Hochtaunus

Hochtaunus is located in southwestern Hesse. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Hochtaunuskreis district excluding the municipalities of Königstein im Taunus, Kronberg im Taunus, and Steinbach (Taunus), as well as the municipalities of Beselich, Löhnberg, Mengerskirchen, Merenberg, Runkel, Villmar, Weilburg, Weilmünster, and Weinbach from the Limburg-Weilburg district.

Hochtaunus was created in 1949, then known as Obertaunuskreis. In the 1972 election, it was named Obertaunuskreis (Hochtaunuskreis). It acquired its current name in the 1976 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 10 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 135. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 133. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 177. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 176. From the 2025 election, it has been number 175.

Originally, the constituency comprised the districts of Oberlahnkreis, Obertaunuskreis, and Usingen. From 1976 through 1998, it comprised the Hochtaunuskreis district, the municipalities of Beselich, Löhnberg, Mengerskirchen, Merenberg, Runkel, Villmar, Weilburg, Weilmünster, and Weinbach from the Limburg-Weilburg district, and the municipalities of Eppstein and Kelkheim from the Main-Taunus-Kreis district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

The constituency was represented by six different members in the first six terms of the Bundestag: Heinrich Müller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1949 to 1953, Erich Köhler of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1953 to 1957, Berthold Martin of the CDU from 1957 to 1961, Kurt Gscheidle of the SPD from 1961 to 1965, Walther Leisler Kiep of the CDU from 1965 to 1969, and Dietrich Sperling of the SPD from 1969 to 1973. Sperling was re-elected in 1972. Manfred Langner won the constituency for the CDU in 1976 and served until 1990, when he was succeeded by fellow party member Bärbel Sothmann. Holger Haibach served from 2002 to 2013. Markus Koob was elected in 2013, and re-elected in 2017 and 2021.

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Markus Koob

|votes = 57,261

|percentage = 37.8

|change = {{increase}} 6.6

|party votes = 50,934

|party percent = 33.6

|party change = {{increase}} 7.4

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = David Wade

|votes = 29,458

|percentage = 19.5

|change = {{decrease}} 7.5

|party votes = 25,252

|party percent = 16.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.0

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Clemens Hauk

|votes = 25,045

|percentage = 16.5

|change = {{increase}} 9.0

|party votes = 24,855

|party percent = 16.4

|party change = {{increase}} 8.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Christian Tramnitz

|votes = 18,418

|percentage = 12.2

|change = {{decrease}} 3.1

|party votes = 19,814

|party percent = 13.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.7

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = André Pabst

|votes = 8,108

|percentage = 5.4

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

|party votes = 9,353

|party percent = 6.2

|party change = {{increase}} 3.1

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Katja Adler

|votes = 7,275

|percentage = 4.8

|change = {{decrease}} 6.5

|party votes = 9,963

|party percent = 6.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.8

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance

|party votes = 5,645

|party percent = 3.7

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Guido Becker

|votes = 3,299

|percentage = 2.2

|change = {{decrease}} 0.2

|party votes = 1,828

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection Party

|party votes = 1,772

|party percent = 1.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Volt Germany

|candidate = Tobias Raum

|votes = 2,495

|percentage = 1.6

|change = New

|party votes = 1,291

|party percent = 0.9

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 630

|party percent = 0.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.3

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Bündnis Deutschland

|party votes = 216

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = New

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 120

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 31

|party percent = <0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

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{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,346

|party votes = 1,001

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{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 151,359

|party votes = 151,704

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{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 152,705

|percentage = 85.6

|change = {{increase}} 5.5

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{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 27,803

|percent = 18.3

|change = {{increase}} 14.0

}}

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Markus Koob

|votes = 44,549

|percentage = 31.3

|change = {{decrease}} 8.6

|party votes = 37,331

|party percent = 26.2

|party change = {{decrease}} 7.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Alicia Bokler

|votes = 38,424

|percentage = 27.0

|change = {{increase}} 4.0

|party votes = 35,171

|party percent = 24.6

|party change = {{increase}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Christian Tramnitz

|votes = 21,769

|percentage = 15.3

|change = {{increase}} 6.4

|party votes = 22,486

|party percent = 15.8

|party change = {{increase}} 6.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Katja Adler

|votes = 16,132

|percentage = 11.3

|change = {{increase}} 1.0

|party votes = 21,996

|party percent = 15.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Henning Thöne

