Nuremberg South

Nuremberg South (German: Nürnberg-Süd) 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 244. It is located in northern Bavaria, comprising the southern part of the city of Nuremberg and the city of Schwabach.^[1]

244 Nuremberg South
Electoral district for the Bundestag
Nuremberg South in 2025
State	Bavaria
Population	269,000 (2019)
Electorate	177,316 (2021)
Major settlements	Nuremberg (partial) Schwabach
Area	141.5 km2
Current electoral district
Created	1949
Party	CSU
Member	Michael Frieser
Elected	2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025

Nuremberg South was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Michael Frieser of the Christian Social Union (CSU).^[2]

Geography

Nuremberg South is located in northern Bavaria. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Schwabach as well as the Stadtbezirke 14 through 21, 31 through 55, 60 through 63, 96, and 97 from the independent city of Nuremberg.^[1]

History

Nuremberg South was created in 1949, then known as Nürnberg. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Bavaria constituency 32 in the numbering system. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was number 227. In the 1965 through 1998 elections, it was number 231. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 246. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 245. From the 2025 election, it has been number 244.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Nuremberg excluding northwestern parts. In the 1965 through 1987 elections, it comprised the southern half of the city of Nuremberg. In the 1990 through 1998 elections, it also contained the independent city of Schwabach. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

Election	No.	Name	Borders
1949	32	Nürnberg	Nuremberg city (excluding northwestern parts)
1953	227
1957
1961
1965	231	Nürnberg-Süd	Nuremberg city (only southern half)
1969
1972
1976
1980
1983
1987
1990			Nuremberg city (only southern half) Schwabach city
1994
1998
2002	246		Nuremberg city (only Stadtbezirke 14 through 21, 31 through 55, 60 through 63, 96, and 97) Schwabach city
2005
2009	245
2013
2017
2021
2025	244

Members

The constituency was first represented by Walter Sassnick [de] of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1957. Georg Stiller [de] of the Christian Social Union (CSU) won it in 1957 and served one term. Käte Strobel of the SPD was elected in 1961 and served until 1972. He was succeeded by fellow SPD member Egon Lutz [de] from 1972 to 1983. Peter Wilhelm Höffkes [de] of the CSU won the constituency in 1983 and was representative until 1990, followed by Renate Blank from 1990 to 1998. Horst Schmidbauer of the SPD was elected in 1998 and held0 the constituency until 2002, when former member Blank regained it for the CSU. She served a further two terms. Michael Frieser was elected in 2009, and re-elected in 2013, 2017, and 2021.

Election		Member	Party	%
	1949	Walter Sassnick [de]	SPD	39.6
	1953			41.2
	1957	Georg Stiller [de]	CSU	43.7
	1961	Käte Strobel	SPD	41.1
	1965			42.4
	1969			47.1
	1972	Egon Lutz [de]	SPD	58.0
	1976			51.9
	1980			50.3
	1983	Peter Wilhelm Höffkes [de]	CSU	47.1
	1987			45.2
	1990	Renate Blank	CSU	43.4
	1994			45.5
	1998	Horst Schmidbauer	SPD	48.0
	2002	Renate Blank	CSU	47.5
	2005			44.0
	2009	Michael Frieser	CSU	38.6
	2013			44.4
	2017			35.6
	2021			34.4
	2025			36.0

Election results

2025 election

Federal election (2025): Nuremberg South[3]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Michael Frieser		48,915	36.0	5.6	43,914	32.3	2.2
	AfD	Klaus Fiegl		27,132	20.0	9.8	26,901	19.8	9.9
	Greens	Sascha Müller		14,729	10.8	1.3	15,262	11.2	2.5
	SPD	Thomas Grämmer		24,212	17.8	6.4	20,814	15.3	7.4
	FDP	Lisa-Marie Pischel		3,557	2.66	4.2	4,872	3.6	5.4
	FW	Thomas Estrada		3,668	2.7	9.3	2,386	1.8	1.7
	Left	Kathrin Gomez		10,811	8.0	3.9	11,682	8.6	4.8
	dieBasis					9.3	422	0.3	1.5
	Tierschutzpartei						1,507	1.1	0.3
	Team Todenhöfer								0.48
	PARTEI						582	0.4	0.4
	Pirates								0.6
	ÖDP	Hermann Schindler		968	0.7	0.5	430	0.3	0.2
	Volt	Sven Dziajlo		1,870	1.4	1.0	906	0.7	0.4
	Unabhängige								0.6
	Gesundheitsforschung								0.1
	BP						87	0.1	0.1
	BSW						6,049	4.4
	Humanists						105	0.1	0.0
	BD						166	0.1
	Bündnis C								0.1
	MLPD						68	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,005			714
Total valid votes				135,862			136,153
Turnout				136867,	78.3	5.3
	CSU hold		Majority			5.6

