Hochtaunus
Hochtaunus is an electoral constituency 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 175. It is located in southwestern Hesse, comprising most of Hochtaunuskreis and the northeastern part of the Limburg-Weilburg district.
Hochtaunus was created for the inaugural 1949 federal election. Since 2013, it has been represented by Markus Koob of the Christian Democratic Union.
Geography
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, as well as the municipalities of Beselich, Löhnberg, Mengerskirchen, Merenberg, Runkel, Villmar, Weilburg, Weilmünster, and Weinbach from the Limburg-Weilburg district.History
Hochtaunus was created in 1949, then known as Obertaunuskreis. In the 1972 election, it was named Obertaunuskreis . 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.
| Election | Name | Borders | |
| 1949 | Obertaunuskreis |
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| 1953 | 135 | Obertaunuskreis | |
| 1957 | 135 | Obertaunuskreis | |
| 1961 | 135 | Obertaunuskreis | |
| 1965 | 135 | Obertaunuskreis | |
| 1969 | 135 | Obertaunuskreis | |
| 1972 | 135 | Obertaunuskreis | |
| 1976 | 135 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 1980 | 133 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 1983 | 133 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 1987 | 133 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 1990 | 133 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 1994 | 133 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 1998 | 133 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 2002 | 177 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 2005 | 177 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 2009 | 176 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 2013 | 176 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 2017 | 176 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 2021 | 176 | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| 2025 | 175 | Hochtaunuskreis |