Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II
federal electoral district of Germany
Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II 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 91. It is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, comprising the Euskirchen district and part of the Rhein-Erft-Kreis district.
Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2009, it has been represented by Detlef Seif of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
Geography
Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II is located in southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Euskirchen district as well as the municipalities of Brühl, Erftstadt, and Wesseling from the Rhein-Erft-Kreis district.
History
Euskirchen – Rhein-Erft-Kreis II was created in 1949, then known as Bergheim – Euskirchen. In the 1953 through 1961 elections, it was named Bergheim (Erft) – Euskirchen.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as federal electoral district of Germany. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
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