|votes = 10,709

|percentage = 7.5

|change = {{decrease}} 2.9

|party votes = 11,156

|party percent = 7.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = André Pabst

|votes = 3,772

|percentage = 2.6

|change = {{decrease}} 3.3

|party votes = 4,441

|party percent = 3.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 3.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Hubert Horn

|votes = 3,369

|percentage = 2.4

|change = {{increase}} 1.0

|party votes = 2,246

|party percent = 1.6

|party change = {{increase}} 0.8

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 2,026

|party percent = 1.4

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

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{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Thomas Schumbert

|votes = 2,347

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

|party votes = 1,880

|party percent = 1.3

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,053

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Carsten Baums

|votes = 1,385

|percentage = 1.0

|change =

|party votes = 739

|party percent = 0.5

|party change = {{increase}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Volt Germany

|party votes = 594

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Team Todenhöfer

|party votes = 533

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Partei für Gesundheitsforschung

|party votes = 200

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 155

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Party of Humanists

|party votes = 148

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = V-Partei3

|party votes = 128

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 127

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Alliance C – Christians for Germany

|party votes = 113

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = Bündnis 21

|color = #E71F71

|party votes = 68

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Liberal Conservative Reformers

|party votes = 47

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 32

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 12

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 1,556

|party votes = 1,330

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 142,456

|party votes = 142,682

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 144,012

|percentage = 80.1

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|loser =

|votes = 6,125

|percent = 4.3

|change = {{decrease}} 12.6

}}

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|title=Federal election (2017): Hochtaunus[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-176.html Results for Hochtaunus]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Markus Koob

|votes = 57,579

|percentage = 39.9

|change = {{decrease}} 8.8

|party votes = 48,436

|party percent = 33.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 9.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hans-Joachim Schabedoth

|votes = 33,201

|percentage = 23.0

|change = {{decrease}} 5.0

|party votes = 28,947

|party percent = 20.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 4.7

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Andreas John Lichert

|votes = 15,075

|percentage = 10.4

|change = {{increase}} 4.8

|party votes = 16,132

|party percent = 11.2

|party change = {{increase}} 4.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Stefan Ruppert

|votes = 14,954

|percentage = 10.4

|change = {{increase}} 6.8

|party votes = 21,713

|party percent = 15.0

|party change = {{increase}} 7.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Wolfgang Schmitt

|votes = 12,884

|percentage = 8.9

|change = {{increase}} 1.6

|party votes = 14,074

|party percent = 9.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Silvia Lehmann

|votes = 8,556

|percentage = 5.9

|change = {{increase}} 1.9

|party votes = 9,562

|party percent = 6.6

|party change = {{increase}} 2.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|party votes = 1,751

|party percent = 1.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Voters

|candidate = Peter Schüppenhauer

|votes = 2,011

|percentage = 1.4

|change =

|party votes = 1,090

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{increase}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 1,079

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{increase}} 0.4

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 476

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.3

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|party votes = 388

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.5

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Basic Income Alliance

|party votes = 238

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = V-Partei³

|color = #99CC33

|party votes = 222

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Ecological Democratic Party

|party votes = 218

|party percent = 0.2

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = DM

|party votes = 202

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 31

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 26

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German Communist Party

|party votes = 24

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,055

|party votes = 1,706

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 144,260

|party votes = 144,609

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 146,315

|percentage = 80.6

|change = {{increase}} 3.8

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 24,378

|percent = 16.9

|change = {{decrease}} 3.8

}}

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|title=Federal election (2013): Hochtaunus[https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/bundestagswahlen/2013/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-6/wahlkreis-176.html Results for Hochtaunus]

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{{MMP election box candidate win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Markus Koob

|votes = 66,785

|percentage = 48.8

|change = {{increase}} 3.5

|party votes = 58,822

|party percent = 43.0

|party change = {{increase}} 7.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hans-Joachim Schabedoth

|votes = 38,435

|percentage = 28.1

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

|party votes = 33,846

|party percent = 24.7

|party change = {{increase}} 3.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Jutta Bruns

|votes = 10,064

|percentage = 7.3

|change = {{decrease}} 2.0

|party votes = 12,690

|party percent = 9.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alternative for Germany

