Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I
federal electoral district of Germany
Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I 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 15. It is located in northeast Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, comprising the Vorpommern-Rügen district and a small part of the Vorpommern-Greifswald district.
Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I was created for the inaugural 1990 federal election after German reunification. From 2021 to 2025, it was represented by Anna Kassautzki of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). Since 2025 it has been represented by Dario Seifert of the AfD.
Geography
Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I is located in northeast Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the entirety of the Vorpommern-Rügen district, as well as the municipality of Greifswald and the Amt of Landhagen from the Vorpommern-Greifswald district.
History
Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I was created after German reunification in 1990, then known as Stralsund – Rügen – Grimmen. Until 2002, it was constituency 267 in the numbering system.
“Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I” enters the record as federal electoral district of Germany. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Vorpommern-Rügen, Vorpommern-Greifswald and federal can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Vorpommern-Rügen – Vorpommern-Greifswald I” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Vorpommern-Rügen, Vorpommern-Greifswald and federal provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1008651. Authority coordinates are 54.269, 13.016. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1990, 2021, 2025 and 2002.
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