2021 election

Federal election (2021): Nuremberg South[4]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Michael Frieser		44,192	34.4	1.2	38,663	30.0	1.2
	SPD	Thomas Grämmer		31,098	24.2	2.3	29,195	22.7	1.7
	Greens	Sascha Müller		15,556	12.1	4.3	17,687	13.7	4.5
	AfD	Matthias Vogler		13,123	10.2	3.0	12,901	10.0	4.2
	FDP	Marco Preißinger		8,777	6.8	1.0	11,495	8.9	0.4
	FW	Sonja Mack		5,897	4.6	1.8	4,433	3.4	1.8
	Left	Kathrin Gomez		5,184	4.0	4.2	4,893	3.8	5.1
	dieBasis	Karoline Polster-Strobl		2,491	1.9		2,279	1.8
	Tierschutzpartei						1,846	1.4	0.2
	Team Todenhöfer						1,066	0.8
	PARTEI						1,018	0.8	0.2
	Pirates						741	0.6	0.1
	ÖDP	Claudia Zankl		1,562	1.2		710	0.6	0.1
	Volt	Deniz Çelik		533	0.4		353	0.3
	Unabhängige						234	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						189	0.1	0.1
	BP						185	0.1	0.1
	NPD						153	0.1	0.3
	Humanists						139	0.1
	V-Partei3						137	0.1	0.1
	Bündnis C						127	0.1
	du.						80	0.1
	The III. Path						77	0.1
	DKP						48	0.0	0.0
	MLPD						35	0.0	0.0
	LKR						29	0.0
Informal votes				1,137			847
Total valid votes				128,423			128,713
Turnout				129,560	73.1	0.4
	CSU hold		Majority	13,094	10.2	1.1

2017 election

Federal election (2017): Nuremberg South[5]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Michael Frieser		46,511	35.6	8.8	40,882	31.2	9.3
	SPD	Martin Burkert		34,621	26.5	5.8	27,467	21.0	7.5
	AfD	Dirk Klaus Driesang		17,270	13.2	9.5	18,679	14.3	9.5
	Left	Stefan Gerbig		10,772	8.2	3.2	11,640	8.9	3.1
	Greens	Sascha Müller		10,163	7.8	1.0	12,166	9.3	1.2
	FDP	Jasmin Margot Laub		7,632	5.8	4.0	11,199	8.6	4.3
	FW	Anjana Degert		3,706	2.8	0.9	2,192	1.7	0.1
	Tierschutzpartei						1,629	1.2	0.5
	PARTEI						1,253	1.0
	ÖDP						888	0.7	0.0
	Pirates						664	0.5	1.9
	NPD						513	0.4	0.9
	BP						353	0.3	0.0
	DM						282	0.2
	DiB						263	0.2
	BGE						259	0.2
	Gesundheitsforschung						259	0.2
	V-Partei³						252	0.2
	MLPD						66	0.1	0.0
	DKP						55	0.0
	BüSo						17	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,410			1,107
Total valid votes				130,675			130,978
Turnout				132,085	72.7	7.1
	CSU hold		Majority	11,890	9.1	3.0

2013 election

Federal election (2013): Nuremberg South[6]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Y Michael Frieser		53,519	44.4	5.8	48,881	40.5	6.0
	SPD	Martin Burkert		38,942	32.3	2.1	34,363	28.5	3.6
	Greens	Birgit Raab		8,165	6.8	1.4	9,705	8.0	1.8
	Left	Oswald Emil Greim		6,038	5.0	3.8	6,948	5.8	3.7
	AfD	Jens Folker Pfeiffer		4,498	3.7		5,737	4.8
	Pirates	Patrick Linnert		3,056	2.5	0.4	2,936	2.4	0.2
	FW	Norbert Frenzel		2,378	2.0		2,187	1.8
	FDP	Dieter Katterle		2,192	1.8	6.7	5,087	4.2	7.6
	NPD	Gerhard Schelle		1,701	1.4	1.1	1,572	1.3	0.8
	Tierschutzpartei						890	0.7	0.0
	ÖDP						761	0.6	0.0
	REP						481	0.4	0.2
	BP						318	0.3	0.0
	DIE FRAUEN						214	0.2
	Party of Reason						131	0.1
	DIE VIOLETTEN						114	0.1	0.1
	RRP	Paul Blackman		168	0.1	0.9	110	0.1	1.1
	PRO						79	0.1
	MLPD						50	0.0	0.0
	BüSo						11	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,157			1,239
Total valid votes				120,657			120,575
Turnout				121,814	65.6	2.0
	CSU hold		Majority	14,577	12.1	3.7

2009 election

Federal election (2009): Nuremberg South[7]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	CSU	Michael Frieser		47,519	38.6	5.4	42,645	34.6	5.5
	SPD	Martin Burkert		37,159	30.2	8.6	30,766	24.9	10.4
	Left	Gudrun Schell		10,794	8.8	4.8	11,698	9.5	4.6
	FDP	Peter Weinlich		10,498	8.5	4.5	14,592	11.8	4.2
	Greens	Birgit Raab		10,048	8.2	2.7	12,210	9.9	2.4
	NPD	Rainer Biller		3,136	2.5	0.4	2,548	2.1	0.3
	Pirates	Milan Berger		2,653	2.2		3,220	2.6
	RRP	Wolf Ranfft		1,290	1.0		1,500	1.2
	Tierschutzpartei						946	0.8
	FAMILIE						776	0.6	0.1
	ÖDP						753	0.6
	REP						752	0.6	0.2
	BP						267	0.2	0.2
	DIE VIOLETTEN						262	0.2
	PBC						209	0.2	0.3
	CM						85	0.1
	DVU						80	0.1
	MLPD						62	0.1	0.0
	BüSo						44	0.0	0.0
Informal votes				1,689			1,371
Total valid votes				123,097			123,415
Turnout				124,786	67.6	7.4
	CSU hold		Majority	10,360	8.4	3.2