|candidate = Konrad Adam

|votes = 7,748

|percentage = 5.7

|change =

|party votes = 9,447

|party percent = 6.9

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Steffen Etzel

|votes = 5,482

|percentage = 4.0

|change = {{decrease}} 1.4

|party votes = 6,358

|party percent = 4.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 2.0

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Stefan Ruppert

|votes = 4,866

|percentage = 3.6

|change = {{decrease}} 8.2

|party votes = 10,334

|party percent = 7.5

|party change = {{decrease}} 12.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|candidate = Sascha Neugebauer

|votes = 2,194

|percentage = 1.6

|change =

|party votes = 2,266

|party percent = 1.7

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Patrick Huth

|votes = 934

|percentage = 0.7

|change = {{decrease}} 0.1

|party votes = 1,024

|party percent = 0.7

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Free Voters

|party votes = 876

|party percent = 0.6

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Die PARTEI

|party votes = 510

|party percent = 0.4

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|candidate = Helmar Zeeh

|votes = 467

|percentage = 0.3

|change = {{decrease}} 0.3

|party votes = 469

|party percent = 0.3

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = PRO

|party votes = 134

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 51

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Socialist Equality Party (Germany)

|party votes = 38

|party percent = 0.0

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 18

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,911

|party votes = 3,003

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 136,975

|party votes = 136,883

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 139,886

|percentage = 76.8

|change = {{decrease}} 0.6

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 28,350

|percent = 20.7

|change = {{increase}} 0.9

}}

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|title=Federal election (2009): Hochtaunus[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617081157/http://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/de/bundestagswahlen/BTW_BUND_09/ergebnisse/wahlkreisergebnisse/l06/wk176/ Results for Hochtaunus]

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{{MMP election box incumbent win|

|party = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|candidate = Holger Haibach

|votes = 62,748

|percentage = 45.2

|change = {{increase}} 0.1

|party votes = 49,902

|party percent = 35.9

|party change = {{decrease}} 1.4

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Social Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Hans-Joachim Schabedoth

|votes = 35,257

|percentage = 25.4

|change = {{decrease}} 10.2

|party votes = 29,758

|party percent = 21.4

|party change = {{decrease}} 8.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate list|

|party = Free Democratic Party (Germany)

|candidate = Stefan Ruppert

|votes = 16,255

|percentage = 11.7

|change = {{increase}} 2.7

|party votes = 27,979

|party percent = 20.1

|party change = {{increase}} 4.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Alliance 90/The Greens

|candidate = Norman Dießner

|votes = 12,976

|percentage = 9.4

|change = {{increase}} 4.3

|party votes = 15,877

|party percent = 11.4

|party change = {{increase}} 1.6

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Left (Germany)

|candidate = Steffen Etzel

|votes = 7,522

|percentage = 5.4

|change = {{increase}} 1.6

|party votes = 9,229

|party percent = 6.6

|party change = {{increase}} 2.1

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Pirate Party Germany

|party votes = 2,552

|party percent = 1.8

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = Human Environment Animal Protection

|candidate = Sigrid Wellmann

|votes = 2,074

|percentage = 1.5

|change =

|party votes = 1,472

|party percent = 1.1

|party change = {{increase}} 0.3

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = National Democratic Party of Germany

|candidate = Josephine Fröhlich

|votes = 1,081

|percentage = 0.8

|change = {{decrease}} 0.5

|party votes = 1,055

|party percent = 0.8

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box candidate lose|

|party = The Republicans (Germany)

|candidate = Kim Nowak

|votes = 862

|percentage = 0.6

|change =

|party votes = 807

|party percent = 0.6

|party change = {{decrease}} 0.2

}}

{{MMP election box historic party only|

|party = BüSo

|party votes = 127

|party percent = 0.1

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = German People's Union

|party votes = 74

|party percent = 0.1

|party change =

}}

{{MMP election box party only|

|party = Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany

|party votes = 26

|party percent = 0.0

|party change = {{steady}} 0.0

}}

{{MMP election box informal vote|

|votes = 2,300

|party votes = 2,217

}}

{{MMP election box total vote|

|votes = 138,775

|party votes = 138,858

}}

{{MMP election box turnout|

|turnout = 141,075

|percentage = 77.4

|change = {{decrease}} 4.3

}}

{{MMP election box majority hold|

|winner = Christian Democratic Union of Germany

|votes = 27,491

|percent = 19.8

|change = {{increase}} 10.3

}}

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{{Electoral districts of Hesse}}

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