |
|---|---|
| Electoral district for the Bundestag | |
 Waldeck in 2025 | |
| State | Hesse |
| Population | 234,200 (2019) |
| Electorate | 184,073 (2021) |
| Major settlements | Baunatal Korbach Bad Wildungen |
| Area | 2,167.3 km2 |
| Current electoral district | |
| Created | 1949 |
| Party | CDU |
| Member | Jan-Wilhelm Pohlmann |
| Elected | 2025 |
Waldeck 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 166. It is located in northern Hesse, comprising most of the Landkreis Kassel district and the northern part of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district.[1]
Waldeck was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. From 2017 to 2025, it has been represented by Esther Dilcher of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[2] Since 2025 it is been represented by Jan-Wilhelm Pohlmann of the CDU.
Waldeck is located in northern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Landkreis Kassel district excluding the municipalities of Ahnatal, Espenau, Fuldabrück, Fuldatal, Helsa, Kaufungen, Lohfelden, Nieste, Niestetal, Söhrewald, and Vellmar, as well as the entirety of the Waldeck-Frankenberg district excluding the municipalities of Allendorf (Eder), Battenberg (Eder), Bromskirchen, Burgwald, Frankenau, Frankenberg, Gemünden (Wohra), Haina, Hatzfeld, Rosenthal, and Vöhl.[1]
History
Waldeck was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 1 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 126. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 124. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 169. In the 2009 election, it was number 168. In the 2013 through 2021 elections, it was number 167. From the 2025 election, it has been number 166.
Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Waldeck, Hofgeismar, and Wolfhagen. In the 1972 election, it comprised the Waldeck district and the municipalities of Breuna, Calden, Emstal, Grebenstein, Habichtswald, Hofgeismar, Immenhausen, Karlshafen, Liebenau, Naumburg, Oberweser, Reinhardshagen, Trendelburg, Wahlsburg, Wolfhagen, and Zierenberg from the Landkreis Kassel district. In the 1976 election, it acquired borders very similar to its current configuration, but excluding the Baunatal and Schauenburg municipalities from Landkreis Kassel district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.
