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Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East

electoral constituency represented in the Bundestag

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionFeb 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ1007971 ↗
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Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East (German: Bundestagswahlkreis Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg Ost) 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 82. It is located in central Berlin, comprising the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough and part of the adjoining borough Pankow.

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created for the 2002 federal election. Since 2025, it has been represented by Pascal Meiser of The Left.

Geography

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East is located in central Berlin. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough as well as the area of Pankow borough's Prenzlauer Berg east of Prenzlauer Allee. It is the smallest federal constituency in Germany by area.

History

Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East was created in 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.