Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund
federal electoral district of Germany
Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund 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 26. It is located in northwestern Lower Saxony, comprising the city of Wilhelmshaven and the districts of Friesland and Wittmund.
Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2017, it has been represented by Siemtje Möller of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Geography
Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund is located in northwestern Lower Saxony. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the independent city of Wilhelmshaven and the entirety of the districts of Friesland and Wittmund.
History
Unterems was created in 1949. In the 1949 election, it was Lower Saxony constituency 3.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Friesland – Wilhelmshaven – Wittmund” as federal electoral district of Germany. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
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.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 25, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1008187. Authority coordinates are 53.546, 7.859. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1949, 2017 and 2021